Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10606311-B2
Application number	US-201715633272-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2017
Priority date	Dec 26, 2014
Publication date	Mar 31, 2020
Grant date	Mar 31, 2020

Abstract

Laptop computer according to the present disclosure includes a first housing provided with a display, a second housing provided with an operating portion, and a hinge that connects a first side on a rear of the first housing in a length direction and a second side of the second housing such that the first housing and the second housing are capable of relative rotation. The second housing has a leg capable of protruding rearward of the second side from the second side. A shape of a section in the second side connected to the leg is set such that, when the leg is protruded rearward of the second side, a rear end of the leg protrudes downward from a vertical position of a mounted face which is a main face of the second housing opposite to a main face on which the operating portion is provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing provided with a display;
a second housing provided with an operating portion; and
a hinge that connects the first housing and the second housing at a rear relative to a length direction of the first housing and the second housing, the first housing and the second housing being capable of relative rotation,
wherein the second housing has
a recess substantially centered at the rear of the second housing relative to the length direction and
a leg mounted at the rear of the second housing and removably housed in the recess,
wherein when the leg protrudes rearward from the rear of the second housing, the leg is configured to support the second housing by abutting a surface on which the electronic device rests, at a location rearward of the second housing, and
wherein when the leg protrudes rearward from the rear of the second housing, a bottom of the second housing at the rear is spaced from the surface on which the electronic device rests.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the leg includes:
a rod-shaped leg member; and
a pair of link members which connects the rod-shaped leg member and the recess of the rear of the second housing to each other,
wherein the pair of link members is connected, on one end of each of the pair of link members, to the recess of the rear of the second housing so as to be rotatable with a predetermined space formed between the pair of link members in a longer direction of the rear of the second housing.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first housing is a tablet computer configured to be detachable from the hinge.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the leg provides a handle configured to be gripped by a user for carrying the electronic device.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shindo Kenichi
• Iwamoto Akira
• Nakatani Hitoshi

Classifications

• G06F1/1681 Primary

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

• G06F1/1637

  Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing · CPC title

• G06F1/166

  related to integrated arrangements for adjusting the position of the main body with respect to the supporting surface, e.g. legs for adjusting the tilt angle · CPC title

• G06F1/1628 Primary

  Enclosures for carrying portable computers with peripheral devices, e.g. cases for a laptop and a printer · CPC title