Electronic Device with Hinge Mechanism
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Abstract
An electronic device is described that has a base and a lid, where device can be opened so that part of the base is exposed and closed so that the same part of the base is hidden. The lid is connected to the base by two bars. The bars allow the lid to slide in a plane parallel to the base. The connection between the base and lid is such that there is little overlap between the base and the lid when the device is open.
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47 Claims
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1-25. -25. (canceled)
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26. A method of assembling a mobile communication device, comprising:
connecting a lid to a base with a connector, wherein the connector comprises two bars with one bar of the two bars including a bend substantially contained in a plane parallel to, and in between, the base and the lid, the connector permitting the lid to move between a first position and a second position so that when the lid is in the first position the lid covers at least a portion of the base and when the lid is in the second position, the portion of the base is exposed and as the lid moves from the first position to the second position, the lid moves in a plane parallel to a main surface of the base and the lid covers only a portion of the bar including the bend in the second position. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 32, 33, 34)
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29. A method of assembling a mobile communication device, comprising:
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receiving a base having an upper surface, a lower surface, a width, a length, and a height, wherein the height changes along the length forming a thin region and a thick region, wherein the upper surface in the thin region is not co-planar with the upper surface in the thick region and the thick region has an input control for controlling the electronic device; and connecting a cover to the base with a connector comprising two bars with each bar including a first end pivotably connected to the cover and a second end pivotably connected to the base, the cover having a length and a width and the cover being slidably connected the base such that in a first position at least 90% of a lower surface of the cover is adjacent to the upper surface of the thin region and in a second position at least 75% of the lower surface of the cover is not adjacent to the upper surface of the thin region. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 35, 36)
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35-1. The method of claim 30, further comprising compressing the spring when connecting the spring to the cover and the base.
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37. A method performed with a mobile communication device comprising a base;
- a lid; and
a connector between the base and the lid comprising two bars, each bar including a first end pivotably connected to the lid and a second end pivotably connected to the base, at least one bar of the two bars comprising a bend and substantially contained in a plane parallel to, and in between, the base and lid, the method comprising;moving the lid, in a plane parallel to a main surface of the base, from a first position to a second position, the lid covering at least a portion of the base in the first position, to expose at least a portion of the base when the lid is in the second position; and moving the lid, in the plane parallel to the main surface of the base, from the second position towards the first position. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
- a lid; and
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