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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kened Li-Diaz, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Anthony W. Howard, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); E05D 11/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D 11/00 (2013.01); G01B 11/26 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1677 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/44 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/606 (2013.01);
Abstract
An information handling system may be implemented as a notebook, comprising a first assembly, a second assembly, a hinge mechanically coupling the first assembly to the second assembly wherein the hinge comprises a surface having an apparent reflectivity of light which is variable from a first location of the surface to a second location of the surface, a source of light configured to project light onto a surface of the hinge, and a sensor configured to detect an intensity of light reflected from the surface of the hinge.