Portable terminal device having sound emission hole which changes orientation based on rotation of casing about biaxial hinge
US9313565B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 21, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 10, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/6041
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A portable terminal device has first and second casings (1, 2) and a biaxial hinge (3) coupling the first and second casings (1, 2). The portable terminal device also has a speaker (60) provided in the first casing (1) or the biaxial hinge (3), a sound emission hole (4), a waveguide (5) guiding a sound wave to the sound emission hole (4), and a display device (6) provided for the second casing (2). A display screen (6a) of the display device (6) and the sound emission hole (4) are disposed in a face (2a) whose orientation changes when the second casing (2) turns about a second axis, in the second casing (2).
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