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Portable computer having keyboard and coordinate input tablet hingedly connected to a main body case through a groove

US5481430A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 22, 1994
Grant dateJan 2, 1996
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2200/1614
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A main body case for storing a keyboard and an upper case for storing an integrated display/input device are coupled by first and second hinge units, disposed through a groove in the main body case, 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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