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公开(公告)号：US12072740B2
公开(公告)日：2024-08-27
申请号：US18069180
申请日：2022-12-20
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Michael Gordon Oldani , Benjamin Alexander Davids , Daniel Clark Park
IPC: G06F1/16
CPC classification number: G06F1/166 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1679
Abstract: A kickstand assembly comprises a backplate including a backplate deploy magnet having a first magnetic pole orientation. An upper kickstand plate is slidably connected to the backplate, and a lower kickstand plate is rotatably coupled to the upper kickstand plate. The lower kickstand plate includes a closing magnet having a second magnetic pole orientation that attracts the backplate deploy magnet, and an opening magnet laterally spaced from the closing magnet and having the first magnetic pole orientation that repels the backplate deploy magnet to cause the lower kickstand plate to rotate about the upper kickstand plate when the upper kickstand plate is laterally translated relative to the backplate.
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公开(公告)号：US10672548B2
公开(公告)日：2020-06-02
申请号：US15824698
申请日：2017-11-28
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Nishant Srinivasan , Daniel Clark Park , Karsten Aagaard , Colin Tiyani Anderson , Michael Robert Schweers , Benoit Guillaume Henri Rouger , Anthony Christian Reed
Abstract: An apparatus having a fast drop-off in attraction force between magnets is provided. The apparatus includes a first magnet array having a plurality of magnets with different magnetic field orientations fixedly positioned in a first housing. The apparatus also includes an adjacent magnet assembly relative to the first magnet array and provided in a second housing that includes second and third magnet arrays, each having a plurality of magnets with different magnetic field orientations. The apparatus includes an activation mechanism configured to move the adjacent magnet assembly from at least a first relative position to a second relative position. The adjacent magnet assembly in the second relative position has a second magnetic attraction force with the first magnet array that is substantially reduced as compared to a first magnetic attraction force with the first magnet array in the first relative position. The magnet arrays may define a magnetic fastener controlling opening and/or closing of portions of a device.
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公开(公告)号：US11994253B2
公开(公告)日：2024-05-28
申请号：US17640286
申请日：2020-09-02
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
IPC: F16M11/10
CPC classification number: F16M11/105 , F16M2200/041
Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to the rotational mounting of a display device to another supporting structure, such as a stand or a wall. One example provides a system comprising a display device, a support structure configured to be mounted to another structure to thereby support the display device on the other structure, and a mechanical interface rotationally connecting the display device and the support structure. The mechanical interface comprises three or more rail segments including a cam rail segment comprising a cam, and for each rail segment, one or more corresponding rollers, a roller for the cam rail segment being a follower and being coupled with a spring configured to bias the follower toward the cam rail segment.
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公开(公告)号：US10066429B2
公开(公告)日：2018-09-04
申请号：US15334978
申请日：2016-10-26
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Daniel Clark Park , Brian Bitz , Brett Andrew Tomky
Abstract: Disclosed herein are hinge devices having reduced or minimized free play. Specifically, disclosed herein are hinge devices having surface elements positioned on a surface of a hinge component to reduce or eliminate any free play present between interacting hinge components. In one or more embodiments, the hinge includes a first hinge component having a first guide and a second hinge component having a second guide, wherein the second hinge component is rotatably mounted on at least one surface of the first hinge component such that the first guide is positioned within the second guide or the second guide is positioned within the first guide. At least one surface element is disposed on a surface of the first guide or the second guide to provide a reduction in free play at a location of the at least one surface element.
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公开(公告)号：US12235687B2
公开(公告)日：2025-02-25
申请号：US18310664
申请日：2023-05-02
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Kabir Siddiqui , Daniel Clark Park
Abstract: A hinged mobile computing device includes a first housing part with a first display and a second housing part with a second display. The first and second housing parts are coupled by a hinge assembly that includes a spring-loaded opening mechanism configured to bias with a biasing torque the first housing part and second housing part to rotate away from each other when the first and second displays are in a closed face-to-face orientation. An electro-magnetic closure system is configured to retain the first and second displays in the closed face-to-face orientation against the biasing torque of the spring-loaded opening mechanism, and release of the electro-magnetic closure system permits the first housing part to rotationally separate from the second housing part to a predetermined angular orientation due to the biasing force of the spring-loaded opening mechanism.
