Patent ID: 7239897
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable information terminal, comprising: a display portion housing comprising a display portion; an operating portion housing comprising an operating portion; a link member for connecting an end portion of said display portion housing to an end portion of said operation portion housing: a mechanism for rotating said display portion housing relative to said operating portion housing around a rotational axis of said link member; and a spring, disposed around the link member, which biases said display portion housing away from said operating portion housing in a direction parallel to said rotational axis, wherein said display portion housing and said operating portion housing are rotated relative to each other by said rotating mechanism between a closed state in which said display portion housing is disposed so as to cover said operating portion and an open state in which said display portion housing is disposed so as not to cover said operating portion, a face of said display portion is oriented in the same side as a face of said operating portion at both said closed state and open state, said link member is designed in a form of a cylinder having a guide portion projecting radially outwardly of at least one end thereof, and said display portion housing or operating portion housing is pressed against said guide portion by a biasing force of said spring.