Patent ID: 9733666
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computing device comprising: a display component; a base; a hinge coupled to the display component and to the base to rotate the display component around two axes relative to the base for the computing device to transition between a notebook mode and a tablet mode; a first set of magnets included at first locations of the display component; a second set of magnets included at first locations of the base; a third set of magnets included at second locations of the display component; and a fourth set of magnets included at second locations of the base; wherein the first set of magnets included at the first locations of the display component and the second set of magnets included at the first locations of the base are aligned when the computing device is in a closed position of the notebook mode and when the computing device is in the tablet mode; wherein the third set of magnets included at the second locations of the display component and the fourth set of magnets included at the second locations of the base are aligned when the computing device is in the tablet mode and are not aligned when the computing device is in the closed position of the notebook mode to provide a less amount of pulling force as compared to the tablet mode.