Abstract: An inconspicuous support system of angled and straight cavities for latching support elements, such as a stylus, an independent arm, or plate; or support structures, such as a desktop stand, a floor stand, a hook, or a plurality of hooks, to mobile computing devices and its use to prop and to suspend these devices to multiple angles and orientations with respect to a resting surface or base.

Abstract: Compact rotation locking mechanisms for detachable load bearing pivoting support elements which may also be used for converting the batteries of personal information and input devices into removable and interchangeable pivoting support elements for these devices.

Abstract: A releasable locking hinge assembly having: a shaft including a first locking region with multiple faceted sides on an outer circumference of the shaft, and a partial or complete hollow cylinder coaxial with and receiving the shaft, wherein the hollow cylinder includes a second locking region with multiple faceted sides on an inner wall of the cylinder, wherein the first locking region and second locking region are configured to slidably engage; and wherein the locking regions slidably engage, they lock the angular position of the locking hinge, and where they slidably disengage, they allow the locking hinge to pivot.

Abstract: An inconspicuous system of cavities, sockets, or notches for coupling a support element such as a stylus, an independent arm, or plate, to smart phones and tablet computers at various angles and orientations in order to position these devices to various angles and orientations with respect to a resting surface or base.

Abstract: Simple coupling mechanisms for attaching electronic styluses to personal information display and input devices and their use as propping instruments to position these devices to various angles and orientations with respect to a base or resting surface.

Abstract: A releasable locking hinge assembly having: a shaft including a first locking region with faceted sides on an outer circumference of the shaft, and a partial or complete hollow cylinder coaxial with and receiving the shaft, wherein the hollow cylinder includes a second locking region with faceted sides on an inner wall of the cylinder, wherein the first locking region and second locking region are configured to slidably engage; and wherein the locking regions slidably engage, they lock the angular position of the locking hinge, and where they slidably disengage, they allow the locking hinge to pivot.

Abstract: A holder configured to support an electronic display device, the holder including: a mounting plate including a front configured to receive a back of the electronic display device, a swiveling ledge attached by a locking hinge to the mounting plate through independent arms and configured to grasp an edge of the electronic display device; and the locking hinge is configured to lock the swiveling ledge in at least three discrete angular positions with respect to the mounting plate.

Abstract: A sheath, or an encapsulated sheath, within tablet computers, smart phones, and similar electronic devices, or with enclosures for such electronic devices that would enable the seamless latching and unlatching of electronic pens of various sizes and thicknesses to such devices, or enclosures to such devices, through the pens' integrated flexible clips.

Abstract: An external sheath attachable to an electronic display and input device or to a holder of an electronic display and input device, including: an open ended chamber which receives an end of an electronic stylus and has a sidewall, an open end at one end of the sidewall and a second end at an opposite end of the sidewall, and a slot in the sidewall of the chamber, wherein the slot includes a first slot section, a second slot section offset from the first slot section and a bridge slot joining a distal end of the first slot with a distal end of the second slot, wherein the first slot section includes an open end aligned with the open end of the chamber and the slot in the sidewall is configured to receive a locking post on a side of the electronic stylus.

Abstract: A sheath, or an encapsulated sheath, within tablet computers, smart phones, and similar electronic devices, or with enclosures for such electronic devices that would enable the seamless latching and unlatching of electronic pens of various sizes and thicknesses to such devices, or enclosures to such devices, through the pens' integrated flexible clips.

Abstract: Mechanisms for the integration of the form and function of a drafting and note-taking tablet, a laptop computer, and a desktop computer with added enhancements for drop protection, portability, functionality, and ergonomics.

Abstract: A tablet holder including: a mounting plate including a back surface with a coupling for a support device and a front surface with slots configured to receive arms; the arms are slidably mounted in the slots and each include an end extending outward from the mounting plate; a locking mechanism releasably securing each of the arms to the mounting plate; and for each arm, a swiveling ledge connected by a locking hinge to the end of the arm, wherein the hinge includes a releasable locking mechanism.

Abstract: A load bearing rotation lock mechanism including disks or cylinders with teeth or a combination of both that interlock radially between their inner and outer surface areas, or frontal areas, or both, where one of the disks or cylinders is attached to a fixed surface area and the other disk or cylinder is attached to a pivoting arm, plate, or other kind of load bearing support element, and where one of the disks or cylinders is able to mesh (lock) and un-mesh (unlock) from the other disk or cylinder by protruding, retracting, or sliding laterally over a common, continuous or divided axis, shaft, or channel thereby freezing the angular position of the pivoting arm, plate, or other kind of load bearing support element with respect to the fixed surface area at the time the disks, cylinders, or a combination of both, mesh (lock) with each other and unfreezing the pivoting arm, plate, or other kind of load bearing support element to pivot freely with respect to the fixed surface area when the disks, cylinders, or c

Abstract: For information display devices and other uses, a mechanism for unlocking and locking the rotation of a load-bearing hinge at multiple specific angles with the press and release of a push button—with an option for a default angular position.

Abstract: A tablet holder including: a mounting plate having a front configured to releasably grasp a tablet display device and a back surface; a support stand configured to support the mounting plate and the tablet display device; and a coupling joining the mounting plate and the support stand including a locking hinge configured to allow the mounting plate to pivot and lock at discreet angular positions that eliminate wobbling with respect to the support stand.

Abstract: This technology relates to an electronic hub appliance used for collecting, storing, and processing potentially massive periodic data streams indicative of real-time or other measuring parameters.

Abstract: Mechanisms for the integration of the form and function of a drafting and note-taking tablet, a laptop computer, and a desktop computer with added enhancements for drop protection, portability, functionality, and ergonomics.

Abstract: A computer implemented system and method for optimizing the operating and financial efficiency of any energy consuming device, from a desk lamp to a major industrial chiller, by profiling its current, or recent, energy use in comparison to its own select recent or historical energy use baseline, monetizing the difference in energy use, and then transforming the information into actionable insight by contextualizing it in light of the device's own design operating parameters, hours of operation, and other relevant factors, as well as giving users direct control and scheduling over its operations for optimum operating and financial efficiency.

Abstract: Certain examples relate to computer implemented methods and systems including at least three modules whose combined functionality provides for interpretation and optimization of usual and unusual patterns in energy consumption; the identification, quantification, and monetization of hidden operating and financial waste and the accurate measurement of the results of implemented energy management solutions. The first, “Expert Module”, provides information that assists with the accurate interpretation of the information provided in the Operations module. The second, “Costs Module”, allows users to modify consumption and price components and derive the resulting operating costs based on the facility's applied or available rate structures. The third, “Operations Module”, charts and evaluates the current operating performance of a facility down to 15-minute intervals in comparison to the operating performance of a pre-selected “base year”.

Abstract: Certain examples relate to computer implemented methods and systems including at least three modules whose combined functionality provides for interpretation and optimization of usual and unusual patterns in energy consumption; the identification, quantification, and monetization of hidden operating and financial waste and the accurate measurement of the results of implemented energy management solutions. The first, “Expert Module”, provides information that assists with the accurate interpretation of the information provided in the Operations module. The second, “Costs Module”, allows users to modify consumption and price components and derive the resulting operating costs based on the facility's applied or available rate structures. The third, “Operations Module”, charts and evaluates the current operating performance of a facility down to 15-minute intervals in comparison to the operating performance of a pre-selected “base year”.