IP Library Granted Patent US 10,976,780
Granted Patent B2
US 10,976,780 · App. 16/147,810 · Granted Apr 13, 2021

Electronic apparatus

Inventor: Tetsuya Urimoto (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,976,780
App. No.
16/147,810
Granted
Apr 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The electronic apparatus includes a first unit including an operation unit, a second unit including a display unit, and a connecting portion, which is rotatably coupled to the first unit, and to which the second unit is detachably connected. The connecting portion includes a holding portion which is used by a user when the user holds the electronic apparatus. The holding portion is arranged to be positioned behind the first unit in the closed state where the second unit is closed with respect to the first unit, and positioned below a lower surface of the first unit in an open state where the second unit is opened with respect to the first unit.

Claims (38)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first unit including an operation unit;

a second unit including a display unit; and

a connecting portion which is rotatably coupled to the first unit and to which the second unit is detachably connected,

wherein the connecting portion includes a holding portion which is used by a user when the user holds the electronic apparatus, the holding portion including:

a body portion which is used by the user for holding the electronic apparatus, and

reinforced portions extending from respective end portions of the body portion in the longitudinal direction of the body portion,

wherein the connecting portion further includes mounting portions which store the reinforced portions, respectively, so that the reinforced portions are mounted slidably in the longitudinal direction of the body portion,

wherein the holding portion is arranged to be positioned behind the first unit in a closed state in which the second unit is closed with respect to the first unit, and positioned below a lower surface of the first unit in an open state in which the second unit is opened with respect to the first unit, and

wherein when the body portion is held by the user for holding the electronic apparatus, the reinforced portions slide in the longitudinal direction of the body portion and are pulled out from the mounting portions.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the holding portion has a strap-like shape.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second unit has larger weight than the first unit,

the electronic apparatus further comprising:

a stand which is rotatable around a rotation axis parallel to a rotation axis of the connecting portion, the stand extending from the connecting portion behind the display unit of the second unit in a state where the second unit is opened with respect to the first unit.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first unit is provided with a protruding portion which protrudes from at least a part around the operation unit, and

when the second unit is closed with respect to the first unit by the connecting portion, the protruding portion and the second unit contact each other and a gap is formed between the first unit and the second unit except in a part in which the protruding portion and the second unit contact each other.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a reinforcing core member is arranged inside the reinforced portion.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the reinforcing core member is a metal wire.

7. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first unit including an operation unit; and

a second unit which is rotatably connected to the first unit and includes a display unit,

wherein the second unit includes a holding portion in a side portion connected to the first unit, the holding portion being used by a user when the user holds the electronic apparatus, the holding portion including:

a body portion which is used by the user for holding the electronic apparatus, and

reinforced portions extending from respective end portions of the body

portion in the longitudinal direction of the body portion,

wherein the second unit further includes mounting portions which store the reinforced portions respectively, so that the reinforced portions are mounted slidably in the longitudinal direction of the body portion,

wherein the holding portion is arranged to be positioned behind the first unit in a closed state in which the second unit is closed with respect to the first unit, and positioned below a lower surface of the first unit in an open state in which the second unit is opened with respect to the first unit, and

wherein when the body portion is held by the user for holding the electronic apparatus, the reinforced portions slide in the longitudinal direction of the body portion and are pulled out from the mounting portions.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the holding portion has a strap-like shape.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the second unit has larger weight than the first unit,

the electronic apparatus further comprising:

a stand which is rotatable around a rotation axis parallel to a rotation axis of the second unit, the stand extending from the second unit behind the display unit of the second unit in a state where the second unit is opened with respect to the first unit.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein

the first unit is provided with a protruding portion which protrudes from at least a part around the operation unit, and

when the second unit is closed with respect to the first unit, the protruding portion and the second unit contact each other and a gap is formed between the first unit and the second unit except in a part in which the protruding portion and the second unit contact each other.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein a reinforcing core member is arranged inside the reinforced portion.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the reinforcing core member is a metal wire.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2019
From: URIMOTO, TETSUYA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048523/0951 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-076053 · Apr 5, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2017012737 · Mar 28, 2017
Related Publication 20190033921A1 · Jan 31, 2019
Cited By (1)
US 12,455,595