Electronic device
View Patent ↗According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a first housing; a second housing; and a hinge. The first housing is substantially flat, substantially rectangular and substantially parallepiped shaped, and includes a display comprising a screen. The second housing is substantially flat, substantially rectangular and substantially parallelepiped shape, and includes a keyboard. The hinge rotatably connects a first corner of the first housing and a second corner of the second housing with each other. The electronic device is capable of taking at least: a first configuration in which the first housing covers the keyboard and in which the first housing and the second housing are overlapped in a thickness direction; and a second configuration in which a shorter side of the first housing is aligned with a longer side of the second housing and in which the first housing and the second housing intersect each other.
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing configured to be substantially flat, substantially rectangular and substantially parallelepiped shaped and comprising a display comprising a screen;
a second housing configured to be substantially flat, substantially rectangular and substantially parallelepiped shaped, and comprising a keyboard; and
a hinge configured to rotatably connect a first corner of the first housing and a second corner of the second housing with each other, wherein
the electronic device is capable of taking at least: a first configuration in which the first housing covers the keyboard and in which the first housing and the second housing are overlapped in a thickness direction; and a second configuration in which a shorter side of the first housing is aligned with a longer side of the second housing and in which the first housing and the second housing intersect each other, and
the hinge comprises a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the first portion being secured to the first corner of the first housing, the second portion being configured to support the first portion to be rotatable around a first rotation axis and to support the third portion to be rotatable around a second rotation axis intersecting the first rotation axis, the third portion being secured to the second corner of the second housing.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the first housing comprises a first engage portion in a first end portion away from the hinge, and
the second housing comprises a second engage portion in a second end portion away from the hinge and configured to engage with the first engage portion in the first configuration.
3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the first housing comprises a third engage portion on the shorter side, and
the second housing comprises a fourth engage portion on the longer side and configured to engage with the third engage portion in the second configuration.
4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the third engage portion and the fourth engage portion are detachable in a state in which the first housing and the second housing are substantially orthogonal to each other.
5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the display in the first housing is closer to a second longer side than a first longer side adjoined to the first corner, the second longer side being opposite the first longer side.
6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the display in the first housing is closer to a second shorter side than a first shorter side adjoined to the first corner, the second shorter side being opposite the first shorter side.
7. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the first longer side comprises a portion thicker than other portions.
8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the first shorter side comprises a portion thicker than other portions.