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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:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
May. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/04 ;
Abstract
A portable terminal device having: a circuit board having electronic component mounted thereon; a frame for receiving said circuit board therein; a reinforcement member in contact with the frame and for reinforcing the frame; and a cover fitted to the frame. For the device, improvement in the rigidity of the frame can prevent its breakage and resulting kinks or bends of the circuit board, and thus improve reliability of the microconnection between the electronic component and circuit board.