PORTABLE INFORMATION EQUIPMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PORTABLE INFORMATION EQUIPMENT

To provide portable information equipment that can improve the appearance quality by using a bezel member and prevent interference of the bezel member to a display, and a method of manufacturing the portable information equipment.SOLUTION: Portable information equipment 10 comprises a pair of housing members 12A and 12B, a hinge mechanism 19 rotatably connected to the edges of the pair of housing members 12A and 12B, a foldable display 16 provided over an area between inner surfaces 12Ac and 12Bc of the pair of housing members 12A and 12B, and a bezel member 22 provided so as to stride over an outer peripheral edge 16b of the display 16 and an outer peripheral edge 23 of the housing members 12A and 12B and arranged at a distal side from the rotation center of the hinge mechanism 19 on the inner surfaces 12Ac and 12Bc of the housing members 12A and 12B. The bezel member 22 has a core material 24 fixed on the outer peripheral edge 16b of the display 16 and the outer peripheral edge 23 of the housing members 12A and 12B, and a surface material 25 provided on a surface of the core material 24 and formed of an elastic material.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5 【課題】ベゼル部材によって外観品質を向上させることができ、しかもベゼル部材のディスプレイに対する干渉を抑制することができる携帯用情報機器及び該携帯用情報機器の製造方法を提供する。【解決手段】携帯用情報機器１０は、一対の筐体部材１２Ａ，１２Ｂと、一対の筐体部材１２Ａ，１２Ｂの一縁部同士を回動可能に連結したヒンジ機構１９と、一対の筐体部材１２Ａ，１２Ｂの内面１２Ａｃ，１２Ｂｃ間に亘って設けられる折り畳み可能なディスプレイ１６と、ディスプレイ１６の外周縁部１６ｂと筐体部材１２Ａ，１２Ｂの外周縁部２３とに跨るように設けられ、筐体部材１２Ａ，１２Ｂの内面１２Ａｃ，１２Ｂｃに対してヒンジ機構１９の回動中心よりも遠位側に配置されたベゼル部材２２と、を備える。ベゼル部材２２は、ディスプレイ１６の外周縁部１６ｂ及び筐体部材１２Ａ，１２Ｂの外周縁部２３に対して固定された芯材２４と、芯材２４の表面に設けられ、弾性材料で形成された表面材２５と、を有する。【選択図】図５