US 11,733,740 B2
Portable information handling system midframe to sliding frame assembly
Gerald Rene Pelissier, Mendham, NJ (US); Kevin M. Turchin, Cedar Park, TX (US); John Trevor Morrison, Round Rock, TX (US); and Yung-Fa Cheng, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/158,605.
Application 17/158,605 is a division of application No. 16/246,688, filed on Jan. 14, 2019, granted, now 10,928,863.
Prior Publication US 2021/0149456 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. B29C 45/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); E05D 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); B29K 705/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/22 (2006.01); H10K 59/00 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 1/1681 (2013.01) [B29C 45/14 (2013.01); E05D 3/06 (2013.01); G06F 1/1637 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); B29K 2705/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/22 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/606 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); H10K 59/00 (2023.02)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacture of a portable information handling system, the method comprising:
injection molding a multi-segmented support having a planar surface on one side and plural parallel members extending out the opposite side, the multi-segmented support bending about the planar surface;
coupling the planar surface to a flexible display;
coupling each end of the multi-segmented support to a hinge;
insert molding a metallic member through a central portion of the multi-segmented support; and
coupling each hinge to the multi-segmented support with a screw passing through the metallic member.