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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2015
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Michelle Yu, Oakland, CA (US);
James Tanner, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Aaron Leiba, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A device is disclosed as including a hinge disposed intermediate of a display and a keyboard. the hinge includes an at least partially cylindrical housing and a friction band, the hinge providing rotation of the display and the keyboard around a pivot axis extending longitudinally along the hinge. The friction band comprises one or more compression members configured to extend around the pivot axis and in a compressed configuration with an inner surface of the housing to create friction between the inner surface of the housing and an outer surface of the one or more compression members.