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Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2018
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eduardo Escamilla, Round Rock, TX (US);

James Utz, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); E02D 3/12 (2006.01); E05D 11/10 (2006.01); E05D 11/00 (2006.01); E05D 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); E05D 3/122 (2013.01); E05D 11/105 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1647 (2013.01); E05D 11/0054 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/606 (2013.01);
Abstract

Technologies for hinges on mobile compute devices with dual screens are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, the mobile compute device with two housings each having a display are connected to each other by a hinge with elliptical spur gears that allow for one housing with a display to be rotated 360 degrees relative to the other housing. The elliptical shape of the spur gears allows the separation between the gears to change as one housing is rotated and, in particular, allows a smaller separation between the gears in certain configurations of the mobile compute device. The illustrative hinge includes a mechanical linkage system that allows the hinge to expand and contract as one housing is rotated.


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