IP Library Granted Patent US 11,234,510
Granted Patent B2
US 11,234,510 · App. 16/551,931 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Device and stand assembly

Inventors: Thomas Perelli (Raleigh, NC); Brian H. Leonard (Chapel Hill, NC); Ali Kathryn Ent (Raleigh, NC); Cuong Huy Truong (Cary, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,234,510
App. No.
16/551,931
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An assembly can include a rectangular device that includes an x dimension, a y dimension and a display; and a stand that supports the rectangular device in different orientations, where the different orientations include a horizontal orientation of the x dimension and a horizontal orientation of the y dimension, where the stand includes an adjustable coupling that physically supports at least a portion of a mass of the rectangular device in the horizontal orientation of the x dimension and that physically supports at least a portion of a mass of the rectangular device in the horizontal orientation of the y dimension.

Claims (21)

1. An assembly comprising:

a foldable device that comprises two portions and a region that defines a folding axis for the two portions, wherein each of the two portions comprises a respective display surface; and

a stand that comprises a base, an upright coupled to the base, and an adjustable coupling rotatably and translatably coupled to the upright, wherein the foldable device mounts to the stand via the adjustable coupling for translation and rotation of the foldable device and wherein the adjustable coupling comprises a magnetic material and wherein the foldable device comprises a magnetic material, wherein the foldable device couples to the adjustable coupling via a magnetic attraction force.

2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the stand comprises a track and wherein the adjustable coupling is translatable via the track.

3. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the adjustable coupling comprises a turntable.

4. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the upright comprises a cable opening.

5. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the foldable device comprises a coupling that mates with the adjustable coupling of the stand.

6. The assembly of claim 5 wherein the coupling of the foldable device is positioned on a back side of one of the two portions.

7. The assembly of claim 6 wherein the adjustable coupling comprises a support surface for a back side of another one of the two portions.

8. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the adjustable coupling is translatable on the upright to a height from the base that is at least equal to a height of one of the two portions.

9. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the adjustable coupling is rotatable by 90 degrees to transition the folding axis from being aligned with the upright to being orthogonal to the upright.

10. The assembly of claim 1 wherein each of the respective display surfaces of the two portions is a separate display surface.

11. The assembly of claim 1 comprising a hinge that defines the folding axis.

12. The assembly of claim 11 wherein the foldable device comprises a coupling disposed on one of the two portions offset from the hinge, wherein the coupling mates with the adjustable coupling of the stand.

13. The assembly of claim 1 wherein a back side of one of the two portions comprises a ridge.

14. The assembly of claim 13 wherein a surface of the ridge contacts a surface of the adjustable coupling to limit at least one planar orientation of the respective display surfaces of the two portions.

15. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the foldable device is rotatable via the adjustable coupling to a portrait orientation of the two portions and a landscape orientation of the two portions.

16. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the stand comprises circuitry.

17. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the stand comprises one or more of a power connector, a data connector and a power and data connector.

18. The assembly of claim 1 comprising a keyboard and wherein the stand comprises a keyboard platform.

19. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the foldable device comprises a clamshell configuration transitionable between open and closed orientations.

Assignments (3)
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 Feb 19, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070269/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2019
From: PERELLI, THOMAS; LEONARD, BRIAN H.; ENT, ALI KATHRYN; TRUONG, CUONG HUY
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 050177/0731 →
Continuity (1)
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