Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Hwikyeong An

Jinho Park

Sung Weon Song

Suwhan Kim

Hansang Oh

Sangkoo Han

A hinge apparatus is provided. The hinge apparatus includes a rotation axis device configured to pivotably support a part of a display, and a free stop hinge device configured to pivotably support an other part of the display coaxially spaced apart from the part of the display. The rotation axis device includes a curved protrusion for controlling an eccentricity between a central axis line of the rotation axis device and a central axis line of the free stop hinge device.

Free stop based hinge apparatus

A display apparatus including a display, and a detector which is coupled to the display. The touch detector is to detect a touch input when light passing through a touch area on the display is blocked. The touch detector includes a cover member covering the display, and the cover member includes at least one curved surface formed to guide light passing through the touch area.

Display apparatus

A display apparatus includes a printed circuit board on which are mounted a light emitter to emit infrared rays and a light receiver to receive the infrared rays, and a light guide member surrounding the perimeter of a display module, to guide the infrared rays emitted from the light emitter to be received by the light receiver via a touch space. An interference fit between the printed circuit board and the light guide member is provided through elastic deformation of at least one of the printed circuit board or the light guide member.

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