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US 5,268,817 AGranted
Portable computer with keyboard and having display with coordinate input tablet rotatably mounted to face either toward or away from keyboard when closed over keyboard
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsShigenori Miyagawa, Koichi Kobayashi, Shimpei Kunii, Shizuo Kamio, Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Fumitaka Sato, Ryoichi Ishiura
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Abstract
A main body case for storing a keyboard and an upper case for storing an integrated display/input device are coupled by hinge units to be arbitrarily pivotal from a state wherein the keyboard faces the integrated display/input device to a state wherein the back surfaces of the keyboard and the integrated display/input device face each other.
Claims8
A computer comprising:
- a main body unit having a keyboard;
- a display/input device having front and back surfaces, and including a display and a coordinate input tablet said display and said coordinate input tablet being overlapped, so as to form an integrated unit, and attached to the front surface of the display/input device;
- a support frame supporting said display/input device;
- a first hinge mechanism unit pivotally coupling said support frame to said main body unit, the first hinge mechanism for permitting the support frame to pivot between a closed position wherein said support frame and the display/input device overlay said keyboard, and an open position, wherein said support frame and the display/input device are angularly displaced from said keyboard;
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- a second hinge mechanism unit rotatably coupling said display/input device to said support frame, the input/display device being rotatable between a first position, wherein said front surface faces said keyboard when the support frame and the display/input device are in the closed position, and a second position, wherein said back surface faces said keyboard such that data can be input by means of said display/input device instead of said keyboard when the support frame and the display/input device are in the closed position.
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