Patent ID: 7568663

Claim:
An electronic apparatus comprising: a housing ( 2 ) holding a main body of apparatus, a first panel ( 3 ) provided on the front face side of the housing, an operation section ( 3 a ) being provided on one face of the first panel, a second panel ( 4 ) provided behind the first panel and interlocked with the first panel, a display section ( 4 a ) being provided on one face of the second panel, a slider ( 5 ) provided in the lower section of the housing to be movable in forward and backward directions of the housing and linked to both the first panel and second panel, and an arm ( 7 ) linked to the second panel and said slider for rotating the second panel so that if the slider is moving forward, the upper end of the second panel is retracted backward relative to the lower end of the second panel, wherein a panel cover ( 3 b ), that can hide the front face of the housing, is provided on the other face of the first panel, wherein the first panel and second panel are interlocked with each other so as to be able to rotate about rotation axes ( 3 r , 4 r ), and when the first panel and second panel are received in the housing side, the first and second panels are vertically juxtaposed in standing in front of the housing with the operation section of the first panel and the display section of the second panel being faced to each other, wherein when the slider is moved forward, the upper end of the first panel is moved forward and the upper end of the second panel is moved backward in such a manner that the first and second panel are rotated about respective rotation axes in an inverse direction to each other, whereby the operation section of the first panel and the display section of the second panel are unfolded to substantially horizontal state, and wherein a motor ( 12 m ) for controlling the rotation position of the first panel independently from the movement position of said slider, is provided.