US 12,477,049 B2
Hinge supporting device and electronic equipment using the same
Yoshitaka Taketomi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to KEM HONGKONG LIMITED, Tsimshatsui (HK)
Filed by KEM HONGKONG LIMITED, Kowloon (HK)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/753,447.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-109313 (JP), filed on Jul. 3, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0016254 A1, Jan. 9, 2025
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); E05D 11/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0216 (2013.01) [F16C 11/04 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); E05D 11/10 (2013.01); E05D 11/1078 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/638 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hinge holding device for holding a pair of enclosures in an open or closed state, comprising:
a base frame sandwiched between said pair of enclosures and supporting said pair of enclosures in an open or closed state each, and
a suction mechanism in which a load generator is located within at least one of said pair of enclosures, said suction mechanism generating a non-linear load between the base frame and one of the enclosures to maintain the open and closed state of the one enclosure with respect to the base frame.