Patent ID: 6409042
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: H01M,H05K,Y02E

Abstract:
A device for opening/closing a lid of an electronic apparatus, the device comprising:a lid body for opening/closing an opening disposed on a hardware housing of said electronic apparatus; a slide hinge interposed between said hardware housing and said lid body and including first and second hinge portions in parallel to each other with a flat portion formed therebetween; and a hinge holder formed of an inner surface of said hardware housing and a rebound leaf spaced apart from said inner surface so that said slide hinge is slidably supported thereby, said slide hinge being rotatably attached to said lid body at said first hinge portion by a shaft attaching said slide hinge and said lid body and said second hinge portion includes columnar end portions arranged so as to be slidably and rotatably held by said hinge holder, wherein said lid body is rotated in two steps with respect to said hardware housing by a rotation of said first and second hinge portions due to sliding of said slide hinge in said hinge holder and opens so as to overlap on an outside of said hardware housing in a reversed state.