IP Library Granted Patent US 8,554,290
Granted Patent B2
US 8,554,290 · App. 13/291,178 · Granted Oct 8, 2013

Portable electronic apparatus having casings

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Patent No.
US 8,554,290
App. No.
13/291,178
Granted
Oct 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable electronic apparatus includes a first casing, a second casing movably connected to the first casing, a first elastic member provided on a surface of the second casing facing the first casing and a second elastic member provided on a surface of the first casing facing the second casing. The second elastic member includes a convex portion that elastically contacts with the first elastic member in a closed state in which the first casing and the second casing are superposed.

Claims (10)

1. A portable electronic apparatus comprising:

a first casing;

a second casing movably connected to the first casing;

a first elastic member provided on a surface of the second casing facing the first casing; and

a second elastic member provided on a surface of the first casing facing the second casing, the second elastic member including a convex portion that elastically contacts with the first elastic member in a closed state in which the first casing and the second casing are superposed, wherein

the surface of the second casing facing the first casing has a bulging portion bulging toward the first casing, and

the second elastic member further includes a projecting portion that is located adjacent to a side face of the bulging portion in the closed state.

2. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a top portion of the convex portion that elastically contacts with the first elastic member is shaped substantially similar to a flat surface.

3. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a side face portion of the convex portion that elastically contacts with the first elastic member is shaped substantially similar to an inclined surface.

4. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the side face of the bulging portion and the projecting portion is 0.05 mm or less.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2024
From: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
To: FCNT LLC
Reel/Frame 066908/0856 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: FCNT LIMITED
To: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066854/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
To: FCNT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066832/0399 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2018
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 047609/0349 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: SAKURAI, TOMONORI; KOBAYASHI, CHIKARA; TAKAHASHI, JIRO
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 027363/0790 →