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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2020
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Anthony E. Hillyerd, Sammamish, WA (US);
Christina Ashley Yee, Redmond, WA (US);
Aseem Singla, Redmond, WA (US);
Robyn Rebecca Reed Mclaughlin, Seattle, WA (US);
Kaitlyn Marley Schoeck, Seattle, WA (US);
Hua Wang, Redmond, WA (US);
Daniel Dhondt, Redmond, WA (US);
Brian David Bitz, Woodinville, WA (US);
Joseph Benjamin Gault, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A hinge system has a first body and a second body rotatably connected to one another around a first pivot point. The second body has a top surface and bottom surface positioned opposite one another in a vertical direction of the second body. A translation mechanism is connected to the second body and the first pivot point to displace the first pivot point in the vertical direction relative to the second body.