US 2010/0248790 A1 · PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

Abstract

A portable electronic apparatus which can be made compact and thin in the set thickness direction of the case while securing sufficient strength of the case. The portable telephone (1) has a substantially planar first case (3), and an underside case (2) connected to the first case (3) through a hinge portion (4). The hinge portion (4) has a fixed portion (21) being fixed in the first case (3) equipped with a sheet metal member (33) having a folded portion (34) where the end portion is folded in the thickness direction of the first case (3). The folded portion (34) of the sheet metal member (33) has screw holes (34a) and tightened to the fixed portion (21) concurrently by means of screws (28) inserted into the screw holes (34a) in the direction intersecting the thickness direction of the first case (3) perpendicularly.

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Dependent claims

A portable electronic apparatus comprising:

a first body that is substantially flat plate shaped;
a second body;
and
a hinge portion that has a fixing portion that is fixed inside the first body and that connects the first body with the second body,
wherein the first body includes a metal plate member having a bent portion on an end side thereof that is bent in a thickness direction of the first body, and
wherein the bent portion of the metal plate member has a threaded hole and is tighten together with the fixing portion by way of a screw that is inserted into the threaded hole in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the first body.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Portable electronic apparatus

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Portable electronic apparatus

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Abstract

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