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US 8,552,991 B2Granted
Portable computer
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSung-hoon Yoon
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Abstract
A portable computer includes a main body casing comprising an upper plate and a supporting portion disposed below the upper plate, and a touch-pad seated on the supporting portion and to sense coordinates touched on a plate surface to generate a position data of a pointer, the supporting portion comprising a lateral wall bent from the upper plate, and a seating portion bent from the lateral wall and formed with an opening in one area thereof.
Claims25
A portable computer, comprising:
- a main body casing comprising an upper plate and a supporting portion disposed below the upper plate, the supporting portion comprising a lateral wall bent from the upper plate, and a seating portion bent from the lateral wall to form a first opening through the main body casing;
- a touch pad, supported by the supporting portion, having a first bottom surface facing the seating portion and a second bottom surface facing the first opening;
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- a first coupling member, disposed between the seating portion and the first bottom surface, in which a second opening is formed to enable the second bottom surface to be accessed through the first opening,
- wherein the first coupling member has a predetermined adhesive strength with respect to the seating portion so that the touch-pad is detachably coupled to the supporting portion, the predetermined adhesive strength enabling replacement of the touch-pad separate from the main body casing.
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A method of coupling a touch-pad assembly to a main body casing of a portable computer, the method comprising:
- coupling one side of a first coupling member to a touch-pad seating portion forming a first opening through the main body casing, the touch-pad seating portion disposed below an upper plate of the main body casing to receive a touch-pad;
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- coupling one side of the touch-pad to the other side of the first coupling member, by arranging a first bottom surface of the touch-pad to face the touch-pad seating portion and arranging a second bottom surface of the touch-pad to face the first opening,
- wherein the first coupling member is disposed between the touch-pad seating portion and the first bottom surface and has a predetermined adhesive strength with respect to the touch-pad seating portion so that the touch-pad is detachably coupled to the touch-pad seating portion, the predetermined adhesive strength enabling replacement of the touch-pad separate from the main body casing, and a second opening is formed in the first coupling member to enable the second bottom surface to be accessed through the first opening.
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A portable computer, comprising:
- a main body casing comprising an upper plate and a supporting portion disposed below the upper plate, the supporting portion comprising a lateral wall bent from the upper plate, and a seating portion bent from the lateral wall to form a first opening through the supporting portion;
- a touch-pad, supported by the supporting portion, having a first bottom surface facing the seating portion and a second bottom surface facing the first opening;
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- a first coupling member, disposed between the seating portion and the first bottom surface, in which a second opening is formed to enable a connecting member to pass through the first and second openings and connect to the second bottom surface of the touch-pad,
- wherein the first coupling member has a predetermined adhesive strength with respect to the seating portion so that the touch-pad is detachably coupled to the supporting portion, the predetermined adhesive strength enabling replacement of the touch-pad separate from the main body casing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.