Portable telephone apparatus having case with wiring member embedded in a molded plastic hinge
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsHideaki Satoh, Sakae Itakura, Kenichi Waragai
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Abstract
A case houses a portable telephone apparatus having a display portion, an operating portion, a speaker portion and a microphone portion provided with respect to two main portions and a hinge portion which connects the main portions so as to be opened and closed. The case is formed of plastic molding. The hinge portion is formed of a soft resin having a resiliency, and the main portion is formed of a hard resin and integral with the hinge portion. A wiring member for provide an electric connection between the main portions extend through the hinge portion.
Claims7
A portable telephone set having a case formed by plastic molding, said case comprising:
- a hinge portion formed of a soft resin having a resiliency;
- a first main portion formed of a hard resin and integrally extending from said hinge portion, and having a display portion for providing a display unit;
- a second main portion formed of a hard resin and integrally extending from said hinge portion, and having an operating portion for providing a plurality of operating members;
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- a wiring member embedded in said hinge portion to provide an electrical connection path at least between said display unit provided in said first main portion and said operating members of said second main portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.