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Patent No.:

US 9134808 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015

Filed:

May. 14, 2012

Device kickstand

Applicants:

Kabir Siddiqui, Sammamish, WA (US);

Ralf Groene, Kirkland, WA (US);

Karsten Aagaard, Monroe, WA (US);

Anthony Christian Reed, Sammamish, WA (US);

Stephan Alexander Cummings, Wilsonville, OR (US);

Darryl I. Jensen, Duvall, WA (US);

Joseph B. Gault, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Kabir Siddiqui, Sammamish, WA (US);

Ralf Groene, Kirkland, WA (US);

Karsten Aagaard, Monroe, WA (US);

Anthony Christian Reed, Sammamish, WA (US);

Stephan Alexander Cummings, Wilsonville, OR (US);

Darryl I. Jensen, Duvall, WA (US);

Joseph B. Gault, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:

Jeremy Snodgrass

Judy Yee

Micky Minhas

Primary Examiner:

Anthony Q Edwards

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); H01H 13/79 (2006.01); H01H 13/78 (2006.01); H01H 13/785 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H01H 13/704 (2006.01); H01H 13/82 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H01H 13/702 (2006.01); H01H 13/14 (2006.01); H01H 13/703 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/023 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G05B 11/01 (2013.01); G06F 1/1618 (2013.01); G06F 1/1654 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); G06F 1/1669 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); G06F 1/1683 (2013.01); G06F 1/1684 (2013.01); G06F 3/002 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G06F 3/023 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 9/541 (2013.01); G06F 11/3089 (2013.01); G06F 13/102 (2013.01); H01H 13/14 (2013.01); H01H 13/702 (2013.01); H01H 13/703 (2013.01); H01H 13/704 (2013.01); H01H 13/78 (2013.01); H01H 13/785 (2013.01); H01H 13/79 (2013.01); H01H 13/82 (2013.01); H04M 1/0216 (2013.01); H04M 1/0254 (2013.01); H04M 1/72527 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01); H05K 5/0234 (2013.01); H01H 2201/036 (2013.01); H01H 2205/006 (2013.01); H01H 2211/006 (2013.01); H01H 2217/004 (2013.01); H04M 1/0245 (2013.01); Y10T 16/5401 (2015.01); Y10T 16/551 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract

A device kickstand is described. In at least some implementations, a kickstand is rotatably attached to a mobile computing device. The kickstand can be rotated to various positions to provide support for different orientations of the computing device. In at least some implementations, hinges are employed to attach a kickstand to a mobile computing device. One example hinge utilizes preset hinge stops that enable the kickstand to be placed at different preset positions. Another example hinge exerts pressure on an edge of the kickstand, providing stability and vibration dampening to the kickstand.

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