Portable information-processing apparatus having a manual operation member

A portable information-processing apparatus comprising:

• a housing including a housing body having a first wall and a cover coupled to the housing body and having a second wall opposing the first wall;
• a first manual operating device provided in said housing and on said first wall and exposed;
• a second manual operating device provided in said housing and on said second wall, exposed, facing away from said first manual operating device, and spaced away therefrom;
• a reinforcing plate located between said first and second manual operating devices for receiving a pressure generated when said first manual operating device is operated by being moved from a first position to a second position;
• wherein said reinforcing plate and said first and second manual operating devices are supported by said first wall, and said reinforcing plate opposes said second manual operating device and is spaced therefrom so as to define a gap having a width preventing said reinforcing plate from contacting said second manual operation device, and said second wall has a projection aligned with said second manual operating device so as to protrude into said housing from an inner surface of said second wall, and having a distal end extending adjacent to the gap so as to abut said reinforcing plate and prevent the second wall from bending toward the reinforcing plate when the first manual operating device is operated by being moved between the first and second positions.

A portable information-processing apparatus comprising:

• a housing having a first wall and a second wall opposing the first wall;
• a manually operable push button supported on said first wall so as to be exposed outside said housing and configured to generate a force when the push button is moved between a first position and a second position spaced away from the first position;
• a manual pointing device having a pointing stick and a support plate and configured to detect a strain exerted on the pointing stick in the form of distortion of the pointing stick, said pointing stick being one exposed outside said housing, facing away from said push button, and arranged on said second wall, and said support plate being one made of metal, supporting said pointing stick, and located in said housing;
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• a reinforcing plate, supported by said first wall in said housing, located between said push button and said pointing device so as to define a gap having a width separating said reinforcing plate from said support plate of said pointing device, and configured to receive said force generated when said push button is moved between the first and second positions, and distribute said force away from said pointing device.