Information processing apparatus

• US 9,933,813 B2
• Filed: 01/26/2017
• Issued: 04/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Client Computing Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Ohishi, Shintaro, Hoshi, Masato, Sato, Yutaka, Tachikawa, Tadanori, Hara, Noritaka, Ohnishi, Masuo
• Primary Examiner(s): LEA EDMONDS, LISA S
• Application Number:
  US15/416,159
• Publication Number:
  US 20170220066A1
• Time in Patent Office: 432 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1618 the display being foldable up to the back of the other housing with a single degree of freedom, e.g. by 360° rotation over the axis defined by the rear edge of the base enclosure
• 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 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing including an antenna, and a hinge member including a first shaft on a side of the first housing, and a second shaft parallel to the first shaft and on a side of the second housing, the hinge member coupling the first housing and the second housing such that the first housing and the second housing are rotatable 360 degrees, wherein, in a state where a rotation angle between the first housing and the second housing is 360 degrees, the second shaft is located at a position nearer than the first shaft to a free end side of the first housing, and the antenna protrudes beyond the first housing.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first housing;

a second housing including an antenna; and

a hinge member including

a first shaft on a side of the first housing, and

a second shaft parallel to the first shaft and on a side of the second housing, the hinge member coupling the first housing and the second housing such that the first housing and the second housing are rotatable 360 degrees,

wherein, in a state where a rotation angle between the first housing and the second housing is 360 degrees, the second shaft is located at a position nearer than the first shaft to a free end side of the first housing, and the antenna protrudes beyond the first housing.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first housing includes a metallic frame that overlaps the antenna when viewed in a thickness direction of the first housing in a state where the rotation angle is 0 degrees.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, in a state where the rotation angle is 0 degrees, a depth of the second housing is equal to or less than a depth of the first housing.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein, in a state where the rotation angle is 360 degrees, the second housing is located inside an outer edge of the first housing when viewed in a thickness direction of the first housing.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the antenna is disposed on a free end side of the second housing.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein, in a state where the rotation angle is 0 degrees, the second shaft is located at a first position farther than the first shaft from the free end of the first housing, and, in a state where the rotation angle is 360 degrees, the second shaft is located at a second position rotated 180 degrees about the first shaft from the first position.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the second housing includes a display.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein, in a state where the rotation angle is 360 degrees, the display is located on an oppose side of the first housing.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a hinge cover that covers the hinge member.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein a protrusion that protrudes in a thickness direction of the second housing in a state where the rotation angle is 360 degrees is formed on the hinge cover.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein two of the hinge members are disposed at an interval in a width direction of the first housing and the second housing.