Hinged electronic device with hinged screen

• US 20060139862A1
• Filed: 12/23/2004
• Published: 06/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wang, Yajun, Elliott, Daniel K., Trahan, David W.
• Application Number:
  US11/021,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20060139862A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.300
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1641 the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components G06F1/1647 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203

Abstract

A hinged electronic device (100) includes housing hinge mechanism (130) holding together a first housing section (110) with a first screen portion (160) of a hinged screen (150) and a second housing section (120) with a recess (184) for a second screen portion (170) of the hinged screen (150). The first screen portion (160) and the second screen portion (170) are held together by a screen hinge mechanism (480). When the hinged electronic device (100) is closed, the hinged screen (150) is in a stowed position. When the hinged electronic device (100) is fully opened, the hinged screen (150) is in a fully deployed position, which has the first screen portion (160) and the second screen portion (170) within a single plane.

Claims

1. A hinged electronic device comprising:

a first housing section with a first screen portion;

a housing hinge mechanism coupled to the first housing section;

a second housing section with a recess for a second screen portion, coupled to the housing hinge mechanism; and

a screen hinge mechanism coupled to the first screen portion and the second screen portion.

2. A hinged electronic device in accordance with claim 1, where the second screen portion stows in the recess when the first housing section and the second housing section are in a closed position.

3. A hinged electronic device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

a post, coupled to the second screen portion; and

a corresponding track in the recess.

4. A hinged electronic device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the first screen portion is a display screen.

5. A hinged electronic device in accordance with claim 4, wherein the second screen portion is a display screen.

6. A hinged electronic device in accordance with claim 5, further comprising:

a display controller for providing a single image on the first screen portion and the second screen portion.

7. A hinged electronic device in accordance with claim 5, further comprising:

a first display controller for providing a first image on the first screen portion.

8. A hinged electronic device in accordance with claim 7, further comprising:

a second display controller for providing a second image on the second screen portion.

9. A hinged electronic device in accordance with claim 1, wherein a wall of the recess has a user input device.

10. A hinged electronic device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the housing hinge mechanism is an active hinge.

11. A hinged electronic device in accordance with claim 10, wherein the screen hinge mechanism is a passive hinge.

12. A hinged electronic device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the screen hinge mechanism is a passive hinge.

13. A hinged electronic device comprising:

a first housing section with a first screen portion;

a second housing section with a recess, moveably coupled to the first housing section; and

a second screen portion continually positioned at least partially within the recess, moveably coupled to the first screen portion.

14. A hinged electronic device in accordance with claim 13, wherein the second housing section is rotatably coupled to the first housing section.

15. A hinged electronic device in accordance with claim 13, wherein the second screen portion is rotatably coupled to the first screen portion.