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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Toshiaki Saitoh, Miyagi, JP;
Yukinari Inoue, Shizuoka, JP;
Shuichi Sugawara, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroto Nishida, Osaka, JP;
Yuuichi Oomura, Hyogo, JP;
Hideyasu Uchiyama, Miyagi, JP;
Ko Kondo, Miyagi, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); A44C 5/12 (2006.01); A44C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1601 (2013.01); A44C 5/12 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); A44C 5/0015 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wearable apparatus includes a flexible display device, and a flexible housing that holds the peripheral portion of the flexible display device. The flexible display device is disposed on the uppermost surface of the apparatus to serve as a reference for defining the total length of the apparatus, and the portion of the apparatus below the flexible display device contracts along the direction of the total length.