Two-shaft hinge structure
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1. A hinge structure comprising:
- a first shaft fixed to a first one of housing halves of a device;
a first gear provided on the first shaft;
a second shaft fixed to a second one of the housing halves; and
a second gear provided on the second shaft, wherein the first gear meshes with the second gear such that the first and second shafts rotate simultaneously in opposite directions.
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Abstract
A hinge structure coupling housing halves and of a device rotatably. The hinge structure comprises a first shaft fixed to the first housing half, a first gear provided on the first shaft, a second shaft fixed to the second housing half, and a second gear provided on the second shaft. The first gear meshes with the second gear such that the first and second gears rotate simultaneously in opposite directions. When the device is an image pickup device 1, its housing halves that have an image pickup unit and a display unit, respectively, are coupled rotatably through the hinge structure.
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1. A hinge structure comprising:
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a first shaft fixed to a first one of housing halves of a device;
a first gear provided on the first shaft;
a second shaft fixed to a second one of the housing halves; and
a second gear provided on the second shaft, wherein the first gear meshes with the second gear such that the first and second shafts rotate simultaneously in opposite directions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
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a first shaft fixed to a first one of housing halves of the apparatus, the first housing half having an image pickup unit provided thereon;
a first gear provided on the first shaft;
a second shaft fixed to a second one of the housing halves, the second housing half having a display unit provided thereon; and
a second gear provided on the second shaft, wherein the first gear meshes with the second gear such that the first and second shafts rotate simultaneously in opposite directions. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A portable electronic apparatus comprising:
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a first shaft fixed to a first one of housing halves of the apparatus, the first housing half having a key-in unit provided thereon;
a first gear provided on the first shaft;
a second shaft fixed to a second one of housing halves of the apparatus, the second housing half having a display unit provided thereon; and
a second gear provided on the second shaft, wherein the first gear meshes with the second gear such that the first and second shafts rotate simultaneously in opposite directions. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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