Portable information device
A portable information device includes a first chassis member, a second chassis member, a hinge mechanism, a display and a bezel member provided to bridge an outer peripheral edge portion of the display and an outer peripheral edge portion of the first and second chassis members. The bezel member is arranged farther away from the inner surfaces of the first and second chassis members than a rotation center of the hinge mechanism. The bezel member has a buffer portion at least at a position overlapping a bent portion of the display. The buffer portion can absorb compressive force F applied thereto as the first and the second chassis members are folded from a flat opened state.
1. A foldable portable information device, comprising:
a first chassis member;
a second chassis member, an edge portion of which being adjacent to an edge portion of the first chassis member;
a hinge mechanism rotatably coupling the edge portion of the first chassis member and the edge portion of the second chassis member;
a display provided across an inner surface of the first chassis member and an inner surface of the second chassis member, the display being foldable so that a portion of a display surface overlapping the first chassis member and a portion of the display surface overlapping the second chassis member face each other; and
a bezel member provided to bridge an outer peripheral edge portion of the display and an outer peripheral edge portion of the first chassis member and the second chassis member except at the edge portions, the bezel member being arranged farther away from the inner surface of the first chassis member and the inner surface of the second chassis member than a rotation center of the hinge mechanism,
wherein the bezel member has a buffer portion at least at a position overlapping a bent portion of the display, the buffer portion being able to absorb compressive force applied thereto as the first chassis member and the second chassis member are folded from a flat opened state;
wherein the buffer portion has a plurality of hole portions that are open to a top surface of the bezel member;
wherein the bezel member includes a base material and a sheet member provided between a back side of the base material and a front side of the display, the hole portions being formed to penetrate the base material in a thickness direction, and bottoms of the hole portions being closed with the sheet member.
2. The portable information device according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the plurality of hole portions are open to a side end surface of the bezel member.
3. The portable information device according to claim 1 , wherein an entire length of the bezel member is fixed to a front side of the display.
4. A foldable portable information device, comprising:
a first chassis member;
a second chassis member, an edge portion of which being adjacent to an edge portion of the first chassis member;
a hinge mechanism rotatably coupling the edge portion of the first chassis member and the edge portion of the second chassis member;
a display provided across an inner surface of the first chassis member and an inner surface of the second chassis member, the display being foldable so that a portion of a display surface overlapping the first chassis member and a portion of the display surface overlapping the second chassis member face each other; and
a bezel member provided to bridge an outer peripheral edge portion of the display and an outer peripheral edge portion of the first chassis member and the second chassis member except at the edge portions, the bezel member being arranged farther away from the inner surface of the first chassis member and the inner surface of the second chassis member than a rotation center of the hinge mechanism,
wherein the bezel member has a buffer portion at a position overlapping a bent portion of the display, the buffer portion being formed to be more flexible than other portions of the bezel member;
wherein the buffer portion has a plurality of hole portions that are open to a top surface of the bezel member;
wherein the bezel member includes a base material and a sheet member provided between a back side of the base material and a front side of the display, the hole portions being formed to penetrate the base material in a thickness direction, and bottoms of the hole portions being closed with the sheet member.
5. The portable information device according to claim 4 , wherein a part of the plurality of hole portions are open to a side end surface of the bezel member.
6. The portable information device according to claim 4 , wherein an entire length of the bezel member is fixed to a front side of the display.