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US 8,441,783 · App. 12/871,986 · Granted May 14, 2013

Information-processing equipment

Inventors: Shintaro Tanaka (Osaka, JP); Akira Iwamoto (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,441,783
App. No.
12/871,986
Granted
May 14, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a laptop personal computer comprising: a first chassis 11 accommodating a display section and having a basic shape of substantially rectangle in a planar view; a second chassis 31 accommodating an operation control section and having a basic shape of substantially rectangle in a planar view; and a hinge mechanism 20 for coupling one side 31 r of the second chassis and one side 11 r of the first chassis and supporting both chassis in a relatively openable and closable manner, wherein the first chassis is provided with a projection part 19 at an edge portion of an other side 11 f opposing to the one side 11 r , the projection part is formed along the other side and projects to the second chassis side in a state where the first chassis is closed together with the second chassis.

Claims (14)

1. Information processing equipment comprising:

a display section having a display screen;

an operation control section capable of generating a display signal to be inputted into the display section;

a first chassis accommodating the display section and covering a periphery and a back face of the display section, the first chassis having a cross section that is substantially rectangular;

a second chassis accommodating the operation control section and having a cross section that is substantially rectangular; and

a hinge mechanism coupling a first side of the second chassis and a first side of the first chassis and supporting both the first chassis and the second chassis movably relative to each other between an open state and a closed state,

wherein the first chassis includes a projection part at an edge portion of a second side of the first chassis opposite to the first side, the projection part being formed along the second side and projecting toward the second chassis in the closed state of the first and second chassis,

wherein a cavity is formed in the edge portion of the first chassis which includes the projection part of the first chassis, and a wireless communication antenna is disposed within the cavity such that an antenna substrate is perpendicular to the display screen of the display section, and

wherein the antenna is spaced apart from the display screen such that a space is formed between the antenna and the display screen.

2. The information processing equipment of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the cavity is disposed between the antenna and the display screen.

3. The information processing equipment of claim 1 , wherein the first chassis includes a projection part at an edge portion of a second side of the first chassis opposite to the first side, the projection part being formed along the second side and projecting toward the second chassis in the closed state of the first and second chassis,

wherein the first chassis includes projections at the first side of the first chassis, and the projections engage the second chassis in the closed state of the first and second chassis,

wherein the second chassis includes a first step part at an edge portion of a second side of the second chassis opposite to the first side, the first step part is formed along the second side and receives the projection part of the first chassis in the closed state of the first and second chassis, and

wherein the second chassis includes second step parts disposed at the first side of the second chassis, and the second step parts respectively receive the projections of the first side of the first chassis in the closed state of the first and second chassis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2010
From: TANAKA, SHINTARO; IWAMOTO, AKIRA
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-222214 · Sep 28, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110075356A1 · Mar 31, 2011