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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1992
Yuzi Suganuma, Hitachi, JP;
Shigeru Matsuoka, Hitachi, JP;
Keiji Kamio, Hitachi, JP;
Yoshihiro Kashiwa, Hitachi, JP;
Seizi Nogami, Mito, JP;
Kouichi Saito, Kitaibaraki, JP;
Isao Yamazaki, Hitachi, JP;
Hidechika Kigoshi, Kitaibaraki, JP;
Naofumi Aoyama, Mobara, JP;
Toru Watanabe, Mobara, JP;
Yoshihiro Nozaki, Chiba, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A portable wordprocessor has a main body and a display support assembly hinged to the main body. The main body has an information entry keyboard, a function keyboard, a control circuit board and a floppy disk drive. The information entry keyboard and the function keyboard have key tops the heights of which do not exceed the height of the portion of the main body which accommodates the floppy disk drive. The information entry keyboard is disposed along the front edge of the main body, while the function keyboard is disposed between the information entry keyboard and the rear edge of the main body. The floppy disk drive is disposed in lateral alignment with the function keyboard. The display support assembly supports a liquid crystal display device which includes a liquid crystal display portion and a liquid crystal control circuit board which is disposed around the liquid crystal display portion and has a thickness which does not exceed the thickness of the liquid crystal display portion.