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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. 21, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361681 ; 361679 ; 361682 ; 361683 ; 3647081 ; 381 87 ; 381 88 ;
Abstract
A portable electronic device, which has an accessory provided at an external surface, around the display screen, of the display portion, the portable electronic device including a body; a display portion openably and closably provided with respect to the body; holding portion, provided at an external surface, around the display screen, of the display portion, for mechanically and removably holding the accessory; and electrically connecting portion for electrically and removably connecting the accessory.