IP Library Granted Patent US 11,914,426
Granted Patent B2
US 11,914,426 · App. 17/877,959 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Computing device

Inventors: Thomas Perelli (Morrisville, NC); Ali Ent (Morrisville, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G06F1/1656
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,914,426
App. No.
17/877,959
Filed
Jul 31, 2022
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2841
USPC
361/679.27
Abstract

A computing device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a display housing that includes a display operatively coupled to the processor, display housing bumper supports and peripheral display housing bumpers mounted to the display housing bumper supports; a base housing that includes base housing bumper supports and peripheral base housing bumpers mounted to the base housing bumper supports; and a hinge assembly that couples the display housing and the base housing.

Claims (30)

1. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

memory accessible to the processor;

a display housing that comprises a display operatively coupled to the processor, display housing bumper supports and peripheral display housing bumpers mounted to the display housing bumper supports, wherein the peripheral display housing bumpers comprise four discrete corner bumpers, and wherein each of two back end corner bumpers of the four discrete corner bumpers comprises a through slot that does not span a vertex of a respective back end corner;

a base housing that comprises base housing bumper supports and peripheral base housing bumpers mounted to the base housing bumper supports; and

a hinge assembly that couples the display housing and the base housing.

2. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the through slot comprises closed ends.

3. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral base housing bumpers comprise four corner bumpers disposed on a band.

4. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the through slot comprises a closed end and an open end.

5. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein each of two front end corner bumpers of the four discrete corner bumpers comprises a through slot that spans a vertex of a respective front end corner.

6. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral base housing bumpers comprise four discrete corner bumpers.

7. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the display housing bumper supports are formed of a first material that comprises a first hardness and wherein the peripheral display housing bumpers are formed of a second material that comprises a second hardness, wherein the second hardness is less than the first hardness.

8. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein the first hardness is greater than Shore D 50 and wherein the second hardness is less than Shore D 50.

9. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein, for a closed position of the display housing and the base housing, the peripheral display housing bumpers contact the peripheral base housing bumpers.

10. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein at least two of the peripheral display housing bumpers and at least two of the peripheral base housing bumpers have a common shape.

11. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the display housing bumper supports form a groove that seats the peripheral display housing bumpers.

12. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the display housing bumper supports comprise four discrete bumper supports.

13. The computing device of claim 12 , wherein the four discrete bumpers are seated by the four discrete bumper supports.

14. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral display housing bumpers comprise a first height and wherein the peripheral base housing bumpers comprise a second height that is greater than the first height.

15. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the base housing comprises a port, wherein the peripheral base housing bumpers do not cover the port.

16. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the base housing comprises a port, wherein the peripheral base housing bumpers comprise an opening aligned with the port.

17. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein each of the two back end corner bumpers of the four discrete corner bumpers does not span the vertex of the respective back end corner of the display housing.

18. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

memory accessible to the processor;

a display housing that comprises a display operatively coupled to the processor, display housing bumper supports and peripheral display housing bumpers mounted to the display housing bumper supports;

a base housing that comprises base housing bumper supports and peripheral base housing bumpers mounted to the base housing bumper supports, wherein the base housing comprises a port, and wherein the peripheral base housing bumpers comprise an opening aligned with the port; and

a hinge assembly that couples the display housing and the base housing.

19. The computing device of claim 18 , wherein the peripheral display housing bumpers comprise four corner bumpers disposed on a band.

20. The computing device of claim 18 , wherein the peripheral base housing bumpers comprise four corner bumpers disposed on a band.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070266/0946 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2022
From: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
Reel/Frame 062078/0718 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2022
From: PERELLI, THOMAS; ENT, ALI
To: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
Reel/Frame 060678/0704 →