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Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2019
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

James H. Hallar, Austin, TX (US);

John Trevor Morrison, Round Rock, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); E05D 3/12 (2006.01); E05D 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); E05D 3/122 (2013.01); E05D 11/1028 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/606 (2013.01);
Abstract

A portable information handling system housing rotationally couples first and second housing portions with a hinge assembly having first and second breakaway brackets that define an adjacent position of the first and second housing portions relative to each other and a spread position. The first and second breakaway brackets expand the spacing between the first and second housing portions in the event that the housing portions close over an object disposed between them. The breakaway brackets bias to the adjacent position with a biasing device and a retainer that maintains the adjacent position unless a predetermined force is applied through the hinge assembly at the breakaway brackets.


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