Abstract: A portable information device has a configuration in which a body chassis and a display chassis are turnably coupled by hinge mechanisms. The portable information device is provided with an operation portion operable from the outside and a power transmission portion provided between the operation portion and the hinge mechanism and transmitting an operating force to the operation portion to the hinge mechanisms to turn the body chassis and the display chassis.

Abstract: A portable information device has a configuration in which a body chassis and a display chassis are turnably coupled by hinge mechanisms. The portable information device is provided with an operation portion operable from the outside and a power transmission portion provided between the operation portion and the hinge mechanism and transmitting an operating force to the operation portion to the hinge mechanisms to turn the body chassis and the display chassis.

Abstract: A low-cost electronic device capable of storing keycaps within a chassis is disclosed. The electronic device includes a support plate; a set of keycaps supported above the top face of the support plate, the keycaps moving up and down between the operating position and the storage position; and a frame functioning as a driving member that is movable relative to the keycaps in the direction parallel to the top face of the support plate. Each keycap has a pressure-receiving part. The frame has pressing parts that move relative to the keycaps to come in contact with the pressure-receiving parts.

Abstract: A docking device is provided. A portable information device can be removably attached to a docking device. The docking device includes first and second connectors that are connected to connection terminals provided on the portable information device. The docking device further includes: a first substrate with the first connector mounted thereon; a second substrate with the second connector other than the first connector mounted on the first substrate mounted thereon; and a substrate connecting member that connects between the first and second connectors in a floating state that allows relative displacement.

Abstract: An electronic device having a pointing stick is disclosed. The electronic device includes a base member for supporting a pointing stick. The base member has a first pressed part provided on one side of the pointing stick with respect to a sliding direction of a slide member and a second pressed part provided on the other side of the pointing stick. The slide member has a first pressing part capable of pressing the first pressed part of the base member and a second pressing part capable of pressing the second pressed part.

Abstract: A low-cost electronic device capable of storing keycaps within a chassis is disclosed. The electronic device includes a support plate; a set of keycaps supported above the top face of the support plate, the keycaps moving up and down between the operating position and the storage position; and a frame functioning as a driving member that is movable relative to the keycaps in the direction parallel to the top face of the support plate. Each keycap has a pressure-receiving part. The frame has pressing parts that move relative to the keycaps to come in contact with the pressure-receiving parts.

Abstract: A docking station is provided. The docking station has an engagement member, a coupling detector, a connector, an advancing and retracting mechanism, and a controller. The engagement member can be inserted into an engagement hole of a portable information device. The coupling detector detects whether or not the engagement member has been engaged with the engagement hole. The connector can be connected to a connection terminal provided in a side surface of the portable information device. The advancing and retracting mechanism is operated by the driving force of a motor to advance and retract the connector to connect and separate the connector to/from the connection terminal. The controller operates the advancing and retracting mechanism when it is detected that the portable information device is coupled with the docking station to advance the connector to connect the connector to the connection terminal.

Abstract: A docking device is provided. The docking device includes an engaging member that projects from an upper surface of a device chassis, which has a hook portion for engaging with and disengage from an engaging hole of a portable information apparatus, and which is movable between an engagement position at which the hook portion engages with the engaging hole and a disengagement position at which the engagement of the hook portion with the engaging hole is released; and a restricting member that is movable between a retraction position at which the engaging member is allowed to move from the engagement position to the disengagement position and a restriction position at which the movement of the engaging member from the engagement position to the disengagement position is restricted by coming in contact with the engaging member at a rear surface of the hook portion.

Abstract: A docking device is provided. A portable information device can be removably attached to a docking device. The docking device includes first and second connectors that are connected to connection terminals provided on the portable information device. The docking device further includes: a first substrate with the first connector mounted thereon; a second substrate with the second connector other than the first connector mounted on the first substrate mounted thereon; and a substrate connecting member that connects between the first and second connectors in a floating state that allows relative displacement.

Abstract: There is provided an electric device having such a structure that members are moved by a driving force of an electric motor. The electric device comprises: an electric motor; a driving member which receives a driving force from the electric motor to advance and retreat; a moving member pressed by the driving member to move; a stopper which restricts a moving range of the moving member; and a cushioning mechanism located on a pressing part of the driving member against the moving member or a pressure-receiving part of the moving member pressed by the pressing part configured to transmit a pressing force of the driving member to move the moving member before the movement of the moving member is restricted by the stopper, and to absorb the pressing force of the driving member after the movement of the moving member is restricted by the stopper.

Abstract: A docking station is provided. The docking station has an engagement member, a coupling detector, a connector, an advancing and refracting mechanism, and a controller. The engagement member can be inserted into an engagement hole of a portable information device. The coupling detector detects whether or not the engagement member has been engaged with the engagement hole. The connector can be connected to a connection terminal provided in a side surface of thy portable information device. The advancing and retracting mechanism is operated by the driving force of a motor to advance and retract the connector to connect and separate the connector to/from the connection terminal. The controller operates the advancing and retracting mechanism when it is detected that the portable information device is coupled with the docking station to advance the connector to connect the connector to the connection terminal.

