ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20130308261A1
• Filed: 12/07/2012
• Published: 11/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Matsumoto, Yasuo, Takeguchi, Koichiro, Koide, Shingo
• Granted Patent: US 8,988,865 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.08
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
• 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 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0217 Mechanical details of casings covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, an engagement portion, a module, and a member. The engagement portion is on an inner surface of the housing. The module is in the housing. The member is configured to slide substantially in parallel with the inner surface of the housing in order to engage the engagement portion and to support the module from a side opposite to the inner surface of the housing.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing comprising first openings;

at least one engagement portion on an inner surface of the housing, the engagement portion comprising a first portion and a second portion;

a keyboard comprising

a keyboard base in the housing, the keyboard base comprising at least one second opening, and

keys on the keyboard base, the key exposed from the first openings,

the keyboard configured to be positioned by the first portion of the engagement portion, the first portion passing through the second opening; and

a member configured to support the keyboard from a side opposite to the first openings, wherein

the member comprises a third opening and is configured to slide substantially in parallel with the inner surface of the housing so that an edge of the third opening engages the second portion of the engagement portion in a state where the keyboard is positioned by the first portion of the engagement portion, the second portion of the engagement portion passes through the third opening, and the member contacts with the keyboard.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the engagement portion is a projection from the inner surface of the housing, and the first portion is between the inner surface and the second portion.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising

a supporter on the inner surface of the housing, the supporter configured to engage the member to regulate a movement of the member in a direction opposite to a sliding direction of the member.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the housing comprises a closed portion between the first openings, and

the engagement portion is on the closed portion.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the keyboard base comprises a first surface facing the inner surface of the housing and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface facing the member, and

the first portion of the engagement portion comprises a slope inclined away from the second surface of the keyboard base to avoid the edge of the third opening contacting the first portion of the engagement portion.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the first portion of the engagement portion is cylindrical, and the second opening is a circular hole through which the first portion passes.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 6, wherein

the third opening is a long hole extending in a sliding direction of the member.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the second openings comprises first holes and second holes,

a first gap between one of the first holes and the first portion of the engagement portion which is inserted into the one of first holes is smaller than a second gap between one of the second holes and the first portion of the engagement portion which is inserted into the one of the second holes, and

the first holes are positioned to be separated at both ends of the keyboard base.

9. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

an engagement portion on an inner surface of the housing, the engagement portion comprising a first portion and a second portion;

a module in the housing, the module configured to be positioned by the first portion of the engagement portion; and

a member configured to slide substantially in parallel with the inner surface of the housing in order to engage the second portion of the engagement portion in a state where the module is positioned by the first portion of the engagement portion, the member configured to support the module from a side opposite to the inner surface of the housing.

10. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

an engagement portion on an inner surface of the housing;

a module in the housing; and

a member configured to slide substantially in parallel with the inner surface of the housing in order to engage the engagement portion, the member configured to support the module from a side opposite to the inner surface of the housing.