Patent ID: 7635081

Claim:
A housing for a portable information terminal comprising: a body having a polygonal outer shape; a web portion extending across said body; and a plurality of reinforcing members arranged within a plurality of reinforcing member accommodation portions of said housing radially from a corner of said body closer to a front side of said body facing a user in practical use, wherein said plurality of reinforcing members reinforce said web portion of said housing in radial directions extending from said corner of said body at a plurality of acute angles from an edge of said body extending from said corner of said body, and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) contact finger inside at least one of said reinforcing members, wherein a keyboard unit is mounted on a portion of said housing on which said reinforcing members are arranged, wherein a base plate of the keyboard unit and said electromagnetic interference (EMI) contact finger are brought into contact with each other when the keyboard unit is attached to said housing, wherein at least one of said reinforcing members includes a generally U-shaped cross section including an opening facing said base plate of said keyboard, and wherein said electromagnetic interference (EMI) contact finger includes a lower portion extending within said U-shaped cross section and a raised portion extending upward through said opening to contact said base plate of said keyboard.