IP Library Granted Patent US 11,775,027
Granted Patent B2
US 11,775,027 · App. 17/579,071 · Granted Oct 3, 2023

Electronic apparatus

Inventors: Yuichi Onda (Kanagawa, JP); Seita Horikoshi (Kanagawa, JP); Kenji Watamura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G06F1/1681
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Patent No.
US 11,775,027
App. No.
17/579,071
Granted
Oct 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis having a keyboard mounted thereon; a second chassis having a display mounted thereon; a third chassis adjacent to end portions of the first chassis and the second chassis; a first hinge connecting the first chassis with the second chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; a torque mechanism section that is disposed in the first hinge and imparts predetermined rotational torque to a rotation between the first chassis and the second chassis; a second hinge connecting the third chassis to the first chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; and a lock section that locks the third chassis placed at an attitude protruding from the end portions of the first chassis and the second chassis with respect to the second chassis at the 0-degree attitude such that the lock section restricts a rotation of the third chassis by the second hinge.

Claims (26)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first chassis comprising a keyboard mounted thereon;

a second chassis comprising a display mounted thereon;

a third chassis adjacent to end portions of the first chassis and the second chassis;

a first hinge connecting the first chassis with the second chassis in a relatively rotatable manner between a 0-degree attitude at which the first chassis and the second chassis are placed to overlap each other in a surface normal direction and a predetermined angle attitude exceeding a 90-degree attitude at which surface normal directions thereof are orthogonal to each other;

a torque mechanism section that is disposed in the first hinge and imparts predetermined rotational torque to a rotation between the first chassis and the second chassis;

a second hinge connecting the third chassis to the first chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; and

a lock section that locks the third chassis placed at an attitude protruding from end portions of the first chassis and the second chassis with respect to the second chassis at the 0-degree attitude such that the lock section restricts a rotation of the third chassis by the second hinge, wherein

the lock section comprises:

a first lock portion disposed in the second chassis; and

a second lock portion disposed in the third chassis and is engageable with and disengageable from the first lock portion,

the first lock portion is one of a protruding portion and a recessed portion, and the second lock portion is the other of the protruding portion and the recessed portion, and

the first lock portion and the second lock portion are engaged with each other at the 0-degree attitude and are disengaged from each other at least at the predetermined angle attitude.

2. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first chassis comprising a keyboard mounted thereon;

a second chassis comprising a display mounted thereon;

a third chassis adjacent to end portions of the first chassis and the second chassis;

a first hinge connecting the first chassis with the second chassis in a relatively rotatable manner between a 0-degree attitude at which the first chassis and the second chassis are placed to overlap each other in a surface normal direction and a predetermined angle attitude exceeding a 90-degree attitude at which surface normal directions thereof are orthogonal to each other;

a torque mechanism section that is disposed in the first hinge and imparts predetermined rotational torque to a rotation between the first chassis and the second chassis;

a second hinge connecting the third chassis to the first chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; and

a lock section that locks the third chassis placed at an attitude protruding from end portions of the first chassis and the second chassis with respect to the second chassis at the 0-degree attitude such that the lock section restricts a rotation of the third chassis by the second hinge, wherein

the first hinge comprises a first hinge shaft serving as a shaft of rotation between the first chassis and the second chassis,

the second hinge comprises a second hinge shaft serving as a shaft of rotation between the first chassis and the third chassis, and

an axial center of the second hinge shaft is disposed on a front side in a front-rear direction of the first chassis and on a bottom side in a top-bottom direction of the first chassis with respect to an axial center of the first hinge shaft.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second hinge does not comprise a torque mechanism section for generating torque for a rotation between the first chassis and the third chassis.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the second hinge does not comprise a torque mechanism section for generating torque for a rotation between the first chassis and the third chassis.

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 070266/0952 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2022
From: ONDA, YUICHI; HORIKOSHI, SEITA; WATAMURA, KENJI
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 058788/0771 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-027262 · Feb 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220269316A1 · Aug 25, 2022
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