IP Library Granted Patent US 11,579,654
Granted Patent B2
US 11,579,654 · App. 17/084,090 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Portable information device

Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi (Kanagawa, JP); Takehito Yamauchi (Kanagawa, JP); Tatsuya Ushioda (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroaki Kinoshita (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
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Patent No.
US 11,579,654
App. No.
17/084,090
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable information device capable of supporting a display is described. The portable information device includes a first chassis member and a second chassis member connected mutually rotatable, a first support plate that supports a display on the side of the first chassis member, a second support plate that supports the display on the side of the second chassis member, a first locking member including a first fixing portion to be fixed to the rear face of the first support plate with adhesive, and a first locking piece projecting from one end face of the first support plate, the first locking piece being configured to come in contact with and separate from the rear face of the second support plate. The first support plate includes a first contact face with which the first locking member comes in contact and a first adhesive face that fixes the first locking member with the adhesive. The first adhesive face is recessed from the first contact face by a thickness of the adhesive.

Claims (22)

1. A portable information device comprising:

a first chassis member;

a second chassis member rotatably connected to said first chassis member;

a display located between said first and second chassis members;

a first support plate disposed above an inner face of said first chassis member to support said display on said first chassis member;

a second support plate disposed above the inner face of said second chassis member to support said display on said second chassis member; and

a first locking member including a first fixing portion fixed to a rear face of said first support plate with an adhesive, and a first locking piece projecting from one end face of said first support plate, wherein said first locking piece being come in contact with and separate from a rear face of said second support plate when said first and second chassis members are opened and closed, wherein one of said first support plate and said first locking member includes:

a first contact face with which a part of the other comes in contact, wherein said first contact face includes:

an edge parallel portion in said first fixing portion, said edge parallel portion extending in a direction along said one end face of said first support plate;

an edge orthogonal portion extending in a direction orthogonal to said direction along said one end face of said first support plate; and

a first adhesive face to which a part of the other is fixed with said adhesive, wherein said first adhesive face is recessed from said first contact face by a thickness of said adhesive.

2. The portable information device of claim 1 , further comprising a second locking member having a second fixing portion fixed to said rear face of said second support plate with an adhesive, and at least one second locking piece projecting from one end face of said second support plate, said at least one second locking piece being come in contact with and separate from said rear face of said first support plate when said first chassis member and said second chassis member are opened and closed.

3. The portable information device of claim 1 , wherein one of said second support plate and said second locking member includes:

a second contact face with which a part of said other comes in contact; and

a second adhesive face to which a part of said other is fixed with said adhesive, said second adhesive face is recessed from said second contact face by a thickness of said adhesive, and

said at least one first locking piece includes a plurality of first locking pieces that are disposed along said one end face of said first support plate, and said at least one second locking pieces includes a plurality of second locking pieces that protrude in directions opposed to said first locking pieces in a mutually staggered manner along said one end face of said second support plate.

4. The portable information device of claim 1 , wherein of said first support plate and said first locking member, said member having said first contact face and said first adhesive face is a carbon fiber reinforced resin plate.

5. The portable information device of claim 4 , wherein a depth of said recess of said first adhesive face relative to said first contact face is equivalent to a thickness of a surface layer resin in said carbon fiber reinforced resin plate.

6. The portable information device of claim 1 , wherein said first support plate is a carbon fiber reinforced resin plate, and carbon fibers in a carbon fiber layer closest to a face opposed to said first locking member is directed along said one end face of said first support plate.

7. The portable information device of claim 6 , wherein said first locking member is a fiber reinforced resin plate, and carbon fibers in a carbon fiber layer closest to a face opposed to said first support plate is directed orthogonal to a direction of said one end face of said first support plate.

8. The portable information device of claim 1 , wherein when said first chassis member and said second chassis member are opened to a flat plate shape, said one end face of said first support plate abuts on said one end face of said second support plate.

9. The portable information device of claim 1 , wherein said number of said display is one, and said display is supported from said first support plate to said second support plate.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070266/0906 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2021
From: MIZOGUCHI, FUMITAKE; YAMAUCHI, TAKEHITO; USHIODA, TATSUYA; KINOSHITA, HIROAKI
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 056786/0690 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-195956 · Oct 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210124397A1 · Apr 29, 2021
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