Hinged device
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1. A device, comprising:
- a first portion and a second portion;
a self-spacing hinge assembly rotatably securing hinge ends of the first and second portions around a first hinge axis associated with the first portion and a second hinge axis associated with the second portion so that an extent of rotation around the first hinge axis corresponds to an extent of rotation around the second hinge axis;
the self-spacing hinge assembly comprising a communication member that defines first and second hinge pins;
the first hinge pin defining the first hinge axis and including a first cam follower that is orthogonal to the first hinge axis;
a first multi-lobe cam defined relative to the first portion; and
,a first biasing element that biases the first portion toward the first hinge axis unless acted upon by the first multi-lobe cam.
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Abstract
The description relates to hinged devices, such as hinged computing devices. One example can include a first portion and a second portion. The example can also include a communication member spanning between the first and second portions and defining first and second parallel hinge pins. The first hinge pin can include a first cam follower that is received in a first multi-lobe cam of the first portion that forces the first portion away from the first hinge pin when the first and second portions are oriented at non-parallel orientations and allows the first portion to be biased toward the second hinge pin at parallel orientations.
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20 Claims
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1. A device, comprising:
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a first portion and a second portion; a self-spacing hinge assembly rotatably securing hinge ends of the first and second portions around a first hinge axis associated with the first portion and a second hinge axis associated with the second portion so that an extent of rotation around the first hinge axis corresponds to an extent of rotation around the second hinge axis; the self-spacing hinge assembly comprising a communication member that defines first and second hinge pins; the first hinge pin defining the first hinge axis and including a first cam follower that is orthogonal to the first hinge axis; a first multi-lobe cam defined relative to the first portion; and
,a first biasing element that biases the first portion toward the first hinge axis unless acted upon by the first multi-lobe cam. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A device, comprising:
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a first portion and a second portion; and
,a communication member spanning between the first and second portions and defining first and second parallel hinge pins, the first hinge pin including a first cam follower that is received in a first multi-lobe cam of the first portion that forces the first portion away from the first hinge pin when the first and second portions are oriented at non-parallel orientations, and a first biasing element that biases the first portion toward the first hinge pin at parallel orientations. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A device, comprising:
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a first portion that includes a first display; a second portion that includes a second display; and
,a self-spacing hinge assembly rotatably securing first and second hinge ends of the first and second portions around first and second hinge axes, the first and second portions defining multi-lobe cams that interact with cam followers to force the first and second portions away from the first and second hinge axes at non-parallel orientations of the first and second portions and allow the first and second portions to be biased toward the first and second hinge axes at parallel orientations of the first and second portions according to force applied by biasing elements. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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