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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
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 portion in which a first casingis connected to a second casing, the second casingto allow the electronic deviceto switch from a closed position through an opened position to an inverted position; and exterior componentsandeach configured to rotate with the second casingwhen switching between the opened position and the inverted position is performed, and to switch between a state where the exterior component projects from the back surface of the first casingto be a leg for the electronic devicein the opened position, and a state where the exterior component projects from the top surface of the first casingto be a leg for the electronic devicein the inverted position.