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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2011
David D. Bohn, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Paul M. O'brien, Sammamish, WA (US);
Christopher Bramley Fruhauf, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Michael J. Basha, Brisbane, CA (US);
Perry Q. Anderson, Kensington, CA (US);
David D. Bohn, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Paul M. O'Brien, Sammamish, WA (US);
Christopher Bramley Fruhauf, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Michael J. Basha, Brisbane, CA (US);
Perry Q. Anderson, Kensington, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In embodiments of a hinge electrical interconnection guide, a portable device includes a first housing integrated with a display device, and a second housing movably coupled to the first housing. A hinge assembly includes a hinge link to couple hinge mechanisms that are movably operable to open and close the first and second housings of the portable device relative to each other. An electrical interconnection guide is integrated with the hinge link and designed to route an electrical interconnection in a first configuration between the first and second housings of the device when closed relative to each other. The electrical interconnection guide is also designed to route the electrical interconnection in a second configuration between the first and second housings of the device when open relative to each other.