US Patent Issued to Dell Products on May 14 for "Translating pivot hinge" (Taiwanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- United States Patent no. 11,983,046, issued on May 14, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Translating pivot hinge" was invented by Anthony J. Sanchez (Pflugerville, Texas), Michael J. Pescetto (Round Rock, Texas), Boris Draca (Round Rock, Texas), Hsin-Chung Chang (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Jui-Hung Chang (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable information handling system pivots a hinge rotational axis as the hinge rotates housing portions between open and closed positions to manage a gap between the housing portions. For example, the hinge couples a base at a perimeter of one housing portion, the base having a many body that s...