Multi-position biased rotating logo component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10013898-B2
Application number	US-201514814324-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2015
Priority date	Jul 30, 2015
Publication date	Jul 3, 2018
Grant date	Jul 3, 2018

Abstract

The presently disclosed multi-position biased rotating logo components permit an electronic device to display a logo associated with the device in a variety of positions with reference to a device housing while the device is re-positioned in different orientations. This allows the logo to maintain a desired orientation with reference to a support surface or a direction of gravity as the device is re-positioned in the different orientation. Further, the rotating logo is biased to achieve and maintain two or more preselected orientations within the housing that correspond to two or more intended orientations of the device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device comprising:
a housing configured to be positioned at two or more housing orientations with respect to a reference;
a logo component rotationally connected to the housing and biased to each of two or more logo orientations with respect to the housing, wherein the logo component is configured to maintain one of the logo orientations with respect to the reference in all of the housing orientations;
a device stand including an orientation actuator; and
a rotation mechanism fixedly attached to the logo component, wherein the orientation actuator triggers the rotation mechanism to rotate the logo component to a different one of the logo orientations with respect to the housing when the housing is seated on the device stand.

2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a hard stop that prevents the logo component from rotating beyond a desired one of the logo orientations when the rotation mechanism is triggered.

3. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a biasing mechanism that biases the logo component to each of the two or more logo orientations with respect to the housing.

4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a dampening mechanism that dampens rotation of the logo component between the two or more logo orientations with respect to the housing.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the logo component includes two or more logo images, each logo image oriented to maintain the logo orientation with respect to the reference in one of the housing orientations, wherein only the logo image that maintains the logo orientation with respect to the reference is visible at a particular housing orientation.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the logo component is a push actuator for operation of the device.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the logo component is backlit.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is one of a gaming console, a desktop computer, a monitor, a speaker, a household appliance, and a consumer product.

9. A method comprising:
positioning a device at a selected one of two or more housing orientations with respect to a reference;
seating the device on a device stand; and
triggering a rotation mechanism fixedly attached to a logo component to rotate the logo component with respect to a housing to maintain one of two or more logo orientations with respect to the reference at a selected housing orientation in response to the seating operation, wherein the logo component is biased to each of the logo orientations with respect to the housing.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
preventing rotation of the logo component beyond a desired one of the logo orientations.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
biasing the logo component to each of the two or more logo orientations with respect to the housing.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
actuating the logo component to perform a function of the device.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the device is one of a gaming console, a desktop computer, a monitor, a speaker, a household appliance, and a consumer product.

14. A device comprising:
a housing configured to be positioned at two or more orientations;
a logo component rotationally connected to the housing and biased to each of two or more logo orientations with respect to the housing, wherein the logo component is configured to maintain one of the logo orientations with respect to the all of the housing orientations;
a device stand including an orientation actuator; and
a rotation mechanism fixedly attached to the logo component, wherein the orientation actuator triggers the rotation mechanism to rotate the logo component to a different one of the logo orientations with respect to the housing when the housing is seated on the device stand.

15. The device of claim 14 wherein the housing is integrated into a wearable component, and the housing orientations are associated with orientations in which the wearable device is worn by a user.

16. The device of claim 15 wherein the wearable component is a wristband.

17. The device of claim 16 wherein the housing orientations comprise a first housing orientation in which the wristband is worn such that the housing is located on the inside of a user wrist and a second orientation in which the wristband is worn such that the housing is located on the outside of a user wrist.

18. A device comprising:
a housing configured to be positioned at two or more housing orientations with respect to a reference;
a logo component rotationally connected to the housing and configured to maintain a logo orientation with respect to the reference in all of the housing orientations;
a biasing mechanism that biases the logo component to each of two or more logo orientations with respect to the housing;
a device stand including an orientation actuator; and
a rotation mechanism fixedly attached to the logo component, wherein the orientation actuator triggers the rotation mechanism to rotate the logo component to a different one of the logo orientations with respect to the housing when the housing is seated on the device stand.

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Jacobs Joel
• Staub Jesse
• Anderson Perry Q
• Black Craig K
• Hadley Jonathan B

Classifications

• G09F3/20 Primary

  for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels · CPC title

• G09F7/22 Primary

  for rotatably or swingably mounting, e.g. for boards adapted to be rotated by the wind · CPC title