Portable apparatus having cable electrically connecting display unit and base unit

• US 5,328,379 A
• Filed: 05/19/1993
• Issued: 07/12/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Takaichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Paumen, Gary F.
• Application Number:
  US08/063,332
• Time in Patent Office: 419 Days
• Field of Search: 16/223, 16/337, 248/917, 312/7.2, 361/380, 361/392-395, 364/708.1, 439/164, 439/165
• US Class Current: 439/165
• 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

Abstract

A portable apparatus comprising a base unit and a display unit rotatably connected to the base unit. The base unit has a recess, and the display unit has a first leg portion mounted in the recess. The first leg portion comprises a rear leg segment conjoining a base unit. The first leg portion has a front leg segment fastened to the rear leg segment, defining a guide path between the front leg segment and the rear leg segment. The leg segments, fastened together, form a shaft having a guide path communicating with the guide path. An opening is formed in one of the side walls defining the sides of the recess and also in the wall defining the bottom of the recess, thus allowing access into the base unit. A support segment is removably fitted in this opening, supporting the shaft such that the shaft can rotate. The portable apparatus further comprises a flexible cable which extends from the base unit into the display unit, guided through the opening, the guide path.

Claims

1. A portable electronic apparatus comprising:

a display unit including a flat panel display and a leg portion having a cable guide path;

a base unit including a printed circuit board and a receiving portion for receiving the leg portion, the receiving portion including a bottom opening and a side opening;

a cable including a first end portion electrically coupled to the printed circuit board and a second end portion electrically coupled to the flat panel display to electrically couple the flat panel display to the printed circuit board, the cable passing through the side opening and the cable guide path; and

a cover fixed to the receiving portion and covering the bottom opening, the cover including a curved upper surface facing the leg portion.

2. A portable electronic apparatus comprising:

a display unit including a flat panel display and a leg portion having a cable guide path and a leg bottom surface;

a base unit including a printed circuit board and a receiving portion for receiving the leg portion, the receiving portion including a bottom opening and a side opening;

a cable including a first end portion electrically coupled to the printed circuit board and a second end portion electrically coupled to the flat panel display to electrically couple the flat panel display to the printed circuit board, the cable passing through the side opening and the cable guide path; and

a cover, fixed to the receiving portion and covering the bottom opening, and having a curved surface.

3. A portable electronic apparatus comprising:

a display unit including a flat panel display and a leg portion having a cable guide path;

a base unit including a printed circuit board and a receiving portion for receiving the leg portion, the receiving portion including a bottom opening and a side opening;

a cable including a first end portion electrically coupled to the printed circuit board and a second end portion electrically coupled to the flat panel display to electrically couple the flat panel display to the printed circuit board, the cable passing through the side opening and the cable guide path; and

a cover fixed to the receiving portion and covering the bottom opening, the cover including a curved upper surface facing the leg portion and a side cover partially covering the side opening.

4. A portable electronic apparatus comprising:

a display unit including a flat panel display and a leg portion having a cable guide path and a leg bottom surface;

a base unit including a printed circuit board and a receiving portion for receiving the leg portion, the receiving portion including a bottom opening and a side opening;

a cable including a first end portion electrically coupled to the printed circuit board and a second end portion electrically coupled to the flat panel display to electrically couple the flat panel display to the printed circuit board, the cable passing through the side opening and the cable guide path; and

a cover, fixed to the receiving portion and covering the bottom opening, having a curved surface and a side cover partially covering the side opening.