Portable computer comprising keyboard and coordinate input tablet connected by two perpendicularly arranged hinges
Patent 5410447 Issued on April 25, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date: August 31, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
A main body case for storing a keyboard and an upper case for storing an integrated display/input device are coupled by two hinge units arranged perpendicularly to one another to be arbitrarily pivotal from a state wherein the keyboard faces the integrated display/input device to a state wherein the back surfaces of the keyboard and the integrated display/input device face each other.
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