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Hinge having multiple degrees of freedom

Granted 22 Oct 2019 · 8 office actions

Assignee: Intel Corporation

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Inventors: Sheng-Chao Lin, Jeff Ku, Russell S. Aoki · Examiner: Cynthia R Underwood · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/513,118
filed 26 Dec 2014
Publication
Not published
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US D863935
granted 22 Oct 2019

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of the…

FIG. 1 is a front view of the hinge having multiple degrees of freedom;

FIG. 2 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is the opposite side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view thereof taken from the portion within the broken line rectangle in FIG. 7 ;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of FIG. 5 ;

FIG. 10 is a front view of the hinge having multiple degrees of freedom from FIG. 1 in an alternate configuration;

FIG. 11 is a back view of the hinge having multiple degrees of freedom from FIG. 1 in the alternate configuration; and,

FIG. 12 is a side view thereof shown in a closed configuration.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/329D14/440

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Pendency
4.8 y
1,761 days filing → grant
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4
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2
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Cynthia R Underwood
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USUS-2015277488-A1A11 Oct 201526 Mar 2014publishedHinge having multiple degrees of freedom
USUS-9696754-B2B24 Jul 201726 Mar 2014grantedHinge having multiple degrees of freedom
USthis patentUS-D863935-SS122 Oct 201926 Dec 2014grantedHinge having multiple degrees of freedom
WOWO-2015148067-A1A11 Oct 20153 Mar 2015publishedA hinge having multiple degrees of freedom

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