Portable electronic device
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsKangmin Choe, Keigo Kawamura
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Abstract
A portable electronic device 1 of the present invention is provided with: a first body 2A; a second body 2B, which can be arranged in either a first state of engaging with the first body 2A, or a second state of not engaging with the first body 2A, and one end side which has a concave portion 13, to which an external force is applied so as to transition from the first state to the second state; a sound input unit 31, which is provided between the first body 2A and the second body 2B; and a communicating portion 23 for establishing communication between the concave portion 13 of the second body 2B and the sound input unit 31, in the first state.
Claims8
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a first body;
- a second body, which can be arranged in either a first state of engaging with the first body, or a second state of not engaging with the first body, and one end side which has a concave portion, wherein the concave portion is configured to receive an external force so as to transition the first body and second body from the first state to the second state;
- a sound input unit, which is provided between the first body and the second body;
- a communicating portion for establishing communication between the concave portion of the second body and the sound input unit, in the first state;
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- a waterproof sheet between the sound input unit and the communicating portion, wherein the waterproof sheet allows sound to pass from the communicating portion to the sound input unit but does not allow water to pass from the communicating portion to the sound input unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.