Apparatuses, a system, and a method for rotatable coupling of components are disclosed herein. The apparatus may include a base having a mounting feature to couple the appparatus to a product housing and a through-hole to provide access to an interior cavity of the product housing. The apparatus may further include a flange, couple to the base having a surface and a plurality of detents disposed on the surface, the flange and the plurality of detents configured to rotatably couple to a pivot mate configured to complement one or more of the plurality of detents in a manner to allow the pivot mate to rotate from a first position relative to the apparatus to a second position creative to the apparatus.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a base having:
a mounting feature including a perimeter feature having a first tab including a first notch and a second tab including a second notch, the first and second tabs defining a recess for coupling to a product housing, and the first and second notches being configured to slidably engage a mating feature of the product housing, the engagement preventing rotation of the base relative to the product housing; and
a through-hole to provide access to an interior cavity of the product housing; and
a flange, coupled to the base, having a surface and a plurality of detents disposed on the surface, the flange and the plurality of detents configured to rotatably couple to a pivot mate configured to complement one or more of the plurality of detents in a manner to allow the pivot mate to rotate from a first position relative to the flange to a second position relative to the flange.
2. An apparatus, comprising:
a base having:
a mounting feature configured to couple to a product housing;
a through-hole to provide access to an interior cavity of the product housing; and
a flange, coupled to the base, having a surface and a plurality of detents disposed on the surface, the flange and the plurality of detents configured to rotatably couple to a pivot mate configured to complement one or more of the plurality of detents in a manner to allow the pivot mate to rotate from a first position relative to the flange to a second position relative to the flange;
wherein the base further includes a slot and wherein the flange is further configured to rotatably couple to the pivot mate by engaging a pin with the slot.
3. An apparatus, comprising:
a base having:
a through-hole to provide access to an interior cavity of a product housing; and
a cantilever arm configured to complement one or more of a plurality of detents disposed on a pivot member to allow the base to rotate from a first position relative to the pivot member to a second position relative to the pivot member;
a mating flange, coupled to the base, having a retention mechanism to allow the base to rotatably couple to the pivot member.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the retention mechanism comprises a groove disposed around the mating flange, the groove adapted to permit the mating flange to rotatably couple to the pivot member by engaging a pin with a slot disposed through the pivot member.
5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the base is further configured to couple to a device feature.
6. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the base is further configured to couple to a cover component.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the cover component and the base are configured to couple by a selected one or more of compression molding; gluing; attachment of screws; and sliding of a tab feature disposed on the base into a corresponding tab-undercut feature on the cover component and engagement of a catch feature disposed on the base to a corresponding catch-pocket feature on the cover component.
8. A system, comprising:
a pivot member, including:
a mounting feature configured to couple to a product housing;
a first through-hole to provide access to an interior cavity of the product housing; and
a flange, having a surface and a plurality of detents disposed on the surface; and
a pivot mate, including:
a pivot mate base having:
a second through-hole to provide access to the interior cavity of a product housing; and
a cantilever arm configured to complement one or more of the plurality of detents of the pivot member to allow the pivot mate base to rotate from a first position relative to the pivot member to a second position relative to the pivot member; and
a mating flange, coupled to the pivot mate base, having a retention mechanism to allow the pivot mate to rotatably couple to the pivot member;
a product housing; and
a device feature.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the device feature is in electrical communication with a product disposed in the interior cavity of the product housing, said electrical communication being via one or more cables disposed in the first and second through-holes.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the device feature is a selected one or more of a radio frequency antenna, a wireless communication transceiver, a display device, a microphone, and an audio speaker.
11. A method, comprising:
mounting a pivot member to a product housing, the pivot member comprising:
a pivot member base having:
a mounting feature configured to couple to the product housing; and
a first through-hole to provide access to an interior cavity of the product housing; and
a flange, coupled to the base, having a surface and a plurality of detents disposed on the surface;
rotatably coupling a pivot mate to the pivot member, the pivot mate comprising:
a pivot mate base having:
a second through-hole to provide access to the interior cavity of the product housing; and
a cantilever arm configured to complement one or more of a plurality of detents of the pivot member to allow the
pivot mate to rotate from a first position relative to the pivot member to a second position relative to the pivot member;
a mating flange, coupled to the pivot mate base, having a retention mechanism to allow the pivot mate to rotatably couple to the pivot member; and
coupling a device feature to the pivot mate.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the mounting feature comprises a perimeter feature with a first tab and a second tab, the first and second tabs defining a recess coupling to the product housing.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein a first notch is disposed in the first tab and a second notch is disposed in the second tab, the first and second notches being configured to slidably engage a mating feature on the product housing, the engagement preventing rotation of the pivot member relative to the product housing.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the pivot member base further comprises a slot and wherein the pivot member is further configured to rotatably couple to the pivot mate by engaging a pin with the slot.
15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the retention mechanism comprises a groove disposed around the mating flange, the groove adapted to permit the mating flange to rotatably couple to the pivot member by engaging a pin with a slot disposed through the pivot member.
16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising electrically coupling the device feature with a product disposed in the interior cavity of the product housing, said electrical communication being via one or more cables disposed in the first and second through-holes.
17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the device feature is a selected one or more of a radio frequency antenna, a wireless communication transceiver, a display device, a microphone, and an audio speaker.
18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
coupling a cover component to the pivot mate.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein coupling the cover component to the pivot mate comprises a selected one or more of compression molding; gluing; attaching by screws; and sliding of a tab feature disposed on the pivot mate into a corresponding tab-undercut feature on the cover component and engagement of a catch feature disposed on the pivot mate to a corresponding catch-pocket feature on the cover component.