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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Raymond Dewine Heistand, Ii, Round Rock, TX (US);
Richard Daniel Trotta, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Raymond DeWine Heistand, II, Round Rock, TX (US);
Richard Daniel Trotta, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A rotating control panel system includes a base. A control panel is coupled to the base by a coupling. The coupling includes a pivot axis having an elongated pivot aperture and a pivot member located in the elongated pivot aperture. The pivot member is operable to rotate relative to the elongated pivot aperture and translate relative to the elongated pivot aperture. The coupling also includes a translation cam having an arcuate translation channel and a translation member located in the arcuate translation channel. In response to the control panel being rotated relative to the base, the pivot member rotates relative to the elongated pivot aperture, and the translation member moves relative to a first portion of the arcuate translation channel to cause the pivot member to translate relative to the elongated pivot aperture in a first direction in order to translate the control panel relative to the base in the first direction, and then moves relative to a second portion of the arcuate translation channel to cause the pivot member to translate relative to the elongated pivot aperture in a second direction in order to translate the control panel relative to the base in the second direction, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction.