JPH0934588A - Information processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the portability of an information processor without carrying a main body and an AC adapter separately by freely attachably and detachaly attaching the AC adapter to the information processor main body and using the AC adapter as also the handle when the information processor main body is carried. SOLUTION: An AC adapter is constituted into almost U-shape, power is supplied via a plug 13 from plug socket, AC is converted into DC by the control board arranged in an adapter main body 15, and the power can be supplied from a jack 17 to the information processor main body 1 via the cable 16 provided on another end of the U-shaped adapter. By engaging the engagement hole 8 provided on the front surface of a main body lower case 7 with the pawls 19 provided on the both sides of the U-shaped adapter after the plug 13 of the AC adapter 11 is housed by a knob 14, the adapter main body 15 can be used as the handle when the information processor is carried by arranging the cable 16 around the main body after the adapter is attached to the information processor main body.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing device such as a notebook type Japanese word processor or personal computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Information processing devices such as Japanese word processors and personal computers, which have been rapidly popularized in recent years for personal use, in consideration of portability, are becoming notebook type.

Usually, these notebook type information processing apparatuses have an internal battery and are capable of editing operations including memory backup. However, the internal battery can handle editing work for about several hours, and is configured to be used from an AC power supply via an AC adapter when the editing operation takes a long time. For this reason, when carrying the main body, it is necessary to carry not only the main body but also the AC adapter, which is inconvenient because the main body must be carried in a special case or in another case.

[0004]

In the information processing apparatus such as the Japanese word processor and the personal computer in the above conventional type, as described above, the main body and the AC adapter are carried separately when used for a long time. It is necessary and has a problem of poor portability. An object of the present invention is to improve the portability of an information processing device.

[0005]

The above object is achieved by making it possible to attach an AC adapter to the main body of the information processing apparatus in a detachable manner, and also by using the AC adapter as a handle when the main body of the information processing apparatus is carried.

[0006]

Since the internal battery of the main body of the information processing apparatus can be used for a few hours of operation during normal carrying, it is possible to carry only the main body. However, when the editing work takes a long time, it is generally used through an AC adapter including charging the internal battery. Therefore, when carrying the mobile phone, the information processing apparatus main body and the AC adapter are detachable, and the AC adapter is attached to the information processing apparatus main body.
By using the C adapter as a handle for carrying, it is not necessary to carry the main body and the AC adapter separately and the portability can be improved.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a state of use of a portable information processing device such as a notebook type Japanese word processor or personal computer which is an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a keyboard which is an input device. A liquid crystal display device 2 for displaying input information from the keyboard 1 is incorporated in an openable / closable LCD case 3, and a front surface of the LCD case 3 is covered with a liquid crystal panel 4. Has become.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an external storage device composed of a magnetic disk driving device for recording the input and edited information processing device, which is interposed between the main body upper case 6 and the main body lower case 7. Further, an engaging hole 8 for mounting the AC adapter 11 is provided on the front surface of the lower body case 7, and a control board 9 for controlling the entire apparatus and a data backup and input edit are provided on the lower portion of the lower body case 7. Internal battery 10 to enable
Is arranged.

Normally, for several hours of input editing work,
It is configured such that it can be operated by the internal battery 10. Therefore, although it is possible to carry only the main body, it is generally necessary to perform input editing together with charging the internal battery 10 via the AC adapter 11 when the input editing work takes a long time.

Here, the AC adapter 11 will be described in detail. The AC adapter is configured in the shape of "U",
A plug 13 to be inserted into an ordinary AC100V outlet 12 is provided at one end of the "U" shape, and the plug 13 can be stored in the one end of the "U" shape by sliding a knob 14. Plug 13 from outlet 12
Information from the jack 17 via the cable 16 provided at the other end of the "U" shape by being converted from AC to DC by a control board (not shown) arranged inside the adapter body 15 The configuration is such that power can be supplied to the device body.

On the other hand, reference numeral 18 is a push button, and when the push button 18 is pushed, the engaging hole 8 provided on the front surface of the lower case 7 of the main body is engaged with the claw 19 as shown in FIG. Become. Reference numeral 20 is a jack storage portion, and 21 is a cable storage portion.

With such a structure, the AC adapter 1
After the plug 13 of No. 1 is stored by the knob 14, it is attached to the main body of the information processing apparatus by engaging the engaging hole 8 provided on the front surface of the lower case 7 of the main body with the claws 19 provided on both sides of the "U" shape. Then, the cable 16 is arranged around the main body as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 so that the adapter main body 15 can be used as a handle when carrying.

In another embodiment, the cable 16 may be considered to be wrapped around the thickness of the information processing apparatus body.

[0016]

According to the present invention, the AC adapter 11 is considered to be indispensable under a general use environment while being carried.
The adapter 11 is detachably attached to the information processing apparatus main body, and at the same time, it can be used as a portable handle after being attached, which is effective when being carried.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a usage state of a portable information processing device such as a notebook-type Japanese word processor or a personal computer which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main part of the AC adapter used.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of a main body mounting portion of an AC adapter.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view when being carried.

FIG. 5 is a side view when being carried.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Keyboard, 2 ... Liquid crystal display device, 5 ... External storage device, 7 ... Main body lower case, 8 ... Engagement hole, 9 ... Control board, 1
0 ... Internal battery, 11 ... AC adapter, 15 ... Adapter body, 19 ... Claw, 20 ... Jack storage section, 21 ... Cable storage section.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Koichi Umezawa 1-280 Higashi Koikekubo, Kokubunji, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Design Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Seiji Nogami 2-7-7 Higashitaga-cho, Hitachi, Ibaraki Stock company Yashu Koki

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information processing device comprising a keyboard which is an input device in an input editing device, a liquid crystal display device for displaying input information, an internal battery, an external storage device, and a control board for controlling the entire device. A in the engaging hole formed in the lower case of the main body of
An information processing device characterized in that a c-adapter claw is engaged with the c-adapter so as to be detachable. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the AC adapter can also be used as a handle when being carried. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the AC adapter is provided with a cable storage section and a jack storage section.