IP Library Granted Patent US 7,545,370
Granted Patent B1
US 7,545,370 · App. 12/181,936 · Granted Jun 9, 2009

Automatic cleaning of useable surfaces of a portable computer device

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Patent No.
US 7,545,370
App. No.
12/181,936
Granted
Jun 9, 2009
Kind
B1
Abstract

An apparatus for automatic cleaning of a portable computing device, comprises at least one display surface of a portable device, a housing in the portable computing device adjacent to the display surface, an enclosed cavity located in the housing, a cleaning device located in the enclosed cavity, a mechanism for moving the cleaning device during cleaning, and a controller to initiate the cleaning.

Claims (8)

1. An apparatus for automatic cleaning a portable computing device comprising:

a display surface pivotally attached to a housing of said portable computing device;

a cavity located in said housing;

a cleaning device located in said cavity;

a door for enclosing said cleaning device in said cavity;

a mechanism for moving said cleaning device during cleaning; and

a controller for initiating said cleaning,

wherein said cleaning device cleans both said display surface and a keyboard disposed in said housing while said display surface is pivotally closed onto to said housing.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 034194/0291 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2008
From: LANGGOOD, JOHN K.; LEWIS, THOMAS F.; REINBERG, KEVIN M.; VERNON, KEVIN S. D.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021309/0281 →