| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 361679060 | Display rotatable about plural axes | 29 |
| 20090185338 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes a casing, a stand, and an image display section. The stand is formed of a single rod. The image display apparatus further includes a link mechanism that links the rod and a portion of the rear surface, supports the rod so as to be pivotal between a falling-down position where the rod falls down on the rear surface and a standing position where the rod stands from the rear surface, and locks and holds the rod to the falling-down position and the standing position. The rod is located at the standing position and one of two long sides of the casing and the leading end of the rod are placed onto a placing surface, whereby a first posture in which the casing stands with a first angle with respect to the placing surface is formed. The rod is located at the standing position and one of two short sides of the casing and the leading end of the rod are placed onto the placing surface, whereby a second posture in which the casing stands with a second angle with respect to the placing surface is formed. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20100014233 | APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY MOVEMENT OF A LAPTOP COMPUTER - Disclosed is a laptop computer including a body and a display articulably connected to the body. The laptop computer includes at least one drive unit capable of moving the display relative to the body. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100014234 | Light-Emitting Pixel Array Package And Method of Manufacturing The Same - A method of manufacturing a display monitor, the method comprising: molding a pixel array frame having a plurality of pixel cavities and at least one pixel wall positioned adjacent to at least two pixel cavities, at least one of the pixel cavities having a light pit therein; molding a light diffusing material in the pixel cavities, wherein the light diffusing material does not enter the light pit; selecting a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, the substrate having a light source, such as a LED, on the top surface; coupling the bottom surface of the substrate to a printed circuit board configured to controllably operate the light source, wherein the light source is received within the light pit; and coupling the molded pixel array frame to the substrate. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100039758 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR TWO OR MORE FLAT PANEL DEVICES - A support structure for at least two flat panel display devices that permits adjustment of the at least two display devices in or about one or more axes, and a display system including such support structure and display devices while maintaining a constant space between the display devices in various configurations, alignments and orientations of the display devices. Such support structure, as provided in accordance with embodiments of the invention, provides for configuration of the at least two display devices, in a plurality of alignments in which fronts of the two display devices are generally aligned in a plane, for viewing together. Embodiments of the support structure provide for the two display devices to be positioned in a landscape and/or portrait configuration. Embodiments of the support structure provide for repositioning the display devices between horizontally and vertically-aligned configurations without disassembling the support structure itself and without disassembling either or both of the two display devices from the support structure. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100277856 | PORTABLE DIGITAL COMPUTER - The invention relates to a portable digital computer having a housing on which a keyboard, a detachable mouse and a swivelling monitor are disposed. The housing ( | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100321875 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a main body, an input unit, a screen, and a connecting mechanism. The main body has a first side and a second side next to the first side. The input unit is disposed on the main body. The connecting mechanism is connected with the main body and the screen. The screen is adjacent to the first side or the second side of the main body via the connecting mechanism. When the screen is at the first side of the main body, a display direction of the screen and a display direction of symbols of the input unit are parallel to an extending direction of the first side. When the screen is at the second side of the main body, the display direction of the screen and the display direction of the symbols of the input unit are vertical to an extending direction of the second side. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20120182680 | Multi-positional stand and under cabinet mount for a tablet computer - A multi-positional stand and under-cabinet mount for a tablet computer comprising a mounting plate, a hinge member, a base member, a hinge pin, 2 cam-actuated handles, a base mount and an attachment knob. The mounting plate can be temporarily coupled to the center of the back of a tablet computer with hook-and-loop (or similar) two-part, fastening material (of prior art). The mounting plate can be rotationally attached to the flat face on the top front of the hinge member allowing the attached tablet computer to rotate. The bottom of the hinge member can be pivotally attached to the front of the base member with the hinge pin oriented horizontally allowing the recline angle of said tablet computer to be adjusted. The angular position of the hinge member and base member can be locked in place, in any one of an infinite number of angular positions within a range, by the manipulation of the 2 cam-actuated handles. The hinge member can fold down on top of the base member and the cam actuated handles can fold towards the base member for a compact, portable configuration. The base mount can attach to the bottom of a cabinet or shelf with screws. The stand can be temporarily mounted to the base mount (in an upside-down position) with an attachment knob and can be manipulated, touch, rotated, tilted left or right, or forward and back, or fully retracted underneath the cabinet or shelf. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20130088824 | PORTABLE COMPUTER WITH HIGHLY ADJUSTABLE ERGONOMIC DISPLAY SCREEN - A portable computer system with a highly adjustable display is disclosed. In one embodiment, a laptop computer includes a base and a display supported from a base by a pair of opposing support arms. Each support arm includes a pair of rigid structural members coupled at adjacent ends by an intermediate connector comprising one or two ball joints. The lower rigid structural member is connected to the base by a lower ball joint, and the upper rigid structural member is connected to the display by a display connector comprising an upper ball joint. The display connector is also secured to a side edge of the display on a track. The laptop has an adjustable viewing angle, fore/aft position, and display height. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20140092542 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING PASSIVE COOLING - An electronic device is provided that includes a base having a top portion and a bottom portion. The bottom portion may include a first bottom part and a second bottom part. The first bottom part may form a first plane, and the second bottom part may form a second plane, the second plane being non-planar with the first plane. The second bottom part may include an input opening. The top portion of the base may include an output opening. The input opening and the output opening may allow air to flow from behind the electronic device to over the base. