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Portable apparatus having a flat panel type display unit

  • US 5,583,529 A
  • Filed: 03/13/1995
  • Issued: 12/10/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A portable apparatus comprising:

  • a base unit having power supply means for generating a reference voltage;

    a display unit rotatably supported on the base unit, said display unit provided with a flat panel display having right and left sides substantially parallel to each other and separated by a bottom side, the bottom side being more proximate to the base unit than the right and left sides are proximate to the base unit, a rigid frame located behind said flat panel display, said rigid frame having a rectangular shape which is larger in size than the flat panel display, the rigid frame having at least a first side extending substantially a length of and being substantially parallel to said bottom side, the rigid frame having at least a second side connected to said first side extending substantially a length of and being substantially parallel to said right and left sides, the rigid frame having a plurality of brackets connected to said second side, said brackets extending from the second side in a direction lateral to the rigid frame, and a housing for containing said flat panel display and said rigid frame attached thereto, the housing including a rear panel and a front panel attached to the rear panel, the front panel having an opening for exposing the flat panel display, said housing being rotatable between a closed position and an open position permitting viewing of said flat panel display; and

    converting means, electrically connected to said power supply means, for converting a reference voltage of said power supply means into a drive voltage for driving said flat panel display, said converting means being fixed to the brackets of the rigid frame and arranged in line with at least one of the right and left sides of the flat panel display without being placed on top of the flat Panel display.

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