Multi-panel device with configurable interface

• Main Authors: ERVIN, DANIEL R, DAHL, STEN JORGEN LUDVIG, JOHNSON, GREGG A, KILPATRICK, THOMAS E, LUNDGREN, STEVEN J, BAHNEMANN, DAVID M, RHINE, JEFFREY JAY
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 16.07.2010
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICESUSING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; DISPLAYING; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; SEALS; SIGNS; SURVEYING; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION; TESTING

A multi-panel device with a configurable interface is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the device includes a hinge rotatably coupled to a first panel of the device via a first pin and rotatably coupled to a second panel of the device via a second pin. The first pin is engaged within a slot of the first panel to enable a lateral movement of the first panel relative to the second panel such that the first panel has a first range of motion relative to the second panel when the hinge is in an extended configuration and a second range of motion when the hinge is in a retracted configuration. The first range of motion is larger than the second range of motion.