US 12,235,687 B2
Hinge assembly for mobile computing device
Kabir Siddiqui, Sammamish, WA (US); and Daniel Clark Park, Woodinville, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on May 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/310,664.
Application 18/310,664 is a continuation of application No. 17/191,630, filed on Mar. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,669,132.
Application 17/191,630 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/133,133, filed on Dec. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,567,543, issued on Jan. 31, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,071, filed on Sep. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0266804 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); E05D 3/12 (2006.01); E05D 11/08 (2006.01); E05F 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1681 (2013.01) [G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 1/1618 (2013.01); G06F 1/1647 (2013.01); E05D 3/122 (2013.01); E05D 11/082 (2013.01); E05F 1/1284 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/218 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/45 (2013.01); E05Y 2999/00 (2024.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hinge assembly for coupling a first housing part and a second housing part of a computing device, the hinge assembly comprising:
a spring-loaded opening mechanism arranged in the hinge assembly, and configured to bias with a biasing torque the first housing part and second housing part to rotate away from each other when the first housing part and the second housing part are in a closed face-to-face orientation; and
a magnetic closure system configured to retain the first housing part and the second housing part in the closed face-to-face orientation against the biasing torque of the spring-loaded opening mechanism, the magnetic closure system including a release actuator, wherein
actuation of the release actuator when the first housing part and the second housing part are in the closed face-to-face orientation permits the first housing part to rotationally separate from the second housing part to a predetermined angular orientation due to the biasing torque of the spring-loaded opening mechanism.