IP Library Granted Patent US 7,936,557
Granted Patent B2
US 7,936,557 · App. 12/498,488 · Granted May 3, 2011

Portable electronic device

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Patent No.
US 7,936,557
App. No.
12/498,488
Granted
May 3, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The portable electronic device according to the present invention comprises a cabinet including an opening defined in a front surface thereof, a cover body opening and closing the opening of the cabinet, and a pivoting mechanism for pivotally supporting the cover body to the cabinet, the pivoting mechanism comprises a shaft and a pair of bearings supporting the shaft, the cabinet has an attaching part for attaching a string-like member, and the attaching part projects from the front surface of the cabinet. In this portable electronic device, the attaching part is disposed adjacent to the pivoting mechanism, the shaft which is a component of the pivoting mechanism includes a projecting part projecting toward the attaching part from one of the bearings closer to the attaching part, and the projecting part extends along a back surface which is a reverse side of the front surface of the cabinet.

Claims (5)

1. A portable electronic device comprising a cabinet including an opening defined in a front surface thereof, a cover body opening and closing the opening of the cabinet, and a pivoting mechanism for pivotally supporting the cover body to the cabinet, the pivoting mechanism comprising a shaft and a pair of bearings supporting the shaft, the cabinet having an attaching part for attaching a string-like member, the attaching part projecting from the front surface of the cabinet, wherein the attaching part is disposed adjacent to the pivoting mechanism, the shaft which is a component of the pivoting mechanism includes a projecting part projecting toward the attaching part from one of the bearings closer to the attaching part, and the projecting part extends along a back surface which is a reverse side of the front surface of the cabinet.

2. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the projecting part of the shaft extends to a position corresponding to a region in which the attaching part is formed within the cabinet.

3. The portable electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the projecting part of the shaft has a tip portion supported by a third bearing.

4. The portable electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the projecting part of the shaft projects beyond the region in which the attaching part is formed within the cabinet.

5. The portable electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the projecting part of the shaft has a tip portion supported by a third bearing.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TO CORRECT THE INCORRECT PATENT NUMBER 13/446,454, AND REPLACE WITH 13/466,454 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 032467 FRAME 0095. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. Recorded Apr 3, 2014
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: XACTI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032601/0646 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2014
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: XACTI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032467/0095 →