Recorders – Electric recording – Electrochemical
Patent
1998-02-26
2000-12-19
Brier, Jeffery
Recorders
Electric recording
Electrochemical
345163, 345168, 361680, 361681, 361683, 361686, G09G 500, G09G 508, G06F 116
Patent
active
061633267
ABSTRACT:
A detachable device for a laptop computer. The laptop computer has a base and a display housing coupled to the base. The display housing is movable relative to the base between a closed position in which the computer is in a stowed configuration and an open position in which the computer is in an unstowed configuration and the display housing and base are accessible to a user. The input device includes controls that receive commands from the user and transmit the commands to the computer via a communication link. In one embodiment, the input device may be attached to the computer by positioning it within an aperture of the base. The input device may be detached from the computer by removing it from the aperture. The controls of the input device may remain accessible to the user when the input device is either attached to or detached from the base. The computer may be placed in the stowed configuration when the input device is in the attached position.
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Fleming, III Hoyt A.
Klein Dean A.
Brier Jeffery
Micron Electronics Inc.
Yang Ryan
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