360 static/hinge structure with deformable parts
View Patent ↗Systems and methods are disclosed for rotationally coupling housing portions of an information handling system. An information handling system may include a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The information handling system may also include a hinge assembly coupling the first housing portion and the second housing portion, the hinge assembly including a first hinge, a second hinge, and a deformable foam, the first hinge, the second hinge, and the deformable foam may allow the hinge assembly to bend when the first housing portion is rotated in relation to the second housing portion. In addition, the information handling system may include a flexible display coupled to the first housing portion and the second housing portion, the flexible display to be placed over the first housing portion, the second housing portion, and the hinge assembly and configured to bend when the hinge assembly bends.
1. An information handling system, comprising:
a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion;
a hinge assembly coupling the first housing portion and the second housing portion, the hinge assembly comprising a deformable foam having a first deformable foam portion proximate the first housing portion, a second deformable foam portion proximate the second housing, and a third deformable foam portion between the first deformable foam portion and the second deformable foam portion,
the deformable foam comprising one or more of: a thermoplastic elastomer, a thermoplastic polyurethane, a vulcanized rubber, a vulcanized rubber having carbon nanotubes, a vulcanized rubber having a creek resistance material, a laminate foam, and an aramid fiber,
the first deformable foam portion and the second deformable foam portion further comprising one or more of: a nano-fiber based foam laminate, an aramid fiber loaded with carbon nanotube, and a polymeric fiber composite including a carbon nanotube fiber,
the first deformable foam portion and the second deformable foam portion each having a stiffness greater than the third deformable foam portion, and
the deformable foam to allow the hinge assembly to bend when the first housing portion is rotated in relation to the second housing portion; and
a flexible display coupled to the first housing portion and the second housing portion, the flexible display to be placed over the first housing portion, the second housing portion, and the hinge assembly and configured to bend when the hinge assembly bends.
2. The information handling system of claim 1 , the hinge assembly further comprising a first hinge and a second hinge allowed to deform to allow the hinge assembly to bend.
3. The information handling system of claim 2 , wherein each of the first hinge and the second hinge comprising a spring steel sheet.
4. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the hinge assembly to allow the first housing portion to be rotated in relation to the second housing portion between a zero degree angle and a 360 degree angle.
5. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein each of the first hinge and the second hinge to allow the first housing portion to be rotated in relation to the second housing portion between a zero degree angle and a 360 degree angle.
6. The information handling system of claim 1 , the deformable foam further comprising one or more devices including an antenna element, a multi-frequency antenna, a balanced line tuner, a Wi-Fi element, a sensor, and a touch sensor, wherein the one or more devices are comprised of one or more of Ag nanowire, graphene, and graphene nanowire.
7. The information handling system of claim 1 , the information handling system further comprises a set of magnets including a first magnet and a second magnet, the first housing portion including the first magnet and the second housing portion including the second magnet, the first housing portion and the second housing portion to be in a fixed position when the first magnet is in proximity of the second magnet such that they magnetically couple with each other.
8. The information handling system of claim 7 , wherein the set of magnets is one or more of a polymer magnet and a magnet in polymer.
9. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the deformable foam has an anisotropic shape to guide directional deformation of the deformable foam.
10. The information handling system of claim 9 , wherein the anisotropic shape of the deformable foam is one of an anisotropic hexagonal shape, an anisotropic honey comb shape, an anisotropic triangular shape, an anisotropic diamond shape, an anisotropic polygonal shape, and an anisotropic polygonal bar shape.
11. A method of rotationally coupling housing portions of an information handling system, the method comprising:
rotationally coupling a first housing portion and a second housing portion of the information handling system with a hinge assembly, the hinge assembly comprising a deformable foam, having a first deformable foam portion proximate the first housing portion, a second deformable foam portion proximate the second housing, and a third deformable foam portion between the first deformable foam portion and the second deformable foam portion,
the deformable foam comprising one or more of: a thermoplastic elastomer, a thermoplastic polyurethane, a vulcanized rubber, a vulcanized rubber having carbon nanotubes, a vulcanized rubber having a creek resistance material, a laminate foam, and an aramid fiber,
the first deformable foam portion and the second deformable foam portion further comprising one or more of: a nano-fiber based foam laminate, an aramid fiber loaded with carbon nanotube, and a polymeric fiber composite including a carbon nanotube fiber, and
the first deformable foam portion and the second deformable foam portion each having a stiffness greater than the third deformable foam portion;
allowing, by the deformable foam, the hinge assembly to bend when the first housing portion is rotated in relation to the second housing portion; and
coupling a flexible display to the first housing portion and the second housing portion, the flexible display to be placed over the first housing portion, the second housing portion, and the hinge assembly and configured to bend when the hinge assembly bends.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the hinge assembly further comprising a first hinge and a second hinge allowed to deform allowing the hinge assembly to bend.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein each of the first hinge and the second hinge allowing the first housing portion to be rotated in relation to the second housing portion between a zero degree angle and a 360 degree angle.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the hinge assembly allowing the first housing portion to be rotated in relation to the second housing portion between a zero degree angle and a 360 degree angle.
15. The method of claim 11 , wherein each of the first hinge and the second hinge comprising a spring steel sheet.
16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the deformable foam further comprising one or more devices including an antenna element, a multi-frequency antenna, a balanced line tuner, a Wi-Fi element, a sensor, and a touch sensor, and wherein the one or more devices are comprised of one or more of Ag nanowire, graphene, and graphene nanowire.
17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the information handling system further comprises a set of magnets including a first magnet and a second magnet, the first housing portion including the first magnet and the second housing portion including the second magnet, the first housing portion and the second housing portion to be in a fixed position when the first magnet is in proximity of the second magnet such that they magnetically couple with each other.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the set of magnets is one or more of a polymer magnet and a magnet in polymer.
19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the deformable foam has an anisotropic shape to guide directional deformation of the deformable foam.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the anisotropic shape of the deformable foam is one of an anisotropic hexagonal shape, an anisotropic honey comb shape, an anisotropic triangular shape, an anisotropic diamond shape, an anisotropic polygonal shape, and an anisotropic polygonal bar shape.