Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Patent
1996-06-18
1998-01-13
Picard, Leo P.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
361680, 345169, 345161, G06F 116, G09G 508
Patent
active
057085625
ABSTRACT:
A portable PC is provided with a mechanism for elevating and lowering a pointing device in the keyboard of the PC. The elevating and lowering mechanism elevates and lowers the pointing device in response to the opening and closing of the cover of the computer to provide a proper operating height to the pointing device when the cover is open while reducing the thickness of the PC with the cover closed.
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Agata Hiroaki
Anzai Masato
Mori Shigeki
Ogawa Tetsuo
Feild Lynn D.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Murray James E.
Picard Leo P.
Strunck Stephen S.
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