Abstract: A portable information device is capable of securing the appearance quality and the durability of products while having a foldable configuration. The portable information device has a backbone member provided throughout and between the inner surface of one edge portion of a first chassis member and the inner surface of one edge portion of a second chassis member so as to cover a gap between the one edge portion of the first chassis member and the one edge portion of the second chassis member connected by a hinge mechanism. The backbone member is provided to the inner surface of the one edge portion of the first chassis member so as to be slidable in an X direction from the second chassis member to the first chassis member along the inner surface, and is non-slidably fixed to the inner surface of the one edge portion of the second chassis member.

Abstract: A docking device is provided. The docking device includes a device mounting part for mounting a portable information device having a forward-descending angular position so that the portable information device comes in contact with the face for use at a front end and is supported by the device mounting part at a rear end; a connection part opposed to a lateral face of the portable information device when the portable information device is mounted on the device mounting part; a connector being connectable to a connection terminal at the lateral face of the portable information device mounted on the device mounting part; a detector for detecting a mounting angle of the portable information device mounted on the device mounting part; and an angle adjustment part to rotate the connector according to the mounting angle detected by the detector.

Abstract: A portable information device is capable of securing the appearance quality and the durability of products while having a foldable configuration. The portable information device has a backbone member provided throughout and between the inner surface of one edge portion of a first chassis member and the inner surface of one edge portion of a second chassis member so as to cover a gap between the one edge portion of the first chassis member and the one edge portion of the second chassis member connected by a hinge mechanism. The backbone member is provided to the inner surface of the one edge portion of the first chassis member so as to be slidable in an X direction from the second chassis member to the first chassis member along the inner surface, and is non-slidably fixed to the inner surface of the one edge portion of the second chassis member.

Abstract: A member for chassis is provided. The member for chassis includes a frame part that is made of a thermoplastic resin bonded to at least a part of an external-form end face of a laminated sheet with an intermediate layer arranged between a pair of fiber reinforced resin sheets. The thermoplastic resin that configures the frame part is extended to a surface of the laminated sheet. An opening is provided on the surface of the laminated sheet that has been covered with the extended thermoplastic resin, and the member for chassis includes an anchor part formed by putting the thermoplastic resin into the opening.

Abstract: A docking device is provided. The docking device includes an engaging member that projects from an upper surface of a device chassis, which has a hook portion for engaging with and disengage from an engaging hole of a portable information apparatus, and which is movable between an engagement position at which the hook portion engages with the engaging hole and a disengagement position at which the engagement of the hook portion with the engaging hole is released; and a restricting member that is movable between a retraction position at which the engaging member is allowed to move from the engagement position to the disengagement position and a restriction position at which the movement of the engaging member from the engagement position to the disengagement position is restricted by coming in contact with the engaging member at a rear surface of the hook portion.

Abstract: A docking station is provided. The docking station has an engagement member, a coupling detector, a connector, an advancing and refracting mechanism, and a controller. The engagement member can be inserted into an engagement hole of a portable information device. The coupling detector detects whether or not the engagement member has been engaged with the engagement hole. The connector can be connected to a connection terminal provided in a side surface of thy portable information device. The advancing and retracting mechanism is operated by the driving force of a motor to advance and retract the connector to connect and separate the connector to/from the connection terminal. The controller operates the advancing and retracting mechanism when it is detected that the portable information device is coupled with the docking station to advance the connector to connect the connector to the connection terminal.

Abstract: A docking device is provided. The docking device includes a device mounting part for mounting a portable information device having a forward-descending angular position so that the portable information device comes in contact with the face for use at a front end and is supported by the device mounting part at a rear end; a connection part opposed to a lateral face of the portable information device when the portable information device is mounted on the device mounting part; a connector being connectable to a connection terminal at the lateral face of the portable information device mounted on the device mounting part; a detector for detecting a mounting angle of the portable information device mounted on the device mounting part; and an angle adjustment part to rotate the connector according to the mounting angle detected by the detector.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic apparatus for reducing the load on mechanism parts and thickness, including a main unit chassis having keytops; a display chassis pivotably connected with the main unit chassis by hinge mechanisms; rubber domes urging the keytops in a direction to cause the keytops to project from an upper surface; an X slider sliding in the main unit chassis in synchronization with the pivoting movements of the main unit chassis and the display chassis; a key depressing mechanism and a link mechanism, causing the keytops to retract from the upper surface when the X slider slides in one direction, and causing the keytops to project from the upper surface when the X slider slides in the opposite direction; and an auxiliary elastic member urging the X slider in a direction to cause the X slider to slide in the one direction.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus having a thinner chassis by pressing keycaps and capable of avoiding an erroneous motion or an erroneous input. An electronic apparatus includes: a key-position setting mechanism configured to interlock with a rotation of a display chassis and a main body chassis via a hinge mechanism to move keycaps from a first position to a second position; and a controller configured to enable a key input signal from the keycaps when the keycaps are at least at the first position and to disable a key input signal from the keycaps when the key-position setting mechanism moves the keycaps to the second position.