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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2022
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Luke Schwartzel, Bothell, WA (US);
Brett Tomky, Seattle, WA (US);
Devin Samuel Jacob Caplow-Munro, Seattle, WA (US);
Denys Yaremenko, Carnation, WA (US);
Errol Mark Tazbaz, Bellevue, WA (US);
Anne Maristella Pirie, Peninsula, OH (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Hinged computing devices often connect two components via one or more hinges, using either a door-hinge style or other conventional hinge style. Presenting a continuous visual impression of the computing device to the user, with any gaps covered, provides protection to internal components and suggests a higher overall quality of the computing device to the user. Using conventional hinges, achieving a 360-degree range of motion is difficult, and often requires a pair of hinges connected by a spine to accommodate the respective thicknesses of the two hinged components in all orientations. However, using a pair of conventional hinges connected by a spine to achieve a 360-degree range of motion can yield a variable gap between the spine and the hinged components. The presently disclosed technology is directed to mechanically deterministic sliding covers that conceal these variable gaps, while still maintaining a 360-degree range of motion of the computing device.