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US 7,701,698 · App. 12/202,763 · Granted Apr 20, 2010

Information processing apparatus

Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,701,698
App. No.
12/202,763
Granted
Apr 20, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus of the present invention includes an upper casing 11 , a lower casing 12 coupled to the upper casing 11 and forming a space for housing at least an electrical element, and a keyboard 3 disposed on the upper casing 11 . The lower casing 12 includes a wall portion 13 d arranged to stand from the inner bottom 12 d , and a supporting face 13 a formed integrally with the wall portion 13 d from the wall portion 13 d in a direction substantially parallel to the inner bottom 12 d . The supporting face 13 a is disposed at a position where the rear side of the operational side of the keyboard 13 can be supported. With such a configuration, key touch feeling of the keyboard can be prevented from declining, and an excellently robust information processing apparatus can be achieved.

Claims (11)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an upper casing;

a lower casing coupled to the upper casing and forming a space for housing at least an electrical element; and

a keyboard disposed on an upper surface of the upper casing,

wherein the lower casing comprises

an inner bottom;

a wall portion arranged to stand from the inner bottom, and

a supporting face formed integrally with the wall portion from the upper end of the wall portion in a direction substantially parallel to the inner bottom; and

the supporting face is disposed at a position where the rear side of the operational side of the keyboard can be supported.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting face is disposed at a position where a portion of the upper casing can be supported.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the upper casing and the lower casing are molded of any of aluminum, magnesium, an aluminum alloy, and a magnesium alloy.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2008
From: IWAMOTO, AKIRA; SHIMADA, ISAO; SATOH, JUN; NAKATANI, HITOSHI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021665/0035 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-227731 · Sep 3, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090059493A1 · Mar 5, 2009