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US 2006/0232920 A1Published application
Display unit and portable electronic device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsTomofumi Miyamoto, Kohei Wada
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a notebook PC includes a display unit, and a PC proper coupled to the display unit by hinges so that the PC can be opened and closed. The display unit includes a display panel, a case covering the back surface of the panel, and a reinforcing plate attached to and covers part of the outer surface of the case. The reinforcing plate enables the case of the display panel to be thinned and to have a sufficient rigidity.
Claims20
A display unit comprising:
- a display panel;
- a case covering a back surface of the display panel;
- and
- a reinforcing plate formed of a material differing from a material of the case, and attached to an outer surface of the case, the reinforcing plate extending along an entire length of the case in a first direction, and along part of a length of the case in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
1 more element
A display unit comprising:
- a display panel;
- a case covering a back surface of the display panel;
- a reinforcing plate formed of a material at least containing a light metal, the reinforcing plate being attached to an outer surface of the case, the reinforcing plate extending along an entire length of the case and covering part of the case;
- and
- an antenna used to perform wireless communication with an external device and provided at a position at which the reinforcing plate is not provided.
2 more elements
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a main unit including an input unit at a front surface thereof;
- and
- a display unit which opens and closes the front surface of the main unit,
- wherein the display unit including:
- a display panel;
- a case covering a back surface of the display panel;
- and
- a reinforcing plate formed of a material differing from a material of the case, and attached to an outer surface of the case, the reinforcing plate extending along an entire length of the case in a first direction, and along part of a length of the case in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.