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140218854 | TILT MECHANISM FOR INFORMATION DEVICE - A tilt mechanism for an information device including a body and a display is capable of changing a tilt angle of the display after the display is tilted on the body by pulling up an upper end of the display laid on the body and sliding a lower end of the display over the body. One of two links is rotatably connected to the display, the other of the links to the body, the two links engage each other. Until a roller provided at the lower end of the display engages a support provided on the body, the two links firmly engage each other so as to maintain the total length of the two links, and after the roller engages the support, the two kinks are capable to change the tilt angle by changing the total length of the two links. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140293525 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided an electronic apparatus, including a first housing, a second housing which has a display section and a support member supporting the display section, and a housing connection section which rotatably connects the second housing with respect to the first housing. The support member includes a first support section connected to the housing connection section, a second support section which fixedly supports the display section, and a support connection section, positioned between the first support section and the second support section, which has a flexibility to rotatably connect the second support section with respect to the first support section. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140301028 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - An electronic equipment includes a display device, an input device, a first connecting rod, and a second connecting rod. Two ends of the first connecting rod are respectively pivotable on sides of the display device and the input device, and two ends of the second connecting rod are respectively pivotable on the opposite sides of the display device and the input device. When the electronic equipment is in a tablet mode, the display device covers the input device, and the display device and the input device are located between the first and the second connecting rods. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140313655 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF PIVOTING - A portable electronic device includes a host module, a display module, a pivoting mechanism and a moving component. The pivoting mechanism is connected to the host module and the display module and for pivoting the host module relative to the display module. The pivoting mechanism includes a base and a pivoting unit. The pivoting unit includes a lower pivoting component and an upper pivoting component. The lower pivoting component is installed on the base. The upper pivoting component is pivotally connected to the lower pivoting component in a first pivoting direction and installed on the display module, so that the display module rotates relative to the host module in the first pivoting direction. The moving component contacts an upper surface of the host module and moves relative to the upper surface as the display module rotates relative to the host module in the first pivoting direction. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150043140 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DIFFERENT MODULES CAPABLE OF BEING DETACHED OR CONNECTED BY MAGNETIC ATTRACTION FORCE - A portable electronic device includes a first module, a second module and a pivoting mechanism connected to the first module and the second module. The first module is detachably assembled with the second module. The pivoting mechanism includes a locating component, at least one first magnetic component and at least one second magnetic component. The locating component is disposed on the second module and has an accommodating slot. The at least one first magnetic component is disposed on the first module, and the at least one second magnetic component is disposed inside the accommodating slot for assembling the first module with the second module as the at least one first magnetic component is disposed on the accommodating slot and attracts the at least one second magnetic component, so that the first module pivots relative to the second module around the at least one first magnetic component. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150309530 | ADJUSTABLE ANATOMY DISPLAY TABLE - An adjustable anatomy display table is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the adjustable anatomy table includes a display configured to visualize the anatomy in a real size, a base configured to support the display, and an adjustable mechanism that mechanically couples the display to the base. The adjustable mechanism is configured to adjust a position of the display relative to the base. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150309540 | Information Handling System Hinge Support Frame - Low profile portable information handling systems rotationally couple a lid and chassis portion with a dual axis hinge that couples at one axis with an extension and countersink engagement to enhance system strength. For example, a conical boss in a lid support frame extends into a countersink formed in a hinge axis and includes threads to accept a screw inserted from the hinge axis into the conical boss. The conical boss inner diameter extends the space available for placement of threads to engage a screw to provide enhanced coupling strength between the hinge axis and lid support frame. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150346770 | INFORMATION DEVICE - An information device includes: a first housing and a second housing coupled through a hinge mechanism, the second housing being openable to a angle from a closed state where the second housing overlaps with the first housing; a third housing attached to a surface of the second housing on a first housing side through a movement mechanism capable of moving the third housing with respect to the second housing from an overlapped state with the second housing; a first display screen provided on a surface of the third housing on the first housing side; and at least one unit selected from a group of a second display screen, an input mechanism, an output mechanism and an input-output mechanism, the surface being exposed when the third housing is moved with respect to the second housing in a state where the second housing is opened with respect to the first housing. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160041589 | PROGRESSIVE HINGE - The description relates to devices, such as computing devices that have hinged portions. One example can include a first portion that includes an electronic component and is electrically connected by electrical conductors to a second portion that includes a second electronic component. This example can also include a two axis hinge assembly rotatably securing the first and second portions. The two axis hinge assembly can include a directional locking mechanism on a first axis of rotation such that when operated in one rotational direction the first axis has less resistance to rotation than a second axis. When operated in an opposite rotational direction the first axis has more resistance to rotation than the second axis. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160170448 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL AND COVER FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL | 06-16-2016 |
