Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-actuating hinge mechanism for electronic device
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Application No.: US16885045Application Date: 2020-05-27
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Publication No.: US11353933B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Qiliang Xu , Kevin M. Robinson , Xiaonan Wen , Shingo Yoneoka
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16 ; F16M11/10 ; G06F3/01

Abstract:
A notebook computer may include a display portion, a base portion, a hinge mechanism movably coupling the display portion to the base portion, an optical sensing system configured to capture an image of an object, an actuation system comprising a shape-memory alloy member coupled to the base portion and the display portion and configured to move the display portion relative to the base portion, and a processing system. The processing system may be configured to determine a target position for the display portion based at least in part on a location of the object in the image and cause the actuation system to actuate the hinge mechanism to move the display portion, relative to the base portion, from an initial position to the target position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210373610A1 SELF-ACTUATING HINGE MECHANISM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-12-02
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