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Portable computer comprising keyboard and coordinate input tablet connected by two perpendicularly arranged hinges

Patent 5410447 Issued on April 25, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject 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.

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Inventors

Application

No. 114090 filed on 08/31/1993

US Classes:

361/681Including display support

Examiners

Primary: Phillips, Charles E.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0246021 EP. 11/13/1987
  • 0251492 EP. 01/13/1988
  • 0307892 EP. 03/13/1989
  • 0355203 EP. 02/13/1990
  • 63-39731 JP. 03/13/1988
  • 21040 GB. 02/13/2012

International Classes

H05K 007/16
G06F 001/16

Foreign Application Priority Data

1990-04-27 JP

Abstract

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.

Other References

  • Judith A. Layman and Mark A. Smith, "Mechanical Design of the HP-18C and HP-28C Handheld Calculators," Hewlett-Packard Journal, Aug. 1987, No. 8, pp. 17-20
  • Koga et al., "Development and Evaluation of an Input Integrated Flat Panel Display," Journal of Academic Thesis on Information Systems, vol. 27, No. 6, Jun. 1986. (In Japanese)
  • Epson "Equity LT", Mar. 1988. Brochure
  • NEC ProSpeed 386 Catalog, Copyright 1988
  • "Two-Sided Keyboard for a Data Terminal," IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 24, No. 1B, Jun. 1981, p. 71
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