Electronic apparatus usable in both horizontal and wall-hanging positions

• US 20050210486A1
• Filed: 03/15/2005
• Published: 09/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orion Electric (Orion Denki KK)
• Original Assignee: Orion Electric (Orion Denki KK)
• Inventors: Harada, Tomoyuki, Shibata, Masaru
• Application Number:
  US11/079,105
• Publication Number:
  US 20050210486A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 720/652
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/02 Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/027 Covers G11B33/022 takes precedence; with means for guiding the record carrier G11B17/34
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/08 Insulation or absorption of undesired vibrations or sounds
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/10 Indicating arrangements; Warning arrangements G11B15/04, G11B19/04, G11B27/34, G11B27/36 take precedence

Abstract

The present invention is applicable to an electronic apparatus such as a DVD player, a video player, a CD player, and the like, and is preferably applicable when used in a horizontal position or in a wall-hanging position and is designed to improve operability and visibility in any one of horizontal and wall-hanging positions. By removing rubber legs 30 from engagement holes 31 and hooking the engagement holes 31 on wall-hanging members, an electronic apparatus 1 can be used in a wall-hanging position. Then, by turning an interface section 13 upward by 90 degrees, the interface section 13 located on the bottom face side can be oriented toward the front side, thus providing excellent operability of an operation section 11 made up of a plurality of operation buttons 10 including a remote controlled reception section and making a display section 12 easy to see.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus usable in both horizontal and wall-hanging positions comprising engagement holes which engage with wall-hanging members formed on a bottom face of a housing of the electronic apparatus,rubber legs attached to the engagement holes in a detachable manner, and

a dust-proof cover for preventing foreign matters from entering into the electronic apparatus when the apparatus is hung on the wall formed at the same height as that of the rubber legs,

wherein the dust-proof cover is attached to the bottom face of the housing in a detachable manner.

2. The electronic apparatus usable in both horizontal and wall-hanging positions according to claim 1, wherein engagement protrusions having a ring-shaped groove are formed in the rubber legs, the engagement hole is provided with a large hole section into which the engagement protrusion is fitted and an engagement hole contiguous to the large hole section for engaging with the ring-shaped groove and the engagement protrusion is inserted into the large hole section, and the rubber legs are slidably moved so that the rubber legs are fitted into the engagement holes.

3. The electronic apparatus usable in both horizontal and wall-hanging positions according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the electronic apparatus comprises an interface section provided with an operation section including a remote controlled reception section and a display section and a rotation mechanism for rotating the interface section with respect to the housing is provided so that the interface section is placed on the front side of the housing in any one of modes of use of the electronic apparatus in horizontal and wall-hanging positions.

4. The electronic apparatus usable in both horizontal and wall-hanging positions according to claim 3, wherein when the electronic apparatus is used in a horizontal position, the housing is provided with a display window extending from the front section to the top plate, the display window is built in the interface section in a freely pivotable manner, and the interface section is provided with a covering section that covers the display window except the display surface.

5. The electronic apparatus usable in both horizontal and wall-hanging positions according to claim 3, wherein a control substrate provided in the interface section and a control substrate provided in the electronic apparatus are electrically connected using a flexible wiring member.

6. The electronic apparatus usable in both horizontal and wall-hanging positions according to claim 4, wherein a control substrate provided in the interface section and a control substrate provided in the electronic apparatus are electrically connected using a flexible wiring member.