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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2016
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Joseph Anthony Holung, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Tin-Lup Wong, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Joseph David Plunkett, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ritchie Alan Russ, Raleigh, NC (US);
Philip John Jakes, Durham, NC (US);
Bouziane Yebka, Apex, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An apparatus can include a processor; memory accessible by the processor; a display operatively coupled to the processor; a hinge assembly that includes an axle and leaves where at least one of the leaves includes a leaf magnet that includes north poles and south poles; and a first housing and a second housing that include leaf receptacles that, in a coupled state, receive the leaves of the hinge assembly to pivotably couple the first housing and the second housing.