Electronic apparatus having battery receptacle at the rear of keyboard

• US 20050110761A1
• Filed: 05/04/2004
• Published: 05/26/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Arisaka, Takayuki, Minaguchi, Hiroyuki, Itakura, Hidemi
• Granted Patent: US 7,542,274 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/168
• 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 1/1635 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 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the invention, an electronic apparatus comprises a housing including a keyboard mount portion. A keyboard is mounted on the keyboard mount portion. The keyboard has a plurality of fixing pieces. The fixing pieces are protruded at the rear of the keyboard mount portion, and are removably fixed to the housing. A receptacle on which a module is removably mounted is provided in the housing. The receptacle is located between the fixing pieces at the rear of the keyboard mount portion.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing including a keyboard mount portion and a receptacle adapted for receiving a module; and

a keyboard placed within the keyboard mount portion, the keyboard comprises a plurality of fasteners removably affixed to the housing proximate to one side of the keyboard mount portion, wherein

the receptacle being positioned between the plurality of fasteners.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of fasteners of the keyboard are spaced from each other in a widthwise direction of the housing.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises

a plurality of receiving portions positioned proximate to the one side of the keyboard mount portion and to which the plurality of fasteners are affixed.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the housing further comprises

a plurality of boss portions each aligned with apertures of a fastener of the plurality of fasteners and a receiving portion of the plurality of receiving portions to receive a fastening element.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 further comprising a cover removably engaged with at least one of the plurality of receiving portions of the housing, and at this engagement, the keyboard is interposed between the cover and the keyboard mount portion.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle is a recessed portion formed by continuous openings at a bottom wall, a top wall and a rear wall of the housing, and a front end of the receptacle is located below the keyboard mount portion.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the module is a battery pack.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing including a keyboard mount portion formed on a top surface of the housing, the keyboard mount portion including a front portion and a rear portion;

a receptacle provided in the housing, the receptacle being located proximate to the rear of the keyboard mount portion;

a keyboard including a plurality of fasteners protruding from the rear portion of the keyboard mount portion adjacent to the receptacle when mounted at the keyboard mount portion, the keyboard being removably affixed to the top surface of the housing; and

a module removably coupled to the receptacle of the housing.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the module includes a cover portion positioned above the plurality of fasteners and the housing when the module is coupled to the receptacle.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein a front end of the receptacle is located downwardly from the keyboard mount portion.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the module includes a case including a battery pack housed by the cover portion.

12. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing including a keyboard mount portion and a receptacle, the receptacle being located at a rear of the keyboard mount portion;

a keyboard mounted on the keyboard mount portion, the keyboard including a plurality of fasteners protruding toward the receptacle and being removably affixed to the housing; and

a module removably coupled to the receptacle of the housing, the module including a cover portion which covers the plurality of fasteners when the module is coupled to the receptacle.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the module includes a case housing a battery pack, the case is removably mounted on the receptacle, and the cover portion is provided in the case.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 12, wherein a front end of the receptacle is located below the keyboard mount portion of the housing.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of fasteners of the keyboard each are affixed to the housing via a screw.

16. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing including a keyboard mount portion;

a receptacle provided in the housing, the receptacle being a recessed portion formed at the rear wall of the housing and continuing toward a rear of the keyboard mount portion of the housing;

a module removably mounted on the receptacle; and

a keyboard provided at the keyboard mount portion, the keyboard including a plurality of fasteners interposed between the receptacle and the module, the plurality of fasteners being removably affixed to the housing and being covered with the module.

17. The electronic apparatus according to claim 16, wherein a front end of the receptacle is located below the keyboard mount portion, and a front end of the module is situated below the keyboard.

18. The electronic apparatus according to claim 16, wherein each of the plurality of fasteners of the keyboard are affixed to the housing via a screw.

19. The electronic apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the housing further comprises a plurality of receiving portions positioned proximate to the rear of the keyboard mount portion and to which the plurality of fasteners are affixed.

20. The electronic apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the receptacle is interposed between the plurality of receiving portions along a widthwise direction of the housing.