Patent ID: 6266236
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G06F,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
A portable computer comprising:a base having an upper surface, a bottom surface and a peripheral base edge joining said upper surface and said bottom surface, said upper surface including a keyboard;a display member having a front surface including a screen for displaying information, a back surface, and a peripheral display edge joining said front surface and said back surface;an arm assembly coupling said display member to said base, said arm assembly including a pair of spaced arm portions and a rigid connecting portion extending between said arm portions, said arm portions each having a first end pivotally coupled to said base edge for movement of said arm assembly between a closed position with said arm portion substantially parallel to said base and an open position with said arm portion oriented at an angle relative to said base, said arm portions each having a second end pivotally coupled to said display edge for pivotal movement of said display member relative to said arm portion to move said display member between a plurality of positions relative to said arm portions;a first hinge device pivotally coupling said first end of a first one of said arm portions to said base;a second one of said arm portions having a conduit formed therein, anda flexible printed circuit having a plurality of electrical connectors formed thereon and positioned in said conduit for electrically coupling said display member to said base, said flexible printed circuit having a shape including a coiled portion disposed within said conduit and first and second uncoiled portions extending in either direction from said conduit, said coiled portion winding and unwinding as the orientations of said arm portions change.