# US 10,120,412 B2 · Electronic device

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- Number: US 10,120,412 B2
- Document ID: US10120412B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/678,123
- Filed: 2017-08-16
- Published: 2018-03-01
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-08-23
- Assignees: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
- Applicants: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
- Inventors: Yung-Hsiang Chen; Li-Wei Hung
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10120412B2

## CPC

- G06F 1/1616: {with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position}
- G06F 1/1637: {Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing}
- G06F 1/166: {related to integrated arrangements for adjusting the position of the main body with respect to the supporting surface, e.g. legs for adjusting the tilt angle}
- G06F 1/1681: {Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683)}
- G06F 1/1683: {for the transmission of signal or power between the different housings, e.g. details of wired or wireless communication, passage of cabling}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises a first body structure; a connecting portion; and a second body structure connected to the first body structure via the connecting portion. The second body structure includes a cover portion, and an end portion connected to an edge of the cover portion. A thickness of the end portion is larger than the thickness of the cover portion. An I/O port is disposed at a side wall of the end portion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device comprising:
a first body structure:
a connecting portion: and
a second body structure connected to the first body structure via the connecting portion, the second body structure includes:
a cover portion; and
an end portion connected to an edge of the cover portion, a thickness of the end portion is larger than the thickness of the cover portion, and an I/O port (input/output port) is disposed at a side wall of the end portion;
wherein when the cover portion covers a top surface of the first body structure, the end portion covers a rear side wall of the first body structure, and when the second body structure rotates relative to the first body structure to expose the rear side wall of the first body structure, at least part of the end portion is located below a bottom surface of the first body structure.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting portion includes a pivot, the first body structure and the second body structure are connected to each other via the pivot, the first body structure includes a groove, and the groove is formed at the bottom surface of the first body structure to accommodate the pivot.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting portion includes a pivot, the first body structure and the second body structure are connected to each other via the pivot, and the pivot is disposed in a bottom gap between the bottom surface of the first body structure and the bottom surface of the end portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein when the cover portion covers the top surface of the first body structure, side walls of the first body structure cut flush with the cover portion.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the top surface of the cover portion and the top surface of the end portion are continuous.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a thickness difference is formed between the cover portion and the end portion, and when the end portion covers the rear side wall of the first body structure, the first body structure fits the thickness difference.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device further includes:
a mainboard disposed inside the first body structure; and
a transmission line disposed inside the electronic device, the transmission line includes a first end and a second end, the transmission line is electronically connected to the mainboard via the first end, and the transmission line is electronically connected to the I/O port via the second end.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the transmission line passes through the connecting portion to be electronically connected to the mainboard via the first end.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the circuit board is disposed inside the second body structure, the I/O port is electronically connected to the second end of the transmission line via the circuit board.