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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2010
Tetsuya Kawamoto, Osaka, JP;
Akira Iwamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masaru Furujiku, Osaka, JP;
Hitoshi Nakatani, Osaka, JP;
Shintaro Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Kawamoto, Osaka, JP;
Akira Iwamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masaru Furujiku, Osaka, JP;
Hitoshi Nakatani, Osaka, JP;
Shintaro Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A laptop computer includes: a substantially rectangular first chassis accommodating a display section; a substantially rectangular second chassis accommodating an operation control section; and a hinge mechanism coupling one side of the second chassis and one side of the first chassis. Another side parallel to the one side of the first chassis is configured so that only its widthwise central portion in parallel to the one side lays side-by-side to form a substantially flat face with another side of the second chassis when the chassis are closed together. The other side of the first chassis is configured, in a planar view, so that the more it departs from the central portion toward an edge portion in the widthwise direction, the more it comes closer to the one side of the first chassis than to the other side of the second chassis when the chassis are closed together.