Patent ID: 11905746
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  G | IPC E

Claim 20:
21. A method of assembling a friction hinge, the method comprising:
providing a stub substrate comprising a first stub and an adjacent second stub extending from the stub substrate;
providing a finger substrate comprising a first finger and an adjacent second finger extending from the finger substrate, the first finger comprising a distal contacting face and a ramping surface between its distal contacting face and the finger substrate, and the second finger comprising a distal contacting face and a ramping surface between its distal contacting face and the finger substrate;
inserting the first stub at a base of the ramping surface of the first finger and the second stub at a base of the ramping surface of the second finger;
sliding the first stub along the ramping surface of the first finger to its distal contacting face and the second stub along the ramping surface of the second finger to its distal contacting face, thereby biasing the first finger's distal contacting face against the first stub and the second finger's distal contacting face against the second stub;
aligning a first stub aperture in the first stub, a first finger aperture in the first finger, a second finger aperture in the second finger, and a second stub aperture in the second stub; and
inserting a pin through the first stub aperture, the first finger aperture, the second finger aperture, and the second stub aperture.