Patent ID: 11907025
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An electronic device including a first unit and a second unit openable to the first unit, the electronic device comprising: the first unit has a keyboard, and the second unit has a display rotatably connected to the first unit through a hinge in a closed and an open states; a latch mechanism that fixes the second unit in the closed state with respect to the first unit, wherein the latch mechanism includes: a latch rotatable around a rotation shaft between a housing position and a lock position, the latch fixing the first unit and the second unit in the closed state at the lock position; and a rotation shaft supporting part that rotatably supports the rotation shaft on an edge of the first unit opposite to the hinge, the latch is disposed coaxially with the rotation shaft, the rotation shaft supporting part is biased by a biasing part in a predetermined direction, the biasing part biases the rotation shaft supporting part in a vertical direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the rotation shaft; and in the closed state, the biasing part biases the latch on both sides of the rotation shaft supporting part in the vertical direction and projectors of the latch are inserted in lock holes of the second unit to lock the first and second units.