Mobile computing device, apparatus and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10860067-B2
Application number	US-201715419635-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2017
Priority date	Jan 24, 2012
Publication date	Dec 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020

Abstract

Embodiments of an apparatus, system and method are described for a mobile computing device. A mobile computing device may comprise, for example, an enclosure arranged to support a display and one or more processor circuits, the enclosure having an enlarged portion at one side of the enclosure arranged to allow a user to clutch the enclosure with one hand at the one side, the enlarged portion having a thickness that is larger than a thickness of another portion of the enclosure, and the enlarged portion defining a cavity arranged to support one or more energy storage modules. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computing device which is configurable to operate asunder and integrated, the computing device comprising:
a casing including:
a flat portion to house a display; and,
a barrel portion securely affixed directly to one side of the flat portion, wherein the barrel portion is at least partially cylindrical, and wherein the barrel portion is wider than a thickness of the flat portion; and

a base, the base including one or more electronic components, wherein the base is configured to removably couple, magnetically, to the casing;
wherein, the barrel portion at least houses one or more batteries capable of supplying power to the display.

2. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the flat portion protrudes along an entire length of the barrel portion.

3. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the barrel portion comprises a grip for the computing device casing.

4. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the display is approximately 10 inches diagonally.

5. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the barrel portion is at least partially cylindrical, and wherein the flat portion is to protrude along a surface of the barrel portion at a location parallel to an axis of the barrel portion.

6. The computing device of claim 5 , wherein the axis is approximately located in a plane extending through the middle of the thickness of the flat portion.

7. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the base is capable of mechanically coupling to the barrel portion.

8. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein the base is capable of mechanically decoupling from the barrel portion.

9. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein the base includes a scoop, the scoop including a concave partially cylindrical section suitable for receiving the barrel portion.

10. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein the barrel portion to mechanically couple to the base in response to being placed in the scoop.

11. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the barrel portion and the scoop to comprise a grip for the apparatus, when the base is folded against the flat portion of the computing device casing and the barrel portion and scoop are mechanically coupled.

12. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more batteries are cylindrical.

13. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more batteries to be capable of supplying power to the one or more electronic components in the base when the base is at least electrically coupled to the barrel portion.

14. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the base couples to the barrel portion by wrapping at least partially around a rounded portion of the barrel portion.

15. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the base and casing are in wireless electrical communication with one another.

16. A computing device which is configurable to operate asunder and integrated, the computing device comprising:
a casing including:
a flat portion to house a display; and,
a barrel portion securely affixed directly to one side of the flat portion, wherein the barrel portion is at least partially cylindrical, and wherein the barrel portion is wider than a thickness of the flat portion; and
a base, the base including one or more electronic components, wherein the base is configured to removably couple, magnetically, to the casing;
wherein, the one or more batteries to be capable of supplying power to the one or more electronic components in the base when the base is at least electrically coupled to the barrel portion.

17. The computing device of claim 16 , wherein the flat portion protrudes along an entire length of the barrel portion.

18. The computing device of claim 16 , wherein the barrel portion comprises a grip for the computing device casing.

19. The computing device of claim 16 , wherein the base is capable of mechanically coupling and decoupling to the barrel portion.

20. The computing device of claim 16 , wherein the base includes a scoop, the scoop including a concave partially cylindrical section suitable for receiving the barrel portion.

21. The computing device of claim 20 , wherein the barrel portion to mechanically couple to the base in response to being placed in the scoop.

22. The computing device of claim 21 , wherein the barrel portion and the scoop to comprise a grip for the apparatus, when the base is folded against the flat portion of the computing device casing and the barrel portion and scoop are mechanically coupled.

23. The computing device of claim 16 , wherein the base couples to the barrel portion by wrapping at least partially around a rounded portion of the barrel portion.

24. The computing device of claim 16 , wherein the base and casing are in wireless electrical communication with one another.

25. The computing system of claim 24 , wherein the electrical communication is a Bluetooth protocol, at least in part.

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Sharma Sameer
• Amit Gad
• Hoshino Yoshikazu
• Harber Chadwick
• Clifton Daniel
• Jasinski Kenneth

Classifications

• G06F3/03547 Primary

  Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface · CPC title

• G06F1/1681 Primary

  Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683) · CPC title

• G06F1/162

  changing, e.g. reversing, the face orientation of the screen with a two degrees of freedom mechanism, e.g. for folding into tablet PC like position or orienting towards the direction opposite to the user to show to a second user · CPC title

• G06F1/1635 Primary

  Details related to the integration of battery packs and other power supplies such as fuel cells or integrated AC adapter · CPC title

• G06F1/1662

  Details related to the integrated keyboard · CPC title