Patent ID: 7719827
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electronic device comprising: a first unit; a second unit; and a hinge member that supports and allows the second unit to be rotatable relative to the first unit, the hinge member including: wherein the second unit has a rod section forming a part of an outer shape of the second unit, at a lower end of the second unit when the second unit is in a standing position relative to the first unit, the rod section covering the movable section, having a cylindrical shape extending in the predetermined direction, and having a notch portion formed by making a cut in the cylindrical shape at a position corresponding to the fixed section, and the second unit also has a plurality of ribs arranged in a predetermined direction and erected on a wall surface of the notch portion, each of the ribs having a surface shaped like an arc fitted to a contour of the rod section, and wherein the first unit includes: a first cover member that includes a plate portion forming at least a part of an outer shape of a top surface of the first unit, and a rising portion having an arc shape fitted to a cylindrical contour of the rod section and being erected while covering a first space of the notch portion, and a second cover member that has an arc shape fitted to the cylindrical contour of the rod section and covers a second space of the notch portion while covering the notch portion in combination with the rising portion.