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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2003
Jun Morimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Ooya, Akishima, JP;
Jun Morimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Ooya, Akishima, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A portable information apparatus comprises a first housing, and a second housing which is mounted to the first housing in such a manner that it can be rocked freely, with its main face facing the first housing, and which includes a panel-like display device with a display screen exposed at the main face and a hinge member to mount the display device in the second housing, wherein the hinge member includes a fixed member fixed to the second housing and an extended member mounted to the fixed member and intervening between the display device and the inner wall of the second housing, and the extended member includes a pressing section which presses against the side face of the display device and a flexible curved section which is provided so as to be continuous with the pressing section and which is formed convexly at the inner wall of the second housing.