Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10349544-B2
Application number	US-201815904338-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2018
Priority date	Nov 6, 2015
Publication date	Jul 9, 2019
Grant date	Jul 9, 2019

Abstract

In an electronic device, a socket side first fitting part and a socket side second fitting part, which constitute one shape of a recess and a projection, are formed near a hinge on a principal surface of a socket of a second unit from which a first unit is detachable. In a state in which a principal surface of an input unit and a principal surface of the socket are substantially parallel to each other, an input unit side first fitting part and an input unit side second fitting part, which constitute another shape of the recess and the projection, are formed on the principal surface of the input unit so as to respectively fit to the socket side first fitting part and the socket side second fitting part of the socket.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising: a first unit having a display; and a second unit having an input part, the electronic device being constructed such that the first unit and the second unit are detachable, wherein the second unit includes: an input unit having a principal surface on which the input part is disposed; a socket capable of housing a first predetermined side of the first unit; and at least one hinge that couples a predetermined side of the input unit to a predetermined side of the socket such that the input unit and the socket are relatively rotatable, wherein the principal surface of the input unit and a principal surface of the socket are substantially parallel to each other by relatively rotating the input unit and the socket, the first unit has a principal surface on which the display is disposed, the principal surface of the first unit and the principal surface of the input unit are substantially parallel to each other by relatively rotating the input unit and the socket in a state in which the predetermined side of the first unit is housed in the socket, at least one socket side fitting part, which constitutes one shape of a first recess and a first projection, is formed on the principal surface of the socket near the hinge, at least one input unit side fitting part, which constitutes another shape of the first recess and the first projection, is formed on the principal surface of the input unit so as to fit to the socket side fitting part of the socket in a state in which the principal surface of the input unit and the principal surface of the socket are substantially parallel to each other, a first unit side fitting part, which constitutes one shape of a second recess and a second projection, is formed on the principal surface of the first unit near a second predetermined side of the first unit parallel to the first predetermined side of the first unit, and a second input unit side fitting part, which constitutes another shape of the second recess and the second projection, is formed on the principal surface of the input unit so as to fit to the first unit side fitting part of the first unit in a state in which the principal surface of the first unit and the principal surface of the input unit are substantially parallel to each other, wherein the second predetermined side of the first unit and the first predetermined side of the first unit are located on opposite sides of the principal surface of the first unit relative to the display.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one socket side fitting part comprises a plurality of the socket side fitting parts,
the at least one input unit side fitting part comprises a plurality of the input unit side fitting parts,
the plurality of the socket side fitting parts are formed on the principal surface of the socket respectively on both sides of the hinge in a rotating axial center direction of the hinge, and
the plurality of the input unit side fitting parts are formed on the principal surface of the input unit so as to fit to the socket side fitting parts of the socket in the state in which the principal surface of the input unit and the principal surface of the socket are substantially parallel to each other.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one hinge comprises a pair of the hinges,
the at least one socket side fitting part comprises a plurality of the socket side fitting parts,
the at least one input unit side fitting part comprising a plurality of the input unit side fitting parts,
the pair of the hinges is provided apart from each other in the input unit in a width direction of the device, and
the plurality of the socket side fitting parts and the plurality of the input unit side fitting parts are provided corresponding to each of the hinges.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Katsuyama Yusuke
• Shindo Kenichi
• Kuriyama Futoshi

Classifications

• G06F1/16

  Constructional details or arrangements · CPC title

• H05K5/0226

  Hinges · CPC title

• G06F1/1654

  the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use · 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

• G06F1/1681

  Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683) · CPC title