Portable electronic device with double acting hinge arrangement
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1. A hand-held portable electronic device comprising:
- a housing comprising a first housing section and a second housing section;
electronic circuitry in the housing; and
a flipping hinge arrangement connecting the first and second housing sections to each other, wherein the first and second housing sections are adapted to be flipped more than 360 degrees relative to each other at the flipping hinge arrangement.
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Abstract
A hand-held portable electronic device including a housing having a first housing section and a second housing section; electronic circuitry in the housing; and a Jacob'"'"'s Ladder flipping hinge arrangement connecting the first and second housing sections to each other.
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32 Claims
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1. A hand-held portable electronic device comprising:
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a housing comprising a first housing section and a second housing section; electronic circuitry in the housing; and a flipping hinge arrangement connecting the first and second housing sections to each other, wherein the first and second housing sections are adapted to be flipped more than 360 degrees relative to each other at the flipping hinge arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A hand-held portable electronic device comprising:
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a first housing section having electronic circuitry; a second housing section; and a double acting hinge arrangement connecting the second housing section to the first housing section such that the first and second housing sections are adapted to rotate more than 360 degrees relative to each other by the double acting hinge arrangement, wherein the double acting hinge arrangement comprises a ribbon mechanically connecting the first and second housing sections to each other. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A hand-held portable electronic device comprising:
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a housing comprising a first housing section and a second housing section; electronic circuitry in the housing; and at least three ribbons mechanically connecting the first and second housing sections to each other, wherein at least one of the ribbons comprises an electrical flat flexible cable connected to the electronic circuitry, and wherein the ribbons are connected to the first and second housing sections to allow the first and second housing sections to be flipped in a first direction about 360 degrees relative to each other at a first hinge location and flipped past the 360 degrees relative to each other in the first direction at a second spaced hinge location between a first form factor operational configuration and a second form factor operational configuration.
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29. A method of reconfiguring a hand-held portable electronic device comprising:
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flipping a first housing section of a housing in a first direction about 360 degrees relative to a second housing section of the housing at a first end of the housing from a first form factor operation position to an intermediate position; and flipping the first housing section relative to the second housing section at a second end of the housing in the same first direction about 360 degrees from the intermediate position to a second form factor operational position. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. A method of assembling a hand-held portable electronic device comprising:
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connecting a first housing section to a second housing section by a first ribbon; and connecting a second ribbon and a third ribbon to the first and second housing sections on opposite sides of the first ribbon, wherein the first ribbon is located on opposite major sides of the first and second housing sections than the second and third ribbons. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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