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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2019
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
David Michael Meyers, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jason Scott Morrison, Chadron, NE (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A hinge assembly for a computing system, including a first hinge bracket including a hinge shaft, the first hinge bracket coupled to a first body of the computing system; a second hinge bracket coupled to the hinge shaft, the second hinge bracket coupled to a second body of the computing system; friction disks positioned on the hinge shaft, the friction disks configured to exert a torque on the hinge shaft; an adjustment nut coupled to the hinge shaft, the adjustment nut configured to exert a force on the friction disks; a first spring clutch coupled to the adjustment nut, the first spring clutch configured to control a positioning of the adjustment nut relative to the friction disks; a first shape memory alloy (SMA) wire coupled to the spring clutch, wherein, upon energization, a length of the first SMA wire is adjusted to change the positioning of the adjustment nut.