Patent ID: 8446717

Claim:
A folding electronic equipment comprising: a first chassis accommodating a display section so as to cover a periphery and a back face of the display section, and having a substantially rectangular shape in a planar view; a second chassis accommodating an operation control section capable of generating a display signal to be inputted into the display section, and having a substantially rectangular shape in a planar view; and a hinge mechanism for coupling one side of the second chassis and one side of the first chassis and supporting both chassis in a relatively openable and closable manner; wherein the hinge mechanism includes a hinge bracket of which a base end side is coupled with a hinge axle, the hinge bracket being disposed inside an escutcheon part of the first chassis and supports the first chassis; wherein an extension part which extends at a slant from a flat portion of the escutcheon part is provided to a side edge portion of the escutcheon part from a side corresponding to a tip of the hinge bracket to a side corresponding to the base end of the hinge bracket, and a slanted part which corresponds to the slant of the extension part is provided to a side edge portion of the one side of the second chassis; wherein the hinge bracket is fixed to a side portion of the first chassis in a state where a tip portion of the hinge bracket abuts slanted back surface of the extension part of the escutcheon part; and wherein a step part having a vertical wall is provided to the side edge portion of the one side of the second chassis, the vertical wall receiving an inner side surface of the extension part provided to the side edge portion of the escutcheon part in a state where the first chassis is closed together with the second chassis.