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US 8,947,863 B2Granted
Electronic device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsAkira Imamura, Toshikatsu Nakamura
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first main unit having a surface thereof provided with a display panel, a second main unit having a surface thereof provided with another display panel, a hinge mechanism coupling the first and second main units, and two operation buttons arranged symmetrical with respect to a center line passing through the respective centers of the first and second main units.
Claims18
An electronic device comprising:
- a first main unit comprising a first display;
- a second main unit comprising a second display, the second main unit connected to the first main unit and configured to be rotatable between a position where the first display is exposed and a position where the first display is covered by the second display;
- a cover body on the first main unit;
- a camera lens on the second main unit, the camera lens configured to face the cover body when the first display is covered by the second display;
- and
- a switch positioned closer to the first display than to a position on the cover body where a center of the camera lens faces the cover body when the second main unit is rotated to a position where the first display is covered, the switch configured to be pressed via the cover body,
- the cover body comprising a projection configured to press the switch and another projection projecting into the first main unit at a position off from the switch.
4 more elements
An electronic device comprising:
- a first main unit comprising a first display;
- a second main unit comprising a second display, the second main unit connected to the first main unit and configured to be rotatable between a position where the first display is exposed and a position where the first display is covered by the second display;
- a cover body on the first main unit;
- a camera lens on the second main unit, the camera lens covered by the cover body where the first display is covered by the second display;
- and
- a switch positioned closer to the first display than to a center of the cover body when the second main unit is rotated to a position where the first display is covered, the switch configured to be pressed via the cover body,
- the cover body comprising a projection configured to press the switch and another projection projecting into the first main unit at a position off from the switch.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a first housing configured to house a first display;
- a second housing configured to house a second display, the second housing connected to the first housing and configured to be rotatable between a position where the first display is exposed and a position where the first display is covered by the second display;
- a cover body supported on the first housing;
- a switch housed in the first housing and covered by the cover body;
- and
- a camera lens on the second housing, the camera lens facing the cover body while mutually eccentric to the switch at a place where the first display is covered by the second display when the second main unit is rotated,
- the cover body comprising a projection configured to press the switch and another projection projecting into the first housing at a position off from the switch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.