FLEXIBLE HINGE AND REMOVABLE ATTACHMENT

• Main Authors: LUTZ MOSHE R, WAHL ERIC JOSEPH, MANTOOTH HAROLD F, GROENE RALF, WHITMAN CHRISTOPHER A, VANDERVOORT DAVID C, STOUMBOS CHRISTOPHER HARRY, OLIVER THOMAS CHARLES, SCHWAGER MICHAEL A, MARSHALL JAMES CHARLES, LANE DAVID M, GIAIMO EDWARD C. III, CUMMINGS STEPHAN ALEXANDER, OBIE GENE ROBERT, SEILSTAD MARK J, HUALA ROB, MICKELSON MATTHEW DAVID, MATHIAS DENNIS J, WISE JAMES H, DIETZ PAUL HENRY, AAGAARD KARSTEN, OLER VAN WINSTON, WANG HUA, PEREK DAVID R, SCHNEIDER SUMMER L, DIGHDE RAJESH MANOHAR, SYKES SHANE AARON, DRASNIN SHARON, MAIL SCOTT MITCHEL, SIDDIQUI KABIR, PELLEY JOEL LAWRENCE, SPOONER RICHARD PETER, WHITT DAVID OTTO III, REED ANTHONY CHRISTIAN, YOUNG ROBERT D, SHERMAN NATHAN C, KASSELS JAY SCOTT, CADY ANDREW N, UMENO HIROO, GOH CHUN BENG, PANAY PANOS C, SCHULTZ BERNARD MAURICE, BELESIU JIM TOM, JENSEN DARRYL I, GIBSON SCOTT K, MCLAUGHLIN ROBYN REBECCA REED, SHAW TIMOTHY C, NEFF DAVID, ISHIHARA JAMES ALEC, SOUSA JOSE R, LEON CAMILO, STRANDE HAKON, PLEAKE TODD DAVID, PEDERSEN MATTHEW G
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 01.12.2014
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS

Flexible hinge and removable attachment techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a flexible hinge is configured to communicatively and physically couple an input device to a computing device and may implement functionality such as a support layer and minimum bend radius. The input device may also include functionality to promote a secure physical connection between the input device and the computing device. One example of this includes use of one or more protrusions that are configured to be removed from respective cavities of the computing device along a particular axis but mechanically bind along other axes. Other techniques include use of a laminate structure to form a connection portion of the input device.