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公开(公告)号：US11744058B2
公开(公告)日：2023-08-29
申请号：US16856989
申请日：2020-04-23
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Zhicong Yao , Han Li , Scott Douglas Bowers , Massood Nikkhah , Joseph Benjamin Gault
CPC classification number: H05K9/0081 , B29C45/0001 , B32B5/20 , H05K5/0017 , H05K9/002 , H05K9/0084 , B29K2055/02
Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device housing includes obtaining a monolithic body of RF transparent material and plating a surface of the monolithic body with a nanograin coating to increase the structural rigidity of the monolithic body. A portion of the nanograin coating is thereafter removed to create an RF window.
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公开(公告)号：US11486535B2
公开(公告)日：2022-11-01
申请号：US16912163
申请日：2020-06-25
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Abstract: The present description relates to devices that include portions that are moveable relative to one another. One example device includes a leaf spring positioned to receive forces between a first portion and a second portion. The leaf spring can extend from a first end to a second end and can define a perimeter where the first end and the second end are contained within the perimeter and the first end and the second end are not secured to either the first portion or the second portion.
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公开(公告)号：US10968673B2
公开(公告)日：2021-04-06
申请号：US15927694
申请日：2018-03-21
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Karsten Aagaard , Eric Paul Witt , Brian David Bitz , Joseph Benjamin Gault , John Stephen Campbell
Abstract: A low-pressure hinge includes a plurality of segments with at least one upper frictional element and at least one lower frictional element where the at least one upper frictional element and the at least one lower frictional element are positioned on opposing sides of a segment of the plurality of segments. The hinge further includes a compression element that compresses the at least one upper frictional element and at least one lower frictional element against the segment with a compression force having a pressure less than 5,000 pounds per square inch.
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公开(公告)号：US20170097663A1
公开(公告)日：2017-04-06
申请号：US14956118
申请日：2015-12-01
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Joseph Benjamin Gault , Scott Douglas Bowers , John Stephen Campbell , Anthony E. Hillyerd , Yazan Aldehayyat , Karsten Aagaard , Eric Paul Witt
IPC: G06F1/16
CPC classification number: G06F1/1679 , G06F1/1615 , G06F1/1635 , G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1662
Abstract: A computing device is described. The computing device may include a first portion and a second portion separably connected to the first portion. A locking mechanism may be configured to lock the first portion to the second portion. The locking mechanism may include a locking receptacle connected to the first portion and a locking protrusion connected to the second portion. The locking receptacle may include a rotating lock and may have an aperture through which the locking protrusion is insertable. The computing device may include an actuator mechanically coupled to the locking mechanism and configured to unlock the first portion from the second portion.
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公开(公告)号：US11061442B2
公开(公告)日：2021-07-13
申请号：US16235623
申请日：2018-12-28
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Joseph Benjamin Gault , Brian D. Bitz
Abstract: Conventional laptop computers may utilize a door-hinge style or in a bezel-behind-base style hinge to connect a display with a keyboard of the laptop computer. Typically, these hinges present a discontinuous visual impression to the user. Presenting a more continuous visual impression of the hinge to the user suggests a higher overall quality of the computing device to the user and is thus desirable to the user. The disclosed virtual pivot hinge pivots about a pivot axis running between the display and the keyboard. The hardware of the hinge is located away from the pivot axis, which creates a virtual pivoting action about the axis that maintains a consistent front gap distance (or no front gap) between the display and the keyboard. The resulting visual impression to the user is that the display is floating above keyboard at the same or similar distance regardless of the display angle.
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公开(公告)号：US11054862B2
公开(公告)日：2021-07-06
申请号：US15139167
申请日：2016-04-26
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Anthony E. Hillyerd , Scott Douglas Bowers , Justin Carl Lind , John Stephen Campbell , Joseph Benjamin Gault
Abstract: A computing device is described. The computing device includes a first portion with a protrusion and a second portion separably connected to the first portion. The second portion has a receptacle. An undocking assist mechanism is configured to separate the first portion from the second portion when the protrusion is at least partially inserted into the receptacle. An actuator is configured to actuate the undocking assist mechanism. Methods of use are also described.
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公开(公告)号：US10303214B2
公开(公告)日：2019-05-28
申请号：US15785987
申请日：2017-10-17
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： David Ian Rosen , Joseph Benjamin Gault , Cesar Ambriz Rios , Anthony E. Hillyerd
IPC: G06F1/16
Abstract: A docking mechanism is described. The docking mechanism may include a locking protrusion and a locking receptacle configured to receive the locking protrusion and having an inclined surface. The docking mechanism may include a wedging member abutting the inclined surface. The docking mechanism may include a locking detent. The locking detent may have a spring configured to bias the locking detent towards the locking protrusion. Computing devices that include docking mechanisms are also described. Methods of use of the docking mechanisms are also described.
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公开(公告)号：US20180129251A1
公开(公告)日：2018-05-10
申请号：US15346528
申请日：2016-11-08
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Joseph Benjamin Gault , Scott Douglas Bowers , Anthony E. Hillyerd , Yazan Aldehayyat , Duane Martin Evans
CPC classification number: G06F1/1679 , E05B15/0046 , E05B47/0001 , E05B47/0009 , E05B65/0067 , E05B2047/0016 , G06F21/86
Abstract: A lock for actively locking an electronic device includes an engagement member that is movable by an actuator. The actuator moves the engagement member to the locked position with a first amount of power from the power source and from the locked position to an unlocked position with a second amount of power from the power source. The engagement member will passively remain in the unlocked position or the locked position.
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公开(公告)号：US10942547B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-09
申请号：US16143826
申请日：2018-09-27
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Joseph Benjamin Gault , Scott Douglas Bowers , Anthony E. Hillyerd , Yazan Aldehayyat , Duane Martin Evans
Abstract: A lock for actively locking an electronic device includes an engagement member that is movable by an actuator. The actuator moves the engagement member to the locked position with a first amount of power from the power source and from the locked position to an unlocked position with a second amount of power from the power source. The engagement member will passively remain in the unlocked position or the locked position.
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公开(公告)号：US10794093B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-06
申请号：US15599879
申请日：2017-05-19
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor： Joseph Benjamin Gault , Scott Douglas Bowers
Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus for locking a computing device includes an actuator, a locking protrusion connected to a first portion of the computing device, a locking receptacle connected to a second portion of the computing device, a shape memory material (SMM) wire, and a force conditioner. The SMM wire has a first state and a second state and is movable between states by the actuator. The first state and the second state have first and second lengths, respectively. Moving from the first state to the second state applies a contraction force along a longitudinal direction of the SMM wire. The force conditioner is configured to apply a return force to the SMM wire that opposes the contraction face. The return force returns the SMM wire toward the first state while moving a maximum available force of the SMM wire to the second state of the SMM wire.
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