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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Pei-Yang Sung, Taichung, TW;
Jeff Ku, Taipei, TW;
Ming-Che Lee, New Taipei, TW;
Simon Tsai, Taoyuan, TW;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); E05F 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); E05F 1/1207 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01);
Abstract
Particular embodiments described herein provide for device that includes a first housing, a cradle, and a hinge that rotatable couples the first housing to the cradle. The hinge includes a switch bolt configured to selectively provide friction torque to the hinge, a torsion spring configured to provide spring torque to the hinge, and a switch mechanism to activate and deactivate the switch bolt, wherein the friction torque provided by the switch bolt is greater than the spring torque provided by the torsion spring.