US 11,943,885 B2
Impact resistant hinge
Kent Allen Campbell, Issaquah, WA (US); and Prasad Raghavendra, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/567,819.
Application 17/567,819 is a continuation of application No. 16/855,848, filed on Apr. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,219,135.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/908,987, filed on Oct. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0183170 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0226 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device, comprising:
a first portion;
a second portion, the second portion including:
a connecting member directly adhered to and extending underneath the second portion, the connecting member having a connecting profile, and the connecting profile including one or more connection features; and
an impact resistant member connected to the connecting profile and extending over the one or more connection features; and
a rotating and translating hinge connecting the first portion to the second portion.