Magnetic Notebooks and Tablets

• US 20100238620A1
• Filed: 03/23/2010
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ram David Adva Fish
• Original Assignee: Ram David Adva Fish
• Inventors: Fish, Ram David Adva
• Application Number:
  US12/730,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20100238620A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.90
• 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 1/1654 the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1679 for locking or maintaining the movable parts of the enclosure in a fixed position, e.g. latching mechanism at the edge of the display in a laptop or for the screen protective cover of a PDA G06F1/1681 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1681 Details related solely to hinges hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683

Abstract

A computer system includes a base unit, a display unit detachable from the base unit, and a set of magnetic elements in the display unit and/or the base unit to attach the display unit to the base unit and to hold the display unit in the open position.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

a base unit;

a display unit detachable from the base unit, the display unit comprising a display device, a processor and a memory; and

a set of magnetic elements in at least one of the display and base units to attach the display unit to the base unit and to hold the display unit in an open position.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the display unit further comprises a ferramagnetic material to keep the display unit in a closed position.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising at least one rotating rod having mounted thereon one or more magnetic elements from the set, the rotating rod making an angle of the display unit adjustable to ensure that the magnetic elements are directed in an desirable direction.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the base unit comprises a circular notch to adjust an angle for mounting the display unit.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising a retractable flap extendable from the base unit.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the base unit comprises a notch in the base unit for inserting the display unit.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the base unit is at least one of a keyboard unit or a charging unit.

2. The system of claim 2 wherein the first unit comprises a sensor to detect proximity of the display unit to the base unit, and to cause the display unit to operate in a specific mode.

9. A computer system comprising:

a base unit;

a display unit detachable from the base unit, the display unit a display device, a processor and a memory; and

a set of magnetic elements in at least one of the display and base units to attach the display unit to the base unit when the display unit is in a closed position, wherein the set of magnetic elements is a sole means for keeping the display unit and the base unit together when the display unit is in the closed position.