Portable apparatus

• US 4,852,033 A
• Filed: 06/30/1987
• Issued: 07/25/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Saitou, Yoshio
• Primary Examiner(s): Harkcom, Gary V.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shaw, Dale M.
• Application Number:
  US07/067,794
• Time in Patent Office: 756 Days
• Field of Search: 364/708, 439/67, 439/77, 439/165
• US Class Current: 361/679.09
• 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 1/1681 Details related solely to hinges hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1683 for the transmission of signal or power between the different housings, e.g. details of wired or wireless communication, passage of cabling
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/7076 for connection between PCB and component, e.g. display

Abstract

A portable apparatus includes a display device coupled to a housing by means of a hinge mechanism. The display device can be closed such that it is laid on the upper surface of the housing. The portable apparatus comprises a cable-protecting member. This cable-protecting member protects a cable, which electrically connects the housing and the display together and passes through the hinge mechanism. Even if the display device is frequently raised or lowered with reference to the housing, the cable is reliably protected by the cable-protecting member. Therefore, the cable is prevented from being worn away.

Claims

1. A portable apparatus, comprising:

a housing containing electronic parts;

a display device, which is movably connected to the housing by means of a hinge mechanism such that the display device can be laid over an upper portion of the housing, with a display screen located down, and raised from the upper portion of the housing;

a cable for electrically connecting the housing and the display device to each other, the cable passing through the hinge mechanism; and

a cable-protecting member for covering the cable which passes through the hinge mechanism, wherein the hinge mechanism has an internal space, through which the cable and the cable-protecting member are guided from the housing to the display device.

2. A portable apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cable-protecting member includes a pair of belt-like members.

3. A portable apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the two belt-like members connected to each other at one end by adhesive means and which form a coupling means.

4. A portable apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the coupling means, which is at one end of the two belt-like members, is secured to the housing, while the other end of the belt-like members is rendered free.

5. A portable apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the coupled portion, which is at one end of the two belt-like members, is secured to the display device, while the other end of the belt-like members is rendered free.

6. A portable apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the two belt-like members is secured to the hinge mechanism within the hinge mechanism, and two ends of the belt-like members, which are located in the display device and the housing, respectively, are rendered free.

7. A portable apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the two belt-like members has a width equal to or greater than the width of the cable.

8. A portable apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cable-protecting member is formed by one belt-like member, the one belt-like member being folded in half, lengthwise, such that cable is sandwiched by the folded belt-like member.

9. A portable apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cable-protecting member is formed of a smooth and flexible material.

10. A portable apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the material is a polyester film.

11. A portable apparatus, comprising:

a housing including a keyboard;

a display device, which is movably connected to the housing by means of a hinge mechanism such that the display device can be laid over the keyboard, with a display screen located down, and raised from the keyboard, wherein the hinge mechanism has an internal space, through which the cable and the cable-protecting member are guided from the housing to the display device;

a cable for electrically connecting the housing and the display device to each other, the cable passing through the hinge mechanism; and

a cable-protecting member, formed by a pair of belt-like members, for covering the cable by sandwiching it.

12. A portable apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the two belt-like members are connected to each other at one end by adhesive means and which form a coupling means.

15. A portable apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the coupling means, which is at one end of the two belt-like members, is secured to the display device, while the other end of the belt-like members is rendered free.

16. A portable apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of the two belt-like members is secured to the hinge mechanism within the hinge mechanism, and both ends of the belt-like members, which are located in the display device and the housing, respectively, are rendered free.

17. A portable apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the cable-protecting member is formed by polyester film.

18. A portable apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of the two belt-like members has a width greater than the width of the cable.

13. A portable apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the coupling means, which is at one end of the two belt-like members, is secured to the housing, while the other end of the belt-like members is rendered free.

14. A portable apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the coupling means, which is at one end of the two belt-like members, is secured to the housing by means of an adhesive double coated tape.