IP Library Granted Patent US 8,452,355
Granted Patent B2
US 8,452,355 · App. 13/061,293 · Granted May 28, 2013

Slide device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,452,355
App. No.
13/061,293
Granted
May 28, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a slide device wherein slide sections can be opened and closed, while concealing a torsion spring. A slide device includes a first case, a second case, a spring which is arranged between the first case and the second case and assists opening and closing of the first and second cases; and a shielding member which conceals the spring, wherein the shielding member is arranged in a position to conceal the spring when the first case and the second case are in an open state and is arranged between the first case and the second case when the first case and the second case are in a close state.

Claims (12)

1. A slide device comprising:

a first case;

a second case;

a spring which is arranged between the first case and the second case; and

a shielding member which conceals the spring, wherein

the shielding member is arranged in a position to conceal the spring when the first case and the second case are in an open state and is arranged between the first case and the second case when the first case and the second case are in a close state, and is transformed according to the open and the close state of the first and the second cases.

2. The slide device according to claim 1 , wherein the spring is a torsion spring.

3. The slide device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding member includes a member with flexibility.

4. The slide device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding member includes a movable part and a supporting shaft part and is fixed to the first case.

5. The slide device according to claim 4 , wherein the movable part and the supporting shaft part are the flat plate shapes respectively.

6. The slide device according to claim 5 , wherein the movable part and the supporting shaft part form L shape.

7. The slide device according to claim 4 , wherein the movable part includes a smooth surface to which the second case touches.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
Reel/Frame 033720/0767 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2011
From: KATO, AKIHITO
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025885/0483 →