LAPTOP COMPUTER

• US 20100053876A1
• Filed: 04/23/2007
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dreamcom Corporation
• Original Assignee: Dreamcom Corporation
• Inventors: Esslinger, Hartmut, Widmer, Jannis
• Application Number:
  US12/298,007
• Publication Number:
  US 20100053876A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.270
• 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 1/1624 with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1654 the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/166 related to integrated arrangements for adjusting the position of the main body with respect to the supporting surface, e.g. legs for adjusting the tilt angle

Abstract

The invention relates to a laptop computer with at least one first body component (23) constituting an interface (33) and one second body component (25) constituting a display (35) that can be swiveled on the axis of a joint (21) around the first body component (23) and connected to it. The two body components (23,25) together form the body of a computer. The body of the computer contains at least a CPU, a data storage module, and an energy storage device. In addition, a docking module (27) is provided that can be connected to the body and disconnected from the body of the computer with a plug connection and that features at least one network device and one drive. This can be disconnected from the rest of the laptop. In addition, the first body component, the second body component, and the docking module form three flexibly interconnected body components (23,25,27) that can be opened in a Y-shaped way so that two body components (23,27) serve as a stand for the body component (25) that is provided with the display (35).

Claims

1. Laptop with at least one first body component (23) for an interface (33) and one second body component (25) for a display (35) than can be swiveled on the axis of a joint (21) around the first body component (23) and connected to it, characterized by a third body component (27) which is flexibly connected to the other two body components (23, 25), so that these three body components can be opened in a Y-shaped fashion, whereby in this position two body components (23, 27) can be used as stands for the second body component (25) provided with the display (35).

2. Laptop according to claim 1, characterized in that the third body component is a docking module (27) which can be connected to the first body component (23), which [docking module] can comprise at least an AC-adapter and a drive.

3. Laptop according to claim 2, characterized in that the docking module (27) is provided with a flat body component and a plug-in body (41) to establish a plug-in connection with the first body component (23), and is connected around an axis which can be swiveled with the flat body component of the docking module (27).

4. Laptop according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the flexibly connected parts (23, 25;

41, 27) resist pivoting in various tilt positions, e.g. are locked, clamped or fixable.

5. Laptop according to one of the claims 2 through 4, characterized in that the first body component (23), the second body component (25) and the docking module (15) can be opened in a Y-shaped fashion.

6. Laptop according to one of the claims 1 through 5, characterized in that the display (35) is provided in its own display body component (15), which is mounted on the second body component (25).

7. Laptop according to claim 6, characterized in that the display body component (15) is movably mounted away from the axis of the joint (21) to toward the axis of the joint (21) on the second body component (25).

8. Laptop according to claim 7, characterized in that at least one stop rail (69, 71) and at least one stop tooth (81, 83) interacting with it are connected to the first body component (25) and or to the display body component (15) so that the display body component (15) is established in a plurality of movement positions and can be released to be moved.

9. Laptop according to claim 8, characterized in that the stop rail (69, 71) is provided with a row of teeth (85), which row of teeth can be engaged with the stop tooth (81, 83) associated with the stop rail.

10. Laptop according to claim 9, characterized in that the stop rail (69, 71) can be moved oblique to the longitudinal extension of the row of teeth (85) and the engagement between the row of teeth (85) and the stop tooth (81, 83) can be achieved and released by sliding the stop rail (69, 71).

11. Laptop according to one of claims 8 through 10, characterized in that two stop rails (69, 71) and two stop teeth (81, 83) are present which stop rails can be moved toward and away from each other, and can be operated by a common operating means (77).

12. Laptop according to claim 11, characterized in that the two stop rails (69, 71) are prestressed against each other by a spring.

13. Laptop according to one of claims 8 through 12, characterized in that the stop tooth (81, 83) or the stop teeth are provided on the display body component, or on a component movable with the display body component.

14. Laptop according to one of claims 7 through 13, characterized in that the display body component (15) and the second body component (25) are mounted to each other by an adjustment plate (53), which adjustment plate (53) has a swivel connection between two rods (55, 57) forming the adjustment plate and one tilt point is present on each of the four ends of the rods (55, 57), whereby two of the tilt points are mounted on the display body component (15) or on a component movable with the display body component and two of the tilt points are mounted on the second body component (25) or on a component (63) movable together with the second body component.

15. Laptop according to claims 14, characterized in that two tilt points are mounted in links (61) inclined toward each other.

16. Laptop according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that the rods of the adjustment plate are prestressed against each other with a spring (60).

17. Laptop according to one of claims 6 through 16, characterized in that the display body component (15) and the second body component (25) are interconnected with a removable plug connection.

18. Laptop according to one of the claims 1 through 17, characterized in that the interface (33) is provided in its own interface body component (13) which is mounted on the first body component (23).

19. Laptop according to claim 18, characterized in that the interface body component (13) is mounted away from the axis of the joint (21) and toward the axis of the joint (21) movably to the first body component (23).

20. Laptop according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the interface body component (13) and the first body component (23) are interconnected by a removable plug connection.

21. Laptop according to the one of the previous claims 1 through 20, characterized in that the PC board with the CPU is arranged in the second body component (25).

22. Laptop according to claim 21, characterized in that the second body component (25) has a body shell made of metal.

23. Laptop according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the docking module (27) is provided with sockets for an external interface, in particular for an external keyboard and an external mouse.

24. Laptop according to one of the claims 6 through 23, characterized in that the length and the width of the second body component (23) is smaller than the length and the width of the display body component (15) affixed to it.

25. Laptop according to one of the claims 18 through 24, characterized in that the length and the width of the first body component (23) is smaller than the length and the width of the interface housing (13) affixed to it.

26. Laptop according to one of the claims 24 or 25, characterized in that the docking module (27) has essentially the same length and the same width as the first body component (23) or the second body component (25).

27. Laptop with at least one first body component (23) for an interface (33) and second body component (25) connected to the first body component (23) around the axis of a joint (21) which can be swiveled with the first body component (23) for a display (35).

characterized in that the board with the CPU is provided in the second body component (25), the display (25) is housed in its own display body component (15) and is movably mounted and/or is replaceable away from the swivel axis of the joint (21) and to the swivel axis of the joint (21) on the second body component (25).

28. Laptop according to claim 27, characterized in that the body shell of the second body component (25) is made of metal.