Information processing apparatus having portable shape

• US 6,686,974 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2002
• Issued: 02/03/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kamikakai, Hideaki, Goto, Katsuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Mai, Lanna
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, HANH VAN
• Application Number:
  US10/323,743
• Publication Number:
  US 20030090461A1
• Time in Patent Office: 410 Days
• Field of Search: 312/223.1, 712/232, 348/838, 364/708.1, 361/679, 361/682, 361/683, 361/684, 361/685, 361/724, 361/725
• US Class Current: 348/838
• 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 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a main body having an upper surface, and a display part which opens and closes with respect to the main body. The display part in a closed state is stacked on the upper surface of the main body and forms a generally flat parallelepiped shape together with the main body. The parallelepiped shape has a top surface, a bottom surface, and side surfaces forming an outer periphery of the parallelepiped shape. The main body has a first sloping surface joining the bottom surface and at least one of the side surfaces.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a main body having an upper surface; and

a display part which opens and closes with respect to said main body,

said display part in a closed state being stacked on the upper surface of said main body and forming a generally parallelepiped shape together with said main body,

said parallelepiped shape having a top surface, a bottom surface, at least four side surfaces forming an outer periphery of said parallelepiped shape, and four corners extending between the top surface and the bottom surface,

wherein at least one of the side surfaces, located between two mutually adjacent corners of the parallelepiped shape, is partially provided with a sloping surface which joins the bottom surface and said at least one side surface,

said partially provided sloping surface and a non-sloping surface are arranged along a direction extending from one of the two mutually adjacent corners of the parallelepiped shape to the other of the two mutually adjacent corners.

2. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sloping surface has a convex shape.

3. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sloping surface has a concave shape.

4. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein an angle formed between said sloping surface and said bottom surface is in a range of approximately 30°

to 60°

.

5. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said main body has a rear part provided with a hinge, said display part opens and closes with respect to said main body about the hinge, and said sloping surface is located at a front part of said main body opposite to said rear part.

6. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sloping surface is provided continuously along a substantial portion of at least one of the side surfaces.

7. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said main body has a rear part provided with a hinge, said display part opens and closes with respect to said main body about the hinge, and at least one of said sloping surfaces is located at a front part of said main body opposite to said rear part.

8. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a main body having an upper surface; and

a display part which opens and closes with respect to said main body,

said display part in a closed state being stacked on the upper surface of said main body and forming a generally parallelepiped shape together with said main body,

said parallelepiped shape having a top surface, a bottom at least four side surfaces forming an outer periphery of said parallelepiped shape, and four corners extending between the top surface and the bottom surface,

wherein more than one side surface is partially provided with a sloping surface which joins the bottom surface and each of said side surfaces having the sloping surface,

each of said partially provided sloping surfaces and a non-sloping surface are arranged along a direction extending from one of two mutually adjacent corners of the parallelepiped shape to the other of the two mutually adjacent corners.

9. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein said sloping surface has a convex shape.

10. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein said sloping surface has a concave shape.

11. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein an angle formed between said sloping surface and said bottom surface is in a range of approximately 30°

to 60°

.

12. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein said sloping surface is provided continuously along a substantial portion of at least one of the side surfaces.

13. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a main body having an upper surface; and

a display part which opens and closes with respect to said main body,

said display part in a closed state being stacked on the upper surface of said main body and forming a generally parallelepiped shape together with said main body,

said parallelepiped shape having a top surface, a bottom surface, at least four side surfaces forming an outer periphery of said parallelepiped shape, and four corners extending between the top surface and the bottom surface,

wherein at least one of the side surfaces, located between two mutually adjacent corners of the parallelepiped shape, is partially provided with a sloping surface which joints the bottom surface and said at least one side surface,

said partially provided sloping surface and a non-sloping surface are arranged along a direction extending from one of the two mutually adjacent corners of the parallelepiped shape to the other of the two mutually adjacent corners,

said sloping surface is provided at each side surface, and a non-sloping surface is arranged between the sloping surfaces.

14. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein said sloping surface has a convex shape.

15. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein said sloping surface has a concave shape.

16. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein an angle formed between said sloping surface and said bottom surface is in a range of approximately 30°

to 60°

.

17. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein said main body has a rear part provided with a hinge, said display part opens and closes with respect to said main body about the hinge, and at least one of said sloping surfaces is located at a front part of said main body opposite to said rear part.

18. The information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein said sloping surface is provided continuously along a substantial portion of at lea t one of the side surfaces.