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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2013
Panasonic Corporation, Kadoma-shi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Kawada, Osaka, JP;
Kenichi Shindo, Osaka, JP;
Ryo Yonezawa, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshinari Matsuyama, Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Sasaki, Hyogo, JP;
Haruka Kaneko, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electronic deviceincludes: a hinge mechanismconfigured to rotate, on a connection portion in which a first casingis connected to a second casing, the second casingto switch the electronic devicefrom a closed position through an opened position to an inverted position, and configured to rotate according to the second casingbeing rotated when switching between the opened position and the inverted position is performed; and a leg componentconfigured to switch, by rotating with the hinge mechanismwhen switching between the opened position and the inverted position is performed, between a state where the leg componentprojects from the back surface of the first casingin the opened position, and a state where the leg componentprojects from the top surface of the first casingin the inverted position.