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公开(公告)号：US11572975B2
公开(公告)日：2023-02-07
申请号：US17112260
申请日：2020-12-04
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Kae-Ling Jacquline Gurr , Jonne Aapi Harju , Eric Paul Witt , Timothy Guyton Escolin , Ryan Eugene Whitaker , Young Soo Kim , James David Wahl , Daniel Clark Park , Bruce James Sandmeyer , Scott Ashley Rutschman , William Loren Emery
Abstract: A device for supporting an electronic display includes a base, a display mount having a first position and a second position relative to the base, and a connection mechanism positioned between the base and the display mount. The connection mechanism is configured to rotate and translate the display mount from the first position to the second position according to a torque curve. The torque curve includes a discovery stage adjacent the first position, an initiation stage rotationally after the discovery stage, and an approach stage rotationally after the initiation stage. The connection mechanism applies a force toward the first position in the discovery stage. The connection mechanism having an initiation force applied toward the first position that is greater than the force in the discovery stage. The approach stage having an approach force applied toward the second position.
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公开(公告)号：US10859200B2
公开(公告)日：2020-12-08
申请号：US15953114
申请日：2018-04-13
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Kae-Ling Jacquline Gurr , Jonne Aapi Harju , Eric Paul Witt , Timothy Guyton Escolin , Ryan Eugene Whitaker , Young Soo Kim , James David Wahl , Daniel Clark Park , Bruce James Sandmeyer , Scott Ashley Rutschman , William Loren Emery
Abstract: A device for supporting an electronic display includes a base, a display mount having a first position and a second position relative to the base, and a connection mechanism positioned between the base and the display mount. The connection mechanism is configured to rotate and translate the display mount from the first position to the second position according to a torque curve. The torque curve includes a discovery stage adjacent the first position, an initiation stage rotationally after the discovery stage, and an approach stage rotationally after the initiation stage. The connection mechanism applies a force toward the first position in the discovery stage. The connection mechanism having an initiation force applied toward the first position that is greater than the force in the discovery stage. The approach stage having an approach force applied toward the second position.
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公开(公告)号：US11567543B2
公开(公告)日：2023-01-31
申请号：US17133133
申请日：2020-12-23
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Kabir Siddiqui , Daniel Clark Park
Abstract: A hinged mobile computing device includes a first housing part and a second housing part coupled by a hinge assembly having a harness, a harness cover, a first hinge body, and a second hinge body. The harness is configured to accommodate flexible printed circuitry and a cable that extend from the first housing part to the second housing part via the hinge assembly. The hinge bodies include respective friction bands, each friction band being configured to engage a respective shaft formed on the harness and having a gear configured to mesh with a respective cog arranged within the harness cover to coordinate a timing of the rotation of the first and second housing parts between face-to-face and back-to-back orientations. The hinge assembly further includes a spring-loaded opening mechanism.
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公开(公告)号：US10890288B2
公开(公告)日：2021-01-12
申请号：US15953114
申请日：2018-04-13
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Kae-Ling Jacquline Gurr , Jonne Aapi Harju , Eric Paul Witt , Timothy Guyton Escolin , Ryan Eugene Whitaker , Young Soo Kim , James David Wahl , Daniel Clark Park , Bruce James Sandmeyer , Scott Ashley Rutschman , William Loren Emery
Abstract: A device for supporting an electronic display includes a base, a display mount having a first position and a second position relative to the base, and a connection mechanism positioned between the base and the display mount. The connection mechanism is configured to rotate and translate the display mount from the first position to the second position according to a torque curve. The torque curve includes a discovery stage adjacent the first position, an initiation stage rotationally after the discovery stage, and an approach stage rotationally after the initiation stage. The connection mechanism applies a force toward the first position in the discovery stage. The connection mechanism having an initiation force applied toward the first position that is greater than the force in the discovery stage. The approach stage having an approach force applied toward the second position.
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公开(公告)号：US20180113491A1
公开(公告)日：2018-04-26
申请号：US15334978
申请日：2016-10-26
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Daniel Clark Park , Brian Bitz , Brett Andrew Tomky
CPC classification number: E05D1/04 , E05D11/082 , E05Y2900/606 , F16M11/38 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/166 , G06F1/1679 , G06F1/1681 , Y10T16/54035
Abstract: Disclosed herein are hinge devices having reduced or minimized free play. Specifically, disclosed herein are hinge devices having surface elements positioned on a surface of a hinge component to reduce or eliminate any free play present between interacting hinge components. In one or more embodiments, the hinge includes a first hinge component having a first guide and a second hinge component having a second guide, wherein the second hinge component is rotatably mounted on at least one surface of the first hinge component such that the first guide is positioned within the second guide or the second guide is positioned within the first guide. At least one surface element is disposed on a surface of the first guide or the second guide to provide a reduction in free play at a location of the at least one surface element.
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