Notebook computer with hidden touch pad

• US 20040136154A1
• Filed: 09/15/2003
• Published: 07/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Hsu, Kuo-Jung
• Granted Patent: US 7,898,528 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/683
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 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 Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033

Abstract

A notebook computer with a hidden touch pad. The notebook computer includes a main portion, a display, and a touch pad. The main portion includes a housing, and the housing includes a receiving portion. The display is connected to the main portion in a rotatable manner. The receiving portion is formed on the internal surface of the housing. The touch pad is disposed in the receiving portion and thus is unexposed.

Claims

1. A notebook computer with a hidden touch pad, comprising:

a main portion including a housing portion, wherein the housing portion has an internal surface having an receiving portion;

a display connected to the main portion in a rotatable manner; and

a touch pad disposed onto the receiving portion.

2. The notebook computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing portion further includes an external surface.

3. The notebook computer as claimed in claim 2, wherein the housing further includes a flange on the external surface, and the flange surrounds the surface correspond to the receiving portion.

4. The notebook computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiving portion has a concave.

5. The notebook computer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an adhesive member adhering the touch pad to the receiving portion.

6. The notebook computer as claimed in claim 5, wherein the touch pad is closely adjacent to the receiving portion via the adhesive member, thereby eliminating any gap between the receiving portion and the touch pad.

7. The notebook computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thickness of the receiving portion is about 0.5-0.8 mm.

8. The notebook computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the difference between the thickness of the receiving portion and that of a portion, adjacent to the receiving portion, of the housing is about 0.7-11.0 mm.

9. The notebook computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein a ratio between the thickness of the receiving portion and the thickness of a portion, adjacent to the receiving portion, of the housing is about ⅓

-½

.

10. A method for manufacturing a notebook computer with a hidden touch pad, comprising:

forming a housing having an internal surface having a receiving portion; and

adhering a touch pad onto the receiving portion.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

providing an adhesive member, and adhering the touch pad on the receiving portion via the adhesive member, thereby eliminating any gap therebetween.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the thickness of the receiving portion is about 0.5-0.8 mm.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the difference between the thickness of the receiving portion and the thickness of a portion, adjacent to the receiving portion, of the housing is about 0.7-11.0 mm.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein a ratio between the thickness of the receiving portion and the thickness of a portion, adjacent to the receiving portion, of the housing is about ⅓

-½

.

15. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the housing is formed by injection molding.

16. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the receiving portion further has a concave portion.