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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2003
Yosuke Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Masatomo Mizuta, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Sendoda, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Matsunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Komatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Masatomo Mizuta, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Sendoda, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Matsunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Komatsu, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A wiring device is used in a folding portable device including a hinge unit permitting an upper unit to fold/unfold and/or to rotate with regard to a lower unit. The wiring device comprises a rotative direction wound portion having a first central axis corresponding to a rotating axis of the hinge. A folding/unfolding direction wound portion has a second central axis corresponding to a folding/unfolding axis of the hinge. A FPC fixing member fixes a FPC holding member holding a predetermined part of a FPC to the hinge. The rotative direction wound portion is wound with a first part of a flexible printed cable that is continuous with one end of the predetermined part. The folding/unfolding direction wound portion is wound with a second part of the flexible printed cable that is continuous with the other end of the predetermined part.