Patent ID: 8687353

Claim:
An electronic equipment, comprising: a first housing; a second housing made of metal, rotatably mounted to said first housing for movement between open and closed positions, and having a first face that faces the first housing in the closed position and a second face opposite the first face, the second face having a peripheral portion defining part of an outer surface of the second face that is recessed relative to a central portion of the second face; a display element on the first face of the second housing; a connection cable extending along the peripheral portion of the second face of the second housing and on the second face of the second housing; and a cover engaged with the second housing, made of resin and covering the peripheral portion of the second face of the second housing with a central part of the second face of the second housing exposed from the cover, the cover absorbing impact applied to the area of the peripheral portion of the second face of the second housing, wherein the first housing and second housing each comprise opposed first and second ends and opposed first and second sides, with the second housing being rotatably mounted to the first housing at the first ends of the first and second housings, an axis of rotation for the first and second housings is oriented parallel to the first ends of the first and second housings, and said peripheral portion of the second face of the second housing and said cover extend at least along the first side of the second housing between the first and second ends of the second housing; wherein the cover covers junctions of the first side of the second housing with the first and second ends of the second housing.