Hyper folding portable electronic device

• US 20100232103A1
• Filed: 02/13/2008
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: E-Lead Electronic Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: E-Lead Electronic Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US12/068,967
• Publication Number:
  US 20100232103A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.560
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1618 the display being foldable up to the back of the other housing with a single degree of freedom, e.g. by 360° rotation over the axis defined by the rear edge of the base enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1681 Details related solely to hinges hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683

Abstract

A hyper folding portable electronic device and particularly an electronic device adopted for handheld operation to facilitate manual data entry mainly has a chassis supported by user'"'"'s thumbs and input operation performed user'"'"'s rest fingers. The electronic device includes a first body holding an operation key cluster and a second body holding a screen that are coupled through a hinge structure. The first body and second body are flappable at a selected angle so that the screen and the operation key cluster are positioned in a back-to-back manner. The screen displays a keyboard table corresponding to the operation key cluster to facilitate user'"'"'s data entry operation.

Claims

1. A hyper folding portable electronic device comprising a chassis which has a first body and a second body and a hinge structure to couple the first body and the second body;

wherein;

the first body has an operation key cluster at one side corresponding to a keyboard table displayed on a screen, the first body and the second body being flippable at a selected angle which is adjustable through the hinge structure, the one side where the operation key cluster is located being an outer side of the first body after flipping to form a back-to-back position with the second body at an included angle with a space formed between them to allow an user'"'"'s thumbs to be wedged in to support the chassis and user'"'"'s rest fingers to be operable on the operation key cluster to perform data entry.

2. The hyper folding portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the keyboard table displayed on the screen has character symbols arranged in a mirror image fashion against keys of the operation key cluster.

3. The hyper folding portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second body has a screen at an outer side to form a back-to-back relationship with the operation key cluster.

4. The hyper folding portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first body and the second body are flippable in a positive used direction at an angle about 90 degrees and the screen and the operation key cluster face each other and the operation key cluster has keys arranged in a fashion same as a character symbol layout of the keyboard table on the screen.

5. The hyper folding portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first body and the second body are flippable backwards against each other at an use angle at least 270 degrees and at an included angle less than 90 degrees such that the screen and the operation key cluster are positioned in a back-to-back manner.

6. The hyper folding portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the hinge structure has one axle.

7. The hyper folding portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the hinge structure has two axles including a first axle and a second axle.

8. The hyper folding portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the operation key cluster has at least one key which has a touch pad located thereon to detect user'"'"'s finger contact and transmit and display a finger contact signal on the screen.

9. The hyper folding portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the first axle and the second axle are turnable greater than 180 degrees so that a backward use angle greater than 360 degrees is formed to allow the first body and the second body to be folded by facing each other and flipped to the backward use angle with the screen being substantially parallel with the operation key cluster in a back-to-back manner.

10. The hyper folding portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the screen is an external screen.

11. The hyper folding portable electronic device of claim 10, wherein the external screen is connected to the chassis in a wired fashion.

12. The hyper folding portable electronic device of claim 10, wherein the external screen is connected to the chassis in a wireless fashion.