Electronic apparatus comprising keyboard-mounted housing

• US 20040207976A1
• Filed: 03/11/2004
• Published: 10/21/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Hamada, Tomohiro, Horii, Yasuyuki, Tatemichi, Atsushi
• Granted Patent: US 6,995,975 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/680
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1613 for portable computers cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• 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 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a housing having a mounting portion, an input device provided at the mounting portion, and a reinforcing plate configured to reinforce the mounting portion. The reinforcing plate has a frame and coupling portions surrounded by the frame. The coupling portions pass through a center of gravity of the reinforcing plate. A plurality of opening portions are provided between the frame and the coupling portions.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing having a mounting portion;

an input device provided on the mounting portion; and

a reinforcing plate configured to reinforce the mounting portion,

wherein the reinforcing plate has a frame and coupling portions surrounded by the frame, the coupling portions pass through a center of gravity of the reinforcing plate and a plurality of opening portions are provided between the frame and the coupling portions.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mounting portion includes a bottom wall on which the input device is placed, the bottom wall has an inner surface located on an inner side of the housing, and the reinforcing plate is stacked on the inner surface of the bottom wall.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mounting portion includes a bottom wall on which the input device is placed, the bottom wall has an opening portion opening toward an inner side of the housing, and the reinforcing plate is fitted in the opening portion.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the opening portions of the reinforcing plate are arranged radially from the center of gravity of the reinforcing plate.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the housing accommodates a disk drive, the reinforcing plate is located to face the disk drive and a gap is provided between the reinforcing plate and the disk drive.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the housing is formed of synthetic resin and the reinforcing plate is formed of metal.

7. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a mounting portion provided at the housing and having a bottom wall, the bottom wall having an inner surface located on an inner side of the housing;

an input device provided at the mounting portion; and

a reinforcing plate attached to the inner surface of the bottom wall to reinforce the mounting portion,

wherein the reinforcing plate has a frame, coupling portions surrounded by the frame and passing through a center of gravity of the reinforcing plate, and a plurality of opening portions sectioned by the coupling portions.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a width of the frame is equal to a width of the coupling portions.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the reinforcing plate has a plurality of opening regions, and the opening portions are aligned to each other and spaced with an interval in each of the opening regions.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the housing accommodates a disk drive, the reinforcing plate is located to face the disk drive and a gap is provided between the reinforcing plate and the disk drive.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the reinforcing plate has a plurality of projections projecting from edges of the opening portions toward an outside of the reinforcing plate.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the reinforcing plate is applied to the inner surface of the bottom wall.

13. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a mounting portion provided at the housing and having a bottom wall, the bottom wall having an inner surface located on an inner side of the housing;

an input device provided at the mounting portion; and

a reinforcing plate attached to the inner surface of the bottom wall to reinforce the mounting portion,

wherein the reinforcing plate has a frame, a central portion surrounded by the frame, a plurality of coupling portions extending radially from the central portion toward the frame to couple the central portion and the frame, and a plurality of opening portions sectioned by the coupling portions.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the central portion of the reinforcing plate is located at the center of gravity of the reinforcing plate.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the housing accommodates a disk drive, the reinforcing plate is located to face the disk drive and a gap is provided between the reinforcing plate and the disk drive.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13, wherein a width of the frame is equal to a width of the coupling portions.

17. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing having a mounting portion;

an input device provided on the mounting portion; and

a reinforcing plate configured to reinforce the mounting portion,

wherein the reinforcing plate has a plurality of opening portions in regions displaced from a center of gravity of the reinforcing plate.

18. The electronic apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the opening portions are arranged to surround the center of gravity of the reinforcing plate.

19. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a casing having an inner surface; and

a reinforcing plate attached to the inner surface of the casing to reinforce the casing,

wherein the reinforcing plate has a plurality of opening portions in regions displaced from a center of gravity of the reinforcing plate and the opening portions are aligned to each other and spaced from each other with an interval.

20. The electronic apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the opening portions are shaped in slit to extend radially from the center of gravity of the reinforcing plate.