Patent ID: 7558078

Claim:
Information processing equipment comprising: a display unit having a display device and a main body unit accommodating an information processing circuit, joined so as to be openable and closable about a hinge; and a flexible printed-circuit board which transfers display signals output from the information processing circuit to the display device and which is a loop around the hinge for absorbing expansion and contraction due to opening and closing operation of the display unit, wherein the flexible printed-circuit board has a base film, wiring layers both on a first surface and a second surface of the base film, and a first cover film covering the wiring layer on the first surface, portions of the wiring layer on the second surface in a formation region of the loop are discontinuously removed in the inward-bending area of the loop, and the remaining portions of the wiring layer which are not removed and the wiring layer on the first surface of the base film are electrically connected via through holes penetrating the base film.