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US 5,481,430 AGranted
Portable computer having keyboard and coordinate input tablet hingedly connected to a main body case through a groove
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 first and second hinge units, disposed through a groove in the main body case, 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.
Claims7
A portable computer comprising:
- a keyboard for inputting data;
- a main body case encasing said keyboard;
- an integrated display/input device, said integrated display/input device having a display device for displaying data and a tablet for inputting coordinate data with said tablet overlaying a display surface of said display device;
- a cover encasing said integrated display/input device;
- a hinge for pivotally coupling said main body case and said cover from a state wherein said main body case and said cover overlap each other so that said keyboard and said integrated display/input device face each other to a state wherein said main body case and said cover overlap each other so that back surfaces thereof face each other;
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- a hinge groove arranged along an outer periphery of said main body case, whereby said hinge moves in position while being guided by said hinge groove.
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A portable computer comprising:
- a keyboard for inputting data;
- a main body case encasing said keyboard;
- an integrated display/input device having a display device for displaying data and a tablet overlaying a display surface of said display device for inputting coordinate data;
- a cover encasing said integrated display/input device;
- a hinge for pivotally coupling said main body case and said cover from a state where said main body case and said cover overlap each other so that said keyboard and said integrated display/input device face each other to a state wherein said main body case and said cover overlap each other so that back surfaces thereof face each other;
- means, associated with said hinge for fixedly setting said cover at an arbitrary angle to said main body case;
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- a hinge groove disposed along an outer periphery of said main body case to guide the position of said hinge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.