Portable information device
A portable information device includes: a first chassis; a second chassis adjacent to the first chassis, the second chassis coupled to the first chassis so as to be relatively rotatable between a flat form in which the first and second chassis are arranged side by side in a direction perpendicular to a surface direction thereof and a stacked form in which the first and the second chassis are stacked to overlap each other in the surface direction thereof; a spine member provided across adjacent end portions of the first and second chassis, the spine member covering a gap generated between the adjacent end portions of the first and second chassis in the stacked form; and a cushion portion provided in at least a part of a front side of the spine member, the cushion portion facing an internal space generated between the first and second chassis in the stacked form.
1. A portable information device comprising:
a first chassis;
a second chassis adjacent to the first chassis, the second chassis being coupled to the first chassis so as to be relatively rotatable between a flat form in which the first and second chassis are arranged side by side in a direction perpendicular to a surface direction thereof and a stacked form in which the first and the second chassis are stacked to overlap each other in the surface direction thereof;
a spine member is across adjacent end portions of the first and second chassis, the spine member covering a gap generated between the adjacent end portions of the first and second chassis in the stacked form;
a cushion portion in at least a part of a front side of the spine member, the cushion portion facing an internal space generated between the first and second chassis in the stacked form;
a cover member that at least partially covers a front side of the spine member,
wherein the cushion portion is in a part of the cover member;
on the front side of the spine member, a groove extends along an arrangement direction of the first and second chassis, the groove is a passage for a cable extending across the first and second chassis,
the cover member covers the groove;
wherein the cushion portion of the cover member comprises:
a front side sheet forming a front side of the cover member;
a back side sheet forming a back side of the cover member;
a protection sheet laminated on a back side of the front side sheet;
a cushion material laminated on a back side of the protection sheet; and
a base sheet laminated between a back side of the cushion material and a front side of the back side sheet.
2. The portable information device according to claim 1 , wherein
the spine member is movable relative to the first chassis along the arrangement direction of the first and second chassis, and is immovable relative to the second chassis,
a first end portion on the first chassis side of the cover member is moveable relative to the spine member, and a second end portion on the second chassis side of the cover member is immovable relative to the spine member,
the cover member comprises a distal sheet portion in a predetermined area thereof on the first end portion side, the distal sheet portion being made thinner than the cushion portion, and
the front side of the spine member has an opening penetrating in the arrangement direction, the distal sheet portion being slidably inserted into the opening along the arrangement direction.
3. The portable information device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover member comprises a transparent portion or a translucent portion at least in a part thereof.
4. The portable information device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a display extending across the first and second chassis and including a bending region at least in an area across the adjacent end portions;
a first plate on an inner surface of the first chassis, the first plate supporting an area of the display on the first chassis side; and
a second plate on an inner surface of the second chassis and adjacent to the first plate, the second plate supporting an area of the display on the second chassis side,
wherein the cushion portion faces end surfaces of the first and second plates in the stacked form.
5. The portable information device according to claim 4 , wherein each of the first and second plates is a fiber-reinforced resin plate produced by impregnating reinforced fibers in a matrix resin.
6. A portable information device comprising:
a first chassis;
a second chassis adjacent to the first chassis, the second chassis being coupled to the first chassis so as to be relatively rotatable between a flat form in which the first and second chassis are arranged side by side in a direction perpendicular to a surface direction thereof and a stacked form in which the first and the second chassis are stacked to overlap each other in the surface direction thereof;
a spine member is across adjacent end portions of the first and second chassis, the spine member covering a gap generated between the adjacent end portions of the first and second chassis in the stacked form;
a cushion portion in at least a part of a front side of the spine member, the cushion portion facing an internal space generated between the first and second chassis in the stacked form;
a cover member that at least partially covers a front side of the spine member,
wherein the cushion portion is in a part of the cover member;
the spine member is movable relative to the first chassis along an arrangement direction of the first and second chassis, and is immovable relative to the second chassis,
a first end portion on the first chassis side of the cover member is moveable relative to the spine member, and a second end portion on the second chassis side of the cover member is immovable relative to the spine member,
the cover member comprises a distal sheet portion in a predetermined area thereof on the first end portion side, the distal sheet portion being made thinner than the cushion portion, and
the front side of the spine member has an opening penetrating in the arrangement direction, the distal sheet portion being slidably inserted into the opening along the arrangement direction.
7. The portable information device according to claim 6 , wherein,
on the front side of the spine member, a groove extends along the arrangement direction of the first and second chassis, the groove is a passage for a cable extending across the first and second chassis, and
the cover member covers the groove.
8. The portable information device according to claim 6 , wherein the cushion portion of the cover member comprises:
a front side sheet forming a front side of the cover member;
a back side sheet forming a back side of the cover member;
a protection sheet laminated on a back side of the front side sheet;
a cushion material laminated on a back side of the protection sheet; and
a base sheet laminated between a back side of the cushion material and a front side of the back side sheet.
9. The portable information device according to claim 8 , wherein
the cushion material is formed of sponge or rubber, and
the cushion material has a maximum thickness among the front side sheet, the back side sheet, the protection sheet, the base sheet, and the cushion material.