ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND OBLIQUELY FASTENED CIRCUIT BOARD MODULE

• US 20130107477A1
• Filed: 03/16/2012
• Published: 05/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Chong-Kuo Lai, Hung-Chi Chen
• Inventors: Tsao, Chia-Te, Lai, Chong-Kuo, CHEN, Hung-Chi
• Application Number:
  US13/422,817
• Publication Number:
  US 20130107477A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/752
• 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 1/183 Internal mounting support structures, e.g. for printed circuit boards, internal connecting means for buses G06F13/409

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes an upper cover, a lower cover, a circuit board, and a bracket. The upper cover includes a first boss. The lower cover includes a second boss. The bracket includes a first fixing plate and a second fixing plate that are connected to each other. The first fixing plate is clamped between the first boss and the second boss. The second fixing plate tilts at an angle relative to the first fixing plate. The circuit board and the second fixing plate are fixed to each other in a parallel manner.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an upper cover comprising a first boss;

a lower cover comprising a second boss;

a circuit board; and

a bracket comprising a first fixing plate and a second fixing plate that are connected to each other, the first fixing plate being clamped between the first boss and the second boss, and the second fixing plate tilting at an angle relative to the first fixing plate and being fixed with the circuit board in a parallel manner.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a fastening member, the first boss having a threaded hole, the second boss having a channel, the first fixing plate having a through hole, the fastening member passing through the channel, the through hole, and then being fastened to the threaded hole.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first fixing plate comprises at least one retaining portion for engaging the edge of the second boss.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first fixing plate comprises at least one retaining portion for engaging the edge of the first boss.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuit board has an opening, and the first boss or the second boss is passed through the opening in the circuit board.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the upper cover further comprises a first supporting rib, the lower cover further comprises a second supporting rib, and the circuit board is obliquely engaged between the first supporting rib and the second supporting rib.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the material of the bracket comprises metals, and the second fixing plate is welded to the circuit board.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 7, wherein the second fixing plate further comprises a welding protrusion passing through the circuit board, and the welding protrusion and the circuit board are welded to each other.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the material of the bracket comprises plastics, and the second fixing plate is secured to the circuit board using a threaded engagement with the circuit board.

10. An obliquely fastened circuit board module capable of being assembled between an upper cover and a lower cover of an electronic apparatus, the upper cover comprising a first boss, the first boss having a threaded hole, the lower cover comprising a second boss, the second boss having a channel, a fastening member passing through the channel to fasten to the threaded hole, the obliquely fastened circuit board module comprising:

a bracket comprising a first fixing plate and a second fixing plate that are connected to each other, the first fixing plate having a through hole, the first fixing plate being clamped between the first boss and the second boss, the fastening member passing through the through hole in the first fixing plate, the second fixing plate tilting at an angle relative to the first fixing plate; and

a circuit board fixed with the second fixing plate in a parallel manner.

11. The obliquely fastened circuit board module of claim 10, wherein the first fixing plate comprises at least one retaining portion for engaging the edge of the second boss.

12. The obliquely fastened circuit board module of claim 10, wherein the first fixing plate comprises at least one retaining portion for engaging the edge of the first boss.

13. The obliquely fastened circuit board module of claim 10, wherein the circuit board has an opening, and the first boss or the second boss is passed through the opening in the circuit board.

14. The obliquely fastened circuit board module of claim 10, wherein the material of the bracket comprises metals, and the second fixing plate is welded to the circuit board.

15. The obliquely fastened circuit board module of claim 14, wherein the second fixing plate further comprises a welding protrusion passing through the circuit board, and the welding protrusion and the circuit board are welded to each other.

16. The obliquely fastened circuit board module of claim 10, wherein the material of the bracket comprises plastics, and the second fixing plate is secured to the circuit board using a threaded engagement with the circuit board.

17. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an upper cover comprising a first boss;

a lower cover comprising a second boss and an oblique surface, wherein the oblique surface tilts relative to the upper cover;

a circuit board; and

a bracket comprising a first fixing plate and a second fixing plate that are connected to each other, the first fixing plate being clamped between the first boss and the second boss, and the second fixing plate tilting at an angle relative to the first fixing plate and being fixed with the circuit board in a parallel manner.

18. The electronic apparatus of claim 17, wherein the oblique surface is substantially parallel to the second fixing plate.

19. The electronic apparatus of claim 17, wherein the upper cover has a first inner surface, the lower cover has a second inner surface, and the distance between the first inner surface and the second inner surface is larger than or equal to 2 cm.

20. The electronic apparatus of claim 17, wherein the upper cover and the lower cover have a minimum height in an assembled state, and the minimum height is substantially twice the thickness of the circuit board.