Patent ID: 9261906
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a first body including an input unit on an input side of the first body; a second body including a display on a display side of the second body; and a linking mechanism configured to link the first body and the second body such that the first body and the second body can be switched between four different modes, a first mode being where the first body and second body are arranged parallel to each other with the input side facing an opposite side of the second body from the display side, a second mode where the first body and the second body are arranged parallel to each other with the input side facing the display side, a third mode where the second body is rotated around a back edge of the first body and the display side faces the input side, and a fourth mode where the second body is arranged above the input side of the first body such that an edge of the second body is adjacent to a portion of the input side of the first body between a front edge and the back edge of the first body; wherein the linking mechanism includes a first linking mechanism on a first side of the apparatus and a second linking mechanism on an opposite side of the apparatus as the first linking mechanism; wherein a first end of the link arm is rotatably connected to a first end of the first arm with a first connecting shaft, and a second end of the link arm is rotatably connected to a first end of the second arm with a second connecting shaft; and wherein the second connecting shaft extends into a slot in the first body, and the second connecting shaft slides along the slot when the apparatus changes between modes.