Portable computer
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYong-duck Kim, Hyun-je Cho, Jong-ho Song
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Abstract
The present general inventive concept relates to a portable computer including a computer main body, a display main body coupled with the computer main body, a main board provided in the computer main body, a keyboard provided in the computer main body and disposed in parallel with the main board without overlapping with the main board, and an auxiliary memory provided in the computer main body and disposed in parallel with the main board and the keyboard without overlapping with the main board and the keyboard. Thus, the present general inventive concept provides a portable computer having an improved structure to minimize its thickness.
Claims23
A portable computer comprising:
- a computer main body having a plurality of access covers disposed on an upper surface of the main body to provide access to an area under each of the respective plurality of covers;
- a display main body coupled with the computer main body;
- a main board provided in the computer main body;
- a keyboard provided in the computer main body and disposed in parallel with the main board without overlapping with the main board;
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- an auxiliary memory provided in the computer main body and disposed in parallel with the main board and the keyboard without overlapping with the main board and the keyboard,
- wherein at least one of the plurality of access covers is disposed so as to provide access to the main board provided in the computer main body.
A portable computer comprising:
- a main body including a keyboard, a main board, and auxiliary devices mounted therein without overlapping and substantially in parallel with each other;
- a flat display rotatably coupled to one side of the main body to rotate with respect to the main body and to overlap the main body in a closed position;
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- a plurality of covers disposed on an upper surface of the main body to provide access to an area beneath each one of the plurality of covers by opening a respective one or more of the plurality of covers,
- wherein at least one of the plurality of covers is disposed so as to provide access to the main board provided in the main body.
A method of minimizing a thickness of a portable computer in a closed position, the method comprising:
- disposing a keyboard, a main board, and auxiliary devices in a main body of the portable computer without overlapping each other and substantially in parallel with each other, wherein the main body includes a plurality of covers disposed on an upper surface of the main body to provide access to an area beneath each one of the respective plurality of covers, and wherein at least one of the plurality of covers is disposed so as to provide access to the main board disposed in the main body;
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- rotatably folding a flat display over the main body.
A portable computer comprising:
- a computer main body including a plurality of access covers disposed on an upper surface of the main body to provide access to an area beneath each one of the respective plurality of covers;
- a display main body coupled with the computer main body;
- a keyboard disposed in a front of a first plane of the computer main body, which is a plane contacting the display main body when closed, and placed oppositely to a coupling direction of the display main body;
- a main board placed in any one of a second plane or a third plane of the computer main body separated from a rear surface of the first plane, and placed between the keyboard and the display main body, wherein at least one of the plurality of access covers is disposed so as to provide access to the main board;
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- an optical disk drive (ODD) including a disc accommodating part supporting and accommodating a disc in the other one of the second plane or third plane, and a disc cover which is one of the plurality of access covers to open and close the disc accommodating part.
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