| 361679070 | About perpendicular axes | 10 |
| 20090154083 | HINGE DEVICE OF PLANE DISPLAY - [Problem] To present a hinge device of a plane display capable of manually rotating in lateral horizontal direction, manually inclining (tilting, laying) in longitudinal direction, and manually adjusting the height in vertical direction simultaneously, being simple in structure and easy in manual operation. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090231791 | LAPTOP DUAL-SWIVEL HINGES - In a convertible notebook/tablet computer with a dual-swivel hinge, an arrangement for communicating to a user a preferred rotational direction for pivoting about a z-axis, entirely without wiring or lights and in a manner such that at most only one rotational direction is communicated at a time. Preferably, this is accomplished via one or more windows, disposed on a surface of the hinge, that permit an arrow to be visible in accordance with a preferred rotational direction that a user needs to pivot the monitor/lid with respect to the keyboard based on the rotational direction originally traversed. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100128425 | DISPLAY STRUCTURE - A display structure includes a base, a stand pivotably attached to the base and rotatable along a first axis, an elastic connecting member, and a display unit pivotably engaged with ends of the connecting member and rotatable along a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis. The connecting member includes a pair of arm sections slidably engaged with the stand for adjusting a height of the display unit. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110110027 | Rotation Angle Limitation Device and Portable Electronic Device Having The Same - A rotation angle limitation device is used for a portable electronic device. The rotation angle limitation device comprises a base comprising a placed portion and at least one positioning portion; a driven element connected to the placed portion capable of being rotated relative to the base, the driven element having a first position and a second position, and the driven element is secured by the positioning portion when the driven element is in the second position; an elastic element is disposed between the placed portion and the driven element; a first rotation shaft is pivotally connected to the placed portion; the first rotation shaft is capable of rotating along a first direction, and the first rotation shaft and the driven element move simultaneously; a second rotation shaft is pivotally connected to the first rotation shaft; the second rotation shaft is capable of rotating along a second direction; at least one cam is connected to the second rotation shaft, and at least one cam and the second rotation shaft move simultaneously, each cam comprising a first protruding portion and a concave arc which is adjacent to the first protruding portion. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110176266 | Connecting module and electronic device coupling system - A connecting module includes: a main section in which an electronic circuit is housed; a plate section that is rotatably supported by the main section, and that is adapted to lie in front of the main section, and that is rotatable between a flat position in which an electronic device is laid on a first face representing a top face and a standing position in which the electronic device is leaned against a second face representing a back face opposite to the first face; and a first connector that couples with the electronic device laid on the plate section when the plate section is in the flat position so as to connect the electronic device to the electronic circuit in the main section. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20120113578 | Separable Hinge Assembly with Two Component Device - A group of assemblies—two housings and a hinge assembly—which particularly enhances the flexibility in use of electronic devices such as computer systems and cell phones. The enhancement derives from the capability of separating the three elements by pairs or one from another for use either individually or as a conjoined entity. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120293938 | HINGE DEVICE AND KEYBOARD DOCK AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A hinge device and a keyboard dock and a portable electronic device having the same are provided. The hinge device includes a body, a torsion generating part, a rotating part and a second wedging unit. The torsion generating part is pivotally connected to the body and has a first wedging unit. The rotating part is pivotally connected to the body. The second wedging unit is assembled to the rotating part and moved along with the rotating part. The first wedging unit and the second wedging unit are wedged together or separated from each other while the rotating part rotates relative to the body along a first axis. The body can rotate along a second axis relative to the torsion generating part while the first wedging unit and the second wedging unit are separated from each other. The first axis is vertical to the second axis. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130003278 | Two-Axis Hinge and Mobile Device - A two-axis hinge unit is provided with a first rotating shaft that rotates so as to open in the vertical direction from a folded state with a first casing and a second casing overlapping and a second rotating shaft that rotates so as to open in the horizontal direction from a folded state with the first casing and the second casing overlapping, and is provided with a restriction member positioned between the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft that, when one of the rotating shafts is in a predetermined rotational position, is pressed by this one rotating shaft and engages with the other rotating shaft, thereby restricting rotation of that other rotating shaft. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20140146458 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH EJECTION MECHANISM - An electronic device includes a base, a display, and a user-actable ejection mechanism. The base defines a recessed portion. The display is received in the recessed portion, and is pivotably connected to sidewalls of the recessed portion. The user-actuatable ejection mechanism is positioned in the base, and drives the display to rotate up relative to the base when actuated by a user. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20150131218 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND LOCKING STRUCTURE THEREOF - An electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a first pivot structure, a second pivot structure, and a locking structure not in contact with the second pivot structure. The second pivot structure is pivoted to the first body along a first axis through the first pivot structure. The second body is pivoted to the first pivot structure along a second axis through the second pivot structure. When the second body is unfolded to an open position along the first axis, the first pivot structure drives the locking structure to go to an unlocked state, and the second body is adapted to rotate along the second axis. When the second body is folded or unfolded to other positions along the first axis, the first pivot structure drives the locking structure to go to a locked state, and the locking structure stops the second body rotating along the second axis. | 05-14-2015 |
