ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20130257712A1
• Filed: 11/07/2012
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Imamura, Akira
• Application Number:
  US13/671,384
• Publication Number:
  US 20130257712A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• 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 1/1658 related to the mounting of internal components, e.g. disc drive or any other functional module
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2266 disposed inside the computer
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas

Abstract

According to one embodiment, electronic device includes: a display; an input module; a housing; a circuit board; a battery; and an antenna. The display includes: a screen; a first surface opposite the screen; and a second surface between the screen and the first surface, and intersecting the display screen and the first surface. The housing includes: a first wall along the first surface and covering the first surface; and a second wall along the second surface intersecting the first wall and covering the second surface. The housing includes: a first member including a first area of the first wall and formed of a metallic material; and a second member including a second area surrounding the first area of the first wall and at least a portion of the second wall, and formed of a synthetic resin material. The antenna overlaps the second member.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display comprising;

a screen;

a first surface opposite the screen; and

a second surface between the screen and the first surface, the second surface configured to intersect the display screen and the first surface;

an input module comprising a transparent portion configured to cover the screen;

a housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of the display, the housing comprising;

a first wall along the first surface and covering the first surface; and

a second wall along the second surface intersecting the first wall and covering the second surface;

a circuit board in the housing between the first surface and the first wall;

a battery in the housing configured to electrically connect to the circuit board, the battery juxtaposed with the circuit board between the first surface and the first wall; and

an antenna in the housing, the antenna configured to electrically connect to the circuit board, wherein

the housing comprises;

a first member comprising a first area of the first wall, the first member comprising a metallic material; and

a second member comprising a second area surrounding the first area of the first wall and at least a portion of the second wall, the second member comprising a synthetic resin material; and

the antenna overlaps the second member.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the antenna is at a corner of the housing.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

at least a portion of the second area is along an end of the first wall;

and

the antenna comprises a plurality of antennas along the end.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the antenna is opposite the battery with respect to the circuit board.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first area faces the circuit board.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a connector opposite the battery with respect to the circuit board, the connector configured to electrically connect to the circuit board.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a third member comprising a third wall connected to the display, the circuit board, and the battery, the third member covered by the first member and the second member.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, further comprising a fourth member at a periphery of the screen, the fourth member covering a side of the third member opposite the first wall and connected to the display and the second member.

9. An electronic device comprising:

a display comprising;

a screen;

a first surface opposite the screen; and

a second surface between the screen and the first surface, the second surface configured to intersect the display screen and the first surface;

a housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of the display, the housing comprising;

a first wall along the first surface and covering the first surface; and

a second wall along the second surface intersecting the first wall and covering the second surface; and

an electrical component in the housing between the first surface and the first wall, wherein

the housing comprises;

a first member annularly along an end of the first wall, the first member comprising a first material; and

a plate-like second member toward a center of the first wall relative to the first member, the plate-like second member comprising a second material.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a display comprising;

a screen;

a first surface opposite the screen; and

a second surface between the screen and the first surface, the second surface configured to intersect the display screen and the first surface;

a housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of the display, the housing comprising;

a first wall along the first surface and covering the first surface; and

a second wall along the second surface intersecting the first wall and covering _the second surface; and

an electrical component in the housing between the first surface and the first wall, wherein

the housing comprises;

a first member along a plurality of ends of the first wall adjacent to each other, the first member comprising a synthetic resin material; and

a second member toward a center of the first wall relative to the first member, the second member comprising a metallic material.