Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Chung-Hua Ku

Kuan-Ting Wu

Wei-Chung Chen

Chi-Hao Chang

Chi Hao Chang

Super Liao

Cheng-Feng Liao

Yung-Chih Kuo

Chien-Pai Lai

Lo-Chun Tung

Wen-Hua Ni

Example electronic devices are disclosed herein. In an example, the electronic device includes a housing including a plurality of portions that are pivotably coupled together. The plurality of portions including a first portion including a display panel, a second portion including a user input device, and a third portion including a touch sensitive surface. The second portion is pivotably coupled between the first portion and the third portion. The third portion is pivotable relative to the second portion to cover the user input device with the touch sensitive surface.

Electronic devices with touch sensitive surfaces and user input devices

The present disclosure is drawn to re-workable adhesives for electronic devices. In one example, a re-workable adhesive for an electronic device can include a hot-melt adhesive present in an amount from about 60 wt % to about 90 wt % with respect to the total weight of the re-workable adhesive. The hot-melt adhesive can have a reduced bond strength at an elevated temperature. The re-workable adhesive can also include a pressure-sensitive adhesive present in an amount from about 10 wt % to about 40 wt % with respect to the total weight of the re-workable adhesive, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive has a higher bond strength compared to the hot-melt adhesive when at the elevated temperature.

Re-workable adhesives for electronic devices

An electronic device can include a first electronic component, a second electronic component, and an energy dampener positioned between and in contact with the first electronic component and the second electronic component. The energy dampener in this example includes a carbon nanotube-aerogel matrix including carbon nanotubes embedded in an aerogel with a rubber composited therewith.

Energy dampeners for electronic devices

In one example, a hinge assembly is disclosed, which may include a band torque engine having at least one bearing portion and a vertical torque engine coupled to the band torque engine. The vertical torque engine may have an opening. The hinge assembly may include a first shaft received through the at least one bearing portion and the opening. The first shaft may be rotatable along an axis with respect to the band torque engine and the vertical torque engine. The hinge assembly may include a display bracket including an adaptor portion to hold the first shaft such that the first shaft rotates along with the display bracket. The band torque engine may provide a frictional torque and the vertical torque engine may compressively engage with the first shaft to provide a vertical frictional torque during rotation of the display bracket.

Hinge assembly with vertical torque engine

An energy dampener for use in an electronic device can include a carbon nanotube-aerogel matrix, including carbon nanotubes embedded in an aerogel and a rubber composited with the carbon nanotube-aerogel matrix.

In one example, a dual-axis hinge assembly for an electronic device is disclosed, which may include a casing defining a pair of slots and an elastic member disposed in the casing. The elastic member may include mounting features at opposite ends. The dual-axis hinge assembly may include a pair of shafts received through a respective one of the mounting features and the slots, and engaged with display housing and a main housing of the electronic device to pivotably connect the display housing to the man housing. The elastic member may enable at least one of the shafts to slide along the slots to variably adjust a distance between a pivot axis of the display housing and a pivot axis of the main housing.

Dual-axis hinge assembly for electronic devices

Computers are disclosed. An example computer includes a casing including a first casing portion and a second casing portion; a fastener; and a biasing element surrounding the fastener, the fastener to couple the first casing portion and the second casing portion and the biasing element to deter vibrations transmitted from the first casing portion to the fastener from affecting internal components of the computer.

Computers

Examples of the present disclosure present a composite material. In an example, the composite material may comprise: a carbon fiber composite and a surface treatment layer. The carbon fiber composite may comprise a core layer having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, and a first set of two carbon fiber layers disposed over at least a portion of the core layer respectively on the first side and the second side. Each of the first set of the two carbon fiber layers may comprise carbon fibers aligned in a first direction in a plane. The surface treatment layer may be disposed on the carbon fiber composite.

Composite material

In one example, a kickstand for a mobile computing device is described. The kickstand having a first end and a second end opposite the first end to rotatably couple to a first side and a second side of a housing of the mobile computing device, respectively, proximate the middle of the first side and the second side of the housing such that the U shaped kickstand provides the space for disposing the components in the housing without significantly affecting form factors and/or aesthetic aspects of the mobile computing device in typing, inking and retracted modes.

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Taipei, Taiwan

Chung-Hua Ku