Electronic apparatus with first unit affected easily by vibration and second unit generating vibration in operation

• US 20030016493A1
• Filed: 07/03/2002
• Published: 01/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Hashimoto, Eiji, Nakajima, Yuji, Hiratomo, Shinji, Miura, Yosuke
• Application Number:
  US10/187,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20030016493A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/685
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613

Abstract

An electronic apparatus including a first unit and a second unit connected to the first unit. The first unit having an electronic device and a first supporting member. The second unit having a vibration generating device and a second supporting member. A first damper is attached to the first supporting member. A second damper is attached to the second supporting member.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first unit including an electronic device and a first supporting member;

a first damper attached to the first supporting member for absorbing vibration;

a second unit having a vibration generating device and a second supporting member, the second unit connected to the first unit; and

a second damper attached tot the second supporting member for absorbing vibration.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a connecting member which connects the first unit and the second unit;

a third damper interposed between the connecting member and the first unit, which absorb vibration; and

a fourth damper interposed between the connecting member and the second unit, which absorb vibration.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first unit has a first housing which contains the electronic device, the second unit has a second housing which contains the vibration generating device, and the first housing and the second housing are adjacent to each other with a space therebetween.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first to fourth damper are rubber-like elastic bodies which can be deformed elastically.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the second damper and the fourth damper are mutually piled.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a stopper mechanism which maintains the relative position between the first unit and the second unit uniformly, the stopper mechanism being interposed between the first unit and the second unit at the position far from the connecting member.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a hard disk drive, and the vibration generating device is a loudspeaker.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the electronic device is supported by the first housing through brackets, a fifth damper which absorb vibration are interposed between the bracket and the electronic device, and a sixth damper which absorb vibration are interposed between the bracket and the first housing.

9. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first unit including an electronic device and a first supporting member;

a first damper attached to the first supporting member for absorbing vibration;

at least one second unit having a vibration generating device and a second supporting member;

a second damper attached to the second supporting member for absorbing vibration; and

a connecting member extending over the first unit and the second unit, the connecting member being connected to the first unit through a third damper which absorb vibration, and the connecting member being connected to the second unit through a fourth damper which absorb vibration.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first unit has a first housing which contains the electronic device, the second unit has a second housing which contains the vibration generating device, the first housing and the second housing are arranged side by side with a space therebetween.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first to fourth damper are rubber-like elastic bodies which can be deformed elastically.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

a stopper mechanism which maintains the relative position between the first unit and the second unit uniformly, the stopper mechanism being interposed between the first unit and the second unit at the position far from the connecting member.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein in the case where a plurality of second units exist, the first unit is disposed between the plural second units.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the stopper mechanism includes a first engaging member attached to the first unit and a second engaging member attached to the second unit, the first and second engaging members engage with each other in the case where the first unit and the second unit are about to move toward a direction of moving away from each other so as to maintain the position relation between the first unit and the second unit.

15. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first unit including a first housing equipped with a first component, the first housing having a first supporting member;

a first rubber-like elastic body attached to the first supporting member for absorbing vibration;

at least one second unit including a second housing equipped with a second component which causes vibration during its operation, the second housing being adjacent to the first housing and having a second supporting member;

a second rubber-like elastic body attached to the second supporting member for absorbing vibration;

a connecting member extending over the first housing and the second housing, the connecting member being connected to the first housing through a third rubber-like elastic body which absorb vibration, and the connecting member being connected to the second housing through a fourth rubber-like elastic body which absorb vibration; and

a stopper mechanism interposed between the first housing and the second housing, which maintains the relative position between the first unit and the second unit uniformly.

16. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first unit having a first housing equipped with an electronic device;

a damper attached to the first housing for absorbing vibration;

at least one second unit having a second housing equipped with a vibration generating device; and

a connecting member extending over the first housing and the second housing, the connecting member is connected to the first housing and the second housing independently through respective dampers which absorb vibration.