Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.

Shinya Yasuda

Katsuhiro Nara

Takaaki Ueno

Tohru Tanigawa

Fumio Tsutaichi

Tatsuya Miyagawa

A mobile telephone includes a casing provided with at least a locking member and a lid that can be detached or attached by pivoting of the locking member. The lid comprises a passage the locking member passes through, and a locking piece that a locking lug provided at the locking member can freely engage with and be detached from as a result of pivoting of the locking member. The locking piece is located at an inner periphery of the passage. Further, with a mobile telephone having casings that are foldably joined by a hinge, at least one of the foldably joined casings is a box-like case provided with a hinge at an upper surface and an opening portion at a rear surface, and has a lid-like case fitting to the opening of the box-like case.

Mobile telephone

A foldable cellular phone with a plastic housing having an operation section and a plastic housing having a main display section that are joined by a hinge on one end side to freely open and close, comprising an impact resistant handle composed of elastic material protruded and formed on the opposite side end from the hinge of the housing having the main display section; a connector cover composed of elastic material protruded and formed on the opposite side end from the hinge of the housing having the operation section; and a hinge cover composed of elastic material formed on a protrudent portion from the hinge of both housing ends when both housings are in a folded state.

Foldable cellular phone

Provided is a portable electronic device which employs a simple structure to prevent a waterproof cap fitted in a through hole for a flexible wiring board from coming off outward. The through hole is formed in a side face of an upper housing. The flexible wiring board is inserted into the through hole. The flexible wiring board has the waterproof cap formed therein and fitted in the through hole. A hinge cover member is attached to the upper housing in such a way as to cover the flexible wiring board. A pull-stop claw formed on the hinge cover member covers a flange of the waterproof cap from outside the upper housing.

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Akishima, Japan

Shinya Yasuda