US 12,405,492 B2
Connecting display screen to device body
Colin Michael Ravenscroft, Woodinville, WA (US); Jason Dale Brown, Sammamish, WA (US); and Shannon Elizabeth Miller, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/765,807.
Application 18/765,807 is a continuation of application No. 17/754,378, granted, now 12,050,375, previously published as PCT/US2020/056438, filed on Oct. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2024096 (NL), filed on Oct. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0361630 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/133314 (2021.01) [G06F 1/1654 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device, comprising:
a body;
a display screen; and
a connecting structure comprising
a tab component having one or more tabs, the tab component being coupled to one of the display screen or the body, wherein a portion of the tab component is moveably positioned within a slot formed in one of the display screen or the body,
a hook component comprising one or more hooks complementary to the one or more tabs, the hook component fixedly coupled to the other of the display screen or the body, the tab component and the hook component being moveable relative to one another to selectively engage the one or more tabs with the one or more hooks, and
an actuation mechanism accessible from an exterior side of the body, the actuation mechanism being actuatable to engage the tab component and the hook component.