Hinge mechanism of a device mount

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11425830-B2
Application number	US-201916589062-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2019
Priority date	Oct 5, 2018
Publication date	Aug 23, 2022
Grant date	Aug 23, 2022

Abstract

A device mount mounts a display with an aspect ratio greater than or less than 1:1. A camera is integrated into the device mount at a position above a top edge of the display. A hinge of the device mount rotates the mounted display. A mounting plate of the hinge couples the hinge to the device mount, and a shuttle of the hinge couples the display to the hinge to rotate the display between a landscape mode and a portrait mode. The hinge is configured such that rotation of the display from landscape mode into portrait mode translates a center of the display away from the camera on a vertical axis and rotation of the display back to landscape mode translates the center of the display towards the camera on the vertical axis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device mount comprising:
a camera positioned above a top edge of a display coupled to the device mount, wherein an aspect ratio of the display is greater or less than 1:1;
a base of the device mount configured to support a rotation of the display, wherein the position of the camera is fixed relative to the base of the device mount; and
a hinge configured to rotate the coupled display, the hinge comprising:
a mounting plate configured to couple the hinge to the device mount;
a shuttle configured to couple the display to the hinge to rotate the display between a landscape mode and a portrait mode, wherein rotation of the display into the portrait mode translates a center of the display away from the camera on a vertical axis and rotation of the display into the landscape mode translates the center of the display towards the camera on the vertical axis; and
a spring configured to counterbalance a mass of the display coupled to the shuttle, wherein the spring comprises a first end coupled to the shuttle by a spring link and a second end coupled to an adjustment slide by a threaded interface and a screw, the adjustment slide enabling adjustments to a tension of the spring.

2. The device mount of claim 1 , further comprising:
a bearing cap configured to insert into an opening in the mounting plate to couple the mounting plate to the device mount;
a shuttle bushing configured to couple the mounting plate to the shuttle.

3. The device mount of claim 1 , wherein the mounting plate comprises one or more slots tracing a path along which the shuttle rotates and the shuttle is configured to rotate about a pivot point, the rotation of the shuttle causing at least one shuttle bushing to move through each of the one or more slots in the mounting plate.

4. The device mount of claim 3 , wherein the hinge further comprises a bearing configured to enable the rotation of the shuttle about the pivot point, the bearing comprising:
an outer ring in a fixed position internal to a bearing cap;
an inner ring configured to secure the shuttle to rotate about the pivot point; and
a plurality of balls configured to enable the rotation of the inner ring about the pivot point.

5. The device mount of claim 1 :
wherein the spring stabilizes rotation of the shuttle relative to the mounting plate;
wherein the first end of the spring is coupled to the mounting plate by a spring bushing and the second end of the spring is coupled to the shuttle by a shuttle bushing.

6. The device mount of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one stop block coupled to an edge of the shuttle;
at least one end stop corresponding to each stop block, wherein each end stop is coupled to the device mount to stop the rotation of the shuttle upon contact between the stop block and a corresponding end stop; and
a stop lock configured to magnetically secure the shuttle in a position where the stop block contacts the corresponding end stop.

7. The device mount of claim 6 , further comprising:
a cam dampening mechanism configured to slow rotation of the shuttle at the end stop, the cam dampening mechanism comprising:
a rotary damper coupled to the shuttle; and
a cam coupled to the shuttle, the cam positioned to slide within a slot in the mounting plate as the shuttle rotates.

8. The device mount of claim 1 , further comprising:
a gear dampening mechanism configured to slow rotation of the shuttle, the gear dampening mechanism comprising:
a rotary damper coupled to the mounting plate; and
a gear coupled to the shuttle.

9. A method for assembling a device mount, the method comprising:
aligning a mounting plate of a hinge with a mounting interface on the device mount, wherein the device mount comprises a camera positioned above a top edge of a display coupled to the device mount and a base of the device mount, wherein the position of the camera is fixed relative to the base of the device mount that supports a rotation of the display;
coupling the aligned hinge to the mounting interface using a first set of screws, the hinge further comprising a shuttle configured to rotate the display coupled to the device mount between a landscape mode and a portrait mode, wherein rotation of the display into the portrait mode translates a center of the display away from the camera on a vertical axis and rotation of the display into the landscape mode translates the center of the display towards the camera on the vertical axis; and
aligning a locating ring on the display with the shuttle of the hinge;
coupling the aligned display to the shuttle of the hinge using a second set of screws; and
counterbalancing a mass of the display coupled to the shuttle by a spring, wherein a first end of the spring is coupled to the shuttle by a spring link and a second end of the spring is coupled to an adjustment slide by a threaded interface and a screw corresponding to the threaded interface such that the adjustment slide enabling adjustments to a tension of the spring.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
inserting a bearing cap into an opening in the mounting plate to couple the mounting plate to the device mount;
coupling the mounting plate to the shuttle by a shuttle bushing; and
coupling the locating ring of the display to the shuttle by the second set of screws.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
rotating the shuttle about a pivot point, the rotation of the shuttle causing a shuttle bushing to move through a slot in the mounting plate tracing a path along which the shuttle rotates.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the hinge further comprises a bearing configured to enable the rotation of the shuttle about the pivot point, the bearing comprising:
an outer ring in a fixed position internal to a bearing cap;
an inner ring configured to secure the shuttle to rotate about the pivot point; and
a plurality of balls configured to enable the rotation of the inner ring about the pivot point.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
stabilizing rotation of the shuttle relative to the mounting plate with the spring, wherein the first end of the spring is coupled to the mounting plate by a spring bushing and the second end of the spring is coupled to the shuttle by a shuttle bushing.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
stopping the rotation of the shuttle upon contact between a stop block coupled to an edge of the shuttle and a corresponding end stop coupled to the device mount; and
magnetically securing, by a stop lock, the shuttle in a position where the stop block contacts the corresponding end stop.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
slowing the rotation of the shuttle at the end of stop using a cam dampening mechanism, the cam dampening mechanism comprising:
a rotary damper coupled to the shuttle; and
a cam coupled to the shuttle, the cam positioned to slide within a slot in the mounting plate as the shuttle rotates.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
slowing the rotation of the shuttle using a gear dampening mechanism, the gear dampening mechanism comprising:
a rotary damper coupled to the mounting plate; and
a gear coupled to the shuttle.

Assignees

• Meta Platforms Inc

Inventors

• Davies Joshua
• Ross Oliver

Classifications

• H04N23/51

  Housings · CPC title

• G03B17/20

  visible in viewfinder · CPC title

• H05K5/0204

  Mounting supporting structures on the outside of casings · CPC title

• F16M2200/041

  for balancing rotational movement of the head · CPC title

• F16C11/04

  Pivotal connections (hinges for doors, windows or wings E05D) · CPC title