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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361681 ; 361683 ;
Abstract
A portable electronic apparatus includes flat display unit and a box-shaped housing having a bottom wall. A circuit unit incorporated in the housing has a circuit board and a frame to support this circuit board. The display unit is rotatably connected to the housing by a hinge mechanism. This hinge mechanism has a stay which extends parallel to the bottom wall of the housing and sandwiches the circuit unit together with the bottom wall. The stay is fastened by a screw which is driven into the bottom wall through the circuit unit.