Patent ID: 8971033
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A clamshell device, comprising: a base module; a cover module; a center hinge for hinging the cover module to the base module; and a holding mechanism comprising a click structure having a ratchet-bar with teeth, the holding mechanism coupled between corresponding sides of the base module and the cover module such that the cover module is capable of being steadily held at the open angle using the teeth when the cover module is at an open angle pivotally away from the base module, wherein the rachet-bar is provided at one of the base module and the cover module and wherein the click structure comprises a connecting-rod which is pivotably connected to the other one of the base module and the cover module at its first end and is provided with a slide pin at its second end, the slide pin slidably engaging with the ratchet-bar, wherein a distance between tooth-roots of two adjacent teeth of the ratchet-bar is such that the slide pin is capable of slidably engaging with the two adjacent teeth.