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Height reduction in portable devices

  • US 8,310,842 B1
  • Filed: 03/09/2010
  • Issued: 11/13/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable electronic book (eBook) reader device, comprising:

  • a display component having a perimeter;

    a plurality of active components consuming, storing, or producing electrical power, wherein each active component of the portable eBook reader device other than the display component is arranged around at least a portion of the perimeter of the display component and substantially coplanar with the display component;

    wherein the perimeter of the display component comprises at least four sides, and wherein plurality of active components comprise are disposed in the following arrangement;

    a wireless module resides adjacent to a first edge of the perimeter of the display component;

    a first battery resides adjacent to a second edge of the perimeter of the display component;

    a second battery resides adjacent to a third edge of the perimeter of the display component; and

    a main logic board resides adjacent to a fourth edge of the perimeter of the display component.

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