Portable computer system and assembling method thereof

• US 20040042160A1
• Filed: 01/14/2003
• Published: 03/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Choi, Dong Joon, Park, Joung Sea, Yang, Myeong Kyoo
• Granted Patent: US 6,914,773 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/681
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1609 to support filters or lenses
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1635 Details related to the integration of battery packs and other power supplies such as fuel cells or integrated AC adapter
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1632 Pen holder integrated in the computer

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method including the following steps. Attaching a display to a front cover. Attaching control circuitry to a back cover. Attaching the front cover and the back cover.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

attaching a display to a front covet;

attaching control circuitry to a back cover; and

attaching the front cover and the back cover.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the attaching the front cover and the back covet comprises electrically coupling the display and the control circuitry.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the attaching the front cover and the back cover comprises physically coupling the display and the control circuitry.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the coupling the display and the control circuitry comprises installing a support between the display and the control circuitry.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the support comprises a heat sink.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the control circuitry comprises a central processing unit.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the control circuitry comprises at least one of a central processing unit, a memory, a random access memory, a read only memory, an input interface, and a communication interface.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the display is a liquid crystal display.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the attaching the display to the front cover of the apparatus is performed in a clean room.

10. A method for assembling a portable computer system, wherein the portable computer system comprises:

a case forming an appearance of the system, wherein the case has a front cover of mold type that forms one side of the appearance of the system, and whose inner side is opened, and a rear cover joined to the front cover, forming the other side of the appearance of the system;

a main board installed in an inside of the case, for accommodating a variety of parts for processing information;

an auxiliary unit electrically connected to the main board, for assisting an information processing;

a display means for outputting a variety of information according to a control signal from the main board; and

an input means for inputting a control signal to the main board according to a command from a user, the method comprising;

joining a front cover part in an order of attaching the display means to the front cover;

attaching the input means to the front cover from a back of the display means;

attaching and fixing the display means and the input means to the front cover by a fixing means;

joining a rear cover part by joining the main board and the auxiliary unit to the rear cover;

joining a case part by fastening and fixing the front cover part and the rear cover part by a fastening means.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the joining the front cover part is carried out in a clean room devoid of dust.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the joining further comprises joining a transparent panel to the front cover.

13. The method according to claim. 12, wherein the transparent panel is joined from an outer side of the case by an adhesive means.

14. A portable computer system comprising:

a case forming an appearance of the system, wherein the case comprises a front cover forming an appearance of a front side of the system and a rear cover joined to the front cover corresponding to the rear cover, forming an appearance of a rear side of the system, and the front cover comprises a front part of a frame rim shape, whose inside is open and a lateral part forming part of a lateral side of the case;

a main board mounted on an inside of the case, for accommodating a variety of parts for processing information;

an auxiliary unit electrically connected to the main board, for assisting information processing;

a display means for displaying a variety of information through an opened plane of the front cover according to a first control signal from the main board;

an input means for inputting a second control signal to the main board according to a command from a user;

a first joining means for attaching and fixing the display means and the input means to the front cover from an inside of the case;

a second joining means for attaching and fixing the main board and the auxiliary unit to the rear cover; and

a third joining means for attaching and fixing the front cover and the rear cover each other.

15. The portable computer system according to claim 14, further comprising:

a receiving groove formed in steps, having a predetermined width along an outer periphery of an opened front plane in an inside of the front cover;

a transparent panel whose outer periphery is attached to the receiving groove by an adhesive means.

16. The portable computer system according to claim 15, wherein the adhesive means is a double sided tape stuck along the outer periphery of the opened plane in an inside of the front cover.

17. The portable computer system according to claim 16, wherein the double sided tape has an external region corresponding to a width of the receiving groove and an internal region corresponding to a width of projected region exposed inward as much as a predetermined width, and an outer periphery of the display means joined to an inside of the front cover, is attached to the internal region of the double sided tape.

18. The portable computer system according to claim 17, further comprising:

a dust excluding means inserted between the display means and the internal region of the double sided tape.

19. The portable computer system according to claim 18, wherein the dust excluding means is a nonwoven fabric whose both sides are plastered by an adhesive.

20. The portable computer system according to claim 14, wherein an impulse absorbing member for absorbing impulse is attached to an edge portion in a side of the front cover.