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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2006
Ryuta Kuramochi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuta Kuramochi, Kanagawa, JP;
Katoh Electric Machinery Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A slide hinge for a small-sized information terminal having a first casing with keyboard and a relatively slid second casing with display. The slide hinge has a linear slide between the first and second casings, and a turning mechanism for a turning operation of the casings. The slide has a first guide groove provided on an undersurface of the second casing, a guide pin engaged with the first groove and attached to an upper surface of the first casing. The turning mechanism has a rotary hinge on an upper surface of one side of the first casing, a turning member rotatably attached to the rotary hinge in a horizontal direction, and a second pin attached to a free end of the turning member and engaged with a second groove provided on the undersurface of the second casing in cross direction of the first guide groove.