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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 25, 2006
Toyohiro Arakane, Hiroshima, JP;
Kimiaki Imai, Hiroshima, JP;
Toyohiro Arakane, Hiroshima, JP;
Kimiaki Imai, Hiroshima, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Foldable mobile equipment is provided with a first housingincluding a liquid crystal display part (display part) at the front face thereof, a second housingincluding an operation part at the front face thereof, and a hinge portionconnecting the first housingand the second housingto each other foldably about an open/close axis X and supporting the first housingso that the first housingcan be flipped over about a vertical axis Y vertical to the open/close axis X. The liquid crystal display part is supported on the first housingby means of a cam mechanism(a support mechanism) so as to be switchable between a portrait orientation and a landscape orientation.