Patent ID: 6144368
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A portable information-processing apparatus comprising:a housing having a first wall and a second wall opposing the first wall;first manual operating means provided in said housing and on said first wall and exposed;second manual operating means provided in said housing and on said second wall, exposed, facing away from said first manual operating means and spaced apart therefrom;a reinforcing plate located between said first and second manual operating means and supported on said first wall and configured for receiving a force generated when said first manual operating means is depressed from a first position to a second position; andwherein said first and second manual operating means are supported by said first wall, said reinforcing plate is spaced apart from the second manual operating means so as to define a gap having a width extending between said reinforcing plate and said second manual operation means, and said second wall has a projection protruding from an inner surface of said second wall into said housing and having a distal end extending adjacent to the gap so as to abut said reinforcing plate and substantially transmit the force that is generated when said first manual operating means is depressed between the first and second positions toward said second wall and away from the second manual operating means.