Sony Corporation

Susumu Ito

Teiyu Goto

Makoto Tanahashi

Tsutomu Asawa

A portable electronic device including a body, and a display portion which is openably and closably provided with respect to the body, wherein a short battery portion is provided at the back end of the body, and a long battery portion is rotatably provided with respect to the short battery portion; and an electronic device battery. In the electronic device and the electronic device battery, a simple structure for electrically connecting the battery to the body can be used to support the back end of the body of the electronic device above a supporting surface in order to easily tilt the body.

Electronic device and electronic device battery

A portable electronic means including a body and a display portion which is openably and closably mounted with respect to the body, and an electronic device battery. The portable electronic means further includes a pair of hinges (opening-and-closing portions) for openably and closably mounting the display portion to the body, with a battery being mechanically and electrically mounted between the pair of hinges so as to be removable therefrom. The electronic means makes it possible to eliminate all the factors that prevent a reduction in the thickness of the electronic device due to the use of an externally mounting type battery, and has a display portion capable of being opened and closed with respect to its body by more than 180 degrees.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Susumu Ito