IP Library Granted Patent US 12,572,185
Granted Patent B2
US 12,572,185 · App. 18/378,047 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Computing device with bar with adjustable port end

Inventors: Madison Smith (Santa Rosa, CA); Yoshihito Nakagaki (Yokohama, JP); Cuong Truong (Cary, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 12,572,185
App. No.
18/378,047
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computing device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a display housing that includes a display operatively coupled to the processor; a base housing that includes a base side, a top side, a front edge, a back edge, a left edge, and a right edge; a hinge assembly that couples the base housing and the display housing; and a bar mountable to the base side of the base housing, where the bar includes one or more feet and an adjustable port end that includes one or more ports.

Claims (45)

1 . A computing device comprising:

a processor;

memory accessible to the processor;

a display housing that comprises a display operatively coupled to the processor;

a base housing that comprises a base side, a top side, a front edge, a back edge, a left edge, and a right edge;

a hinge assembly that couples the base housing and the display housing; and

a bar mountable to the base side of the base housing, wherein the bar comprises one or more feet and an adjustable port end that comprises one or more ports, and wherein the adjustable port end is replaceably adjustable with a different adjustable port end.

2 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the adjustable port end is slidably adjustable in a direction toward and away from one of the left edge and the right edge of the base housing.

3 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the adjustable port end is slidably adjustable a distance less than 6 cm and greater than 0.2 cm.

4 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the adjustable port end is slidably adjustable from a flush position flush with one of the left edge and the right edge of the base housing to a recessed position recessed from the one of the left edge and the right edge of the base housing.

5 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the adjustable port end is footless.

6 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein an end of the bar opposite the adjustable port end comprises one or more ports.

7 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is disposed in a cavity of the bar.

8 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the bar comprises at least one vent.

9 . The computing device of claim 1 , comprising at least one magnet wherein the bar mounts to the base housing via a magnetic attraction force.

10 . The computing device of claim 1 , comprising an interface that comprises a base housing portion and a bar portion that electrically couple circuitry of the bar to circuitry of the base housing.

11 . The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the interface comprises an electrical contact interface.

12 . The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the interface comprises a wireless interface.

13 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the adjustable port end comprises an end of a unit removably attachable to the bar.

14 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the base housing comprises a base housing battery and wherein the bar comprises a bar battery.

15 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the bar is selectable from a plurality of different bars.

16 . The computing device of claim 15 , wherein each of the plurality of different bars comprises different circuitry.

17 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the bar comprises at least one intermediate serial bus connector that is inaccessibly covered upon connection to the adjustable port end.

18 . A computing device comprising:

a processor;

memory accessible to the processor;

a display housing that comprises a display operatively coupled to the processor;

a base housing that comprises a base side, a top side, a front edge, a back edge, a left edge, and a right edge;

a hinge assembly that couples the base housing and the display housing;

a bar mountable to the base side of the base housing, wherein the bar comprises one or more feet and an adjustable port end that comprises one or more ports; and

at least one magnet wherein the bar mounts to the base housing via a magnetic attraction force.

19 . A computing device comprising:

a processor;

memory accessible to the processor;

a display housing that comprises a display operatively coupled to the processor;

a base housing that comprises a base side, a top side, a front edge, a back edge, a left edge, and a right edge;

a hinge assembly that couples the base housing and the display housing; and

a bar mountable to the base side of the base housing, wherein the bar comprises one or more feet and an adjustable port end that comprises one or more ports, and wherein the bar comprises a fixed end opposite the adjustable port end.

20 . A computing device comprising:

a processor;

memory accessible to the processor;

a display housing that comprises a display operatively coupled to the processor;

a base housing that comprises a base side, a top side, a front edge, a back edge, a left edge, and a right edge;

a hinge assembly that couples the base housing and the display housing; and

a bar mountable to the base side of the base housing, wherein the bar comprises one or more feet and an adjustable port end that comprises one or more ports, and wherein the adjustable port end is slidably adjustable from a flush position flush with one of the left edge and the right edge of the base housing to a recessed position recessed from the one of the left edge and the right edge of the base housing.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2024
From: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 066104/0104 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2023
From: SMITH, MADISON; NAKAGAKI, YOSHIHITO; TRUONG, CUONG
To: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
Reel/Frame 065162/0861 →
Continuity (1)
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