Portable information device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10180701-B2
Application number	US-201715654296-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2017
Priority date	Jul 19, 2016
Publication date	Jan 15, 2019
Grant date	Jan 15, 2019

Abstract

A portable information device is provided. The portable information device includes a first chassis and a second chassis, a back part, a display and a supporting base. The back part pivotally connects the first and second chassis. The display, which can be folded in half, is disposed over inner faces of the first and second chassis. The supporting base is located on the inner face of at least one of the first and second chassis and at a position between the back part and an open end that is opposite to the back part. The supporting base supports a rear face of the display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A portable information device comprising:
a first chassis and a second chassis;
a back part pivotally connects said first chassis to said second chassis;
a display disposed over inner faces of said first and second chassis, wherein said display is foldable;
a supporting base located on said inner face of at least one of said first and second chassis, and at a position between said back part and an open end that is opposite to said back part, wherein said supporting base supports a rear face of said display, wherein said supporting base includes a first end fixed to said open end and a second end fixed to said inner face of said one chassis at a position between said open end and said back part;
a pushdown elastic member at a part of said one of two chassis between said back part and said supporting base, wherein said pushdown elastic member pushes down said display in a descending direction towards said inner faces of said chassis; and
a pushup mechanism located at a part of said one chassis between said back part and said supporting base, wherein said pushup mechanism pushes up said display in an ascending direction from said inner faces of said one chassis when said first and second chassis is opened after said first and second chassis had been folded in half.

2. The portable information device of claim 1 , wherein said supporting base is disposed on said inner face of each of said first and second chassis.

3. The portable information device of claim 1 , wherein said supporting base holds a part of said display close to said open end at a same position between a two-folded position of said first and second chassis and a position opened from said folded state.

4. The portable information device of claim 1 , wherein said pushup mechanism includes a base plate that supports a rear face of said display at a part between said back part of said one chassis and said supporting base to allow said display to ascend and descend.

5. A portable information device comprising:
a first chassis and a second chassis;
a back part pivotally connects said first chassis to said second chassis;
a display disposed over inner faces of said first and second chassis, wherein said display is foldable;
a supporting base located on said inner face of at least one of said first and second chassis, and at a position between said back part and an open end that is opposite to said back part, wherein said supporting base supports a rear face of said display, wherein said supporting base includes a first end fixed to said open end and a second end fixed to said inner face of said one chassis at a position between said open end and said back part;
a pushup mechanism located at a part of said one chassis between said back part and said supporting base, wherein said pushup mechanism pushes up said display in an ascending direction from said inner faces of said one chassis when said first and second chassis is opened after said first and second chassis had been folded in half, wherein said pushup mechanism includes a base plate that supports a rear face of said display at a part between said back part of said one chassis and said supporting base to allow said display to ascend and descend; and
a sheet-like member disposed between an upper face of said base plate and an upper face of said supporting base, wherein said sheet-like member supports said rear face of said display while covering a gap located between said base plate and said supporting base.

6. A portable information device comprising:
a first chassis and a second chassis;
a back part pivotally connects said first chassis to said second chassis, wherein said back part includes
a movable hinge for joining said first and second chassis rotatably, and when said first and second chassis in an opened state are folded, said movable hinge moving on inner faces of said chassis in a direction from open ends of said chassis to said back part; and
a movable back plate for supporting a rear face of said display at a part corresponding to said back part, and when said first and second chassis in said opened state is folded, said movable back plate moving in a direction from said open ends to said back part together with said movable hinge, and said pushup mechanism pushes up said display while being operatively associated with a movement of said movable hinge and said movable back plate;

a display disposed over said inner faces of said first and second chassis, wherein said display is foldable; and
a supporting base located on said inner face of at least one of said first and second chassis, and at a position between said back part and an open end that is opposite to said back part, wherein said supporting base supports a rear face of said display, wherein said supporting base includes a first end fixed to said open end and a second end fixed to said inner face of said one chassis at a position between said open end and said back part.

7. The portable information device of claim 6 , further comprising: a pushup mechanism located at a part of said one chassis between said back part and said supporting base, wherein said pushup mechanism pushes up said display in an ascending direction from said inner faces of said one chassis when said first and second chassis is opened after said first and second chassis had been folded in half.

Assignees

• Lenovo Singapore Pte Ltd
• Lenovo Singapore Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Nakamura Fusanobu
• Nagashima Atsushi

Classifications

• G06F1/1643

  the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615) · CPC title

• G06F1/1679

  for locking or maintaining the movable parts of the enclosure in a fixed position, e.g. latching mechanism at the edge of the display in a laptop or for the screen protective cover of a PDA (G06F1/1681 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F1/1616 Primary

  with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position · CPC title

• G06F1/1626 Primary

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title

• G06F1/162

  changing, e.g. reversing, the face orientation of the screen with a two degrees of freedom mechanism, e.g. for folding into tablet PC like position or orienting towards the direction opposite to the user to show to a second user · CPC title