Patents Assigned to Crete Systems, Inc.
  • Connecting shaft assembly for the screen cover of a portable computer
    Patent number: 5131779
    Abstract: A shaft assembly for connecting the screen cover of a portable computer to the computer body and permitting permits the cover to be pivoted and maintained at a desired angle of use. The assembly includes a hollow shaft provided with an expandable conical claw which is frictionally engaged within a rotatable positioning ring on which the screen cover is mounted, so that pivoting of the cover will cause the ring to rotate relative to the hollow shaft and be frictionally maintained in a given angle of rotation relative to the hollow shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: Crete Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony Sen