# US 2017/0285693 A1 · Electronic device

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- Number: US 2017/0285693 A1
- Document ID: US20170285693A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/629,463
- Filed: 2017-06-21
- Published: 2017-10-05
- Earliest claimed: 2014-12-26
- Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Takeshi MORI; Akira IWAMOTO; Hirofumi SASAKI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170285693A1

## CPC

- G06F 1/1679: {for locking or maintaining the movable parts of the enclosure in a fixed position, e.g. latching mechanism at the edge of the display in a laptop or for the screen protective cover of a PDA (G06F1/1681 takes precedence)}
- 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 1/1654: {the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use}
- G06F 1/1669: {Detachable keyboards}
- G06F 1/1681: {Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683)}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

An electronic device of the present disclosure is configured to detachably include a first unit and a second unit. The second unit includes a socket. The socket includes a socket main body, and an operating member for performing a releasing operation of engagement through a lock mechanism that makes the first unit and the second unit detachable. The socket main body includes a first wall and a second wall. The operating member includes a first operating portion disposed on an exterior of the first wall, and a second operating portion disposed on an exterior of the second wall.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device comprising:
a first unit including a display; and
a second unit including an input portion, the first unit and the second unit being configured to be detachable,
wherein
the first unit includes a first main face and a second main face, the display being disposed on the first main face, the second main face being substantially parallel to the first main face,
the second unit includes
an input unit, the input portion being disposed on the input unit,
a socket capable of accommodating a first side of the first unit, and
a hinge coupling a second side of the input unit and a third side of the socket so that the input unit and the socket are relatively rotatable,
the socket includes
a socket main body, and
an operating member for performing a releasing operation of engagement through a lock mechanism for detachably locking the first unit and the second unit,
the socket main body includes
a first wall lying in parallel to the first main face in an accommodated state where the first side of the first unit is accommodated in the socket, and
a second wall lying in parallel to the second main face in the accommodated state, and
the operating member includes
a first operating portion disposed on an exterior of the first wall, and
a second operating portion disposed on an exterior of the second wall.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein
the socket main body is formed in an approximately U-shaped cross section so as to be capable of accommodating the first side of the first unit, and
the operating member is formed in an approximately U-shaped cross section so as to be slidable on the exterior of the socket main body in an extending direction of the socket main body.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein
a drive mechanism for performing a releasing operation of engagement through the lock mechanism when the operating member is slid toward a predetermined side in the extending direction of the socket main body is accommodated in an internal space of the socket main body.