ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20150146361A1
• Filed: 02/02/2015
• Published: 05/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: KAWANISHI, Hiroyoshi
• Granted Patent: US 9,176,534 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.26
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/002 for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• 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 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• 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 1/1688 the I/O peripheral being integrated loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1633 Protecting arrangement for the entire housing of the computer
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly

Abstract

An electronic apparatus comprises a display unit and a first cover member that is located on a surface of the electronic apparatus and includes a layer made of sapphire. The first cover member has a first surface opposed to a display surface of the display unit and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The electronic apparatus includes an apparatus case to which the first cover member is mounted and accommodates the display unit. The second surface of the first cover member comprises an outline including first through sixth partial outlines. The electronic apparatus includes a second cover member and a fixing member that fixes said second cover member and said apparatus case to each other.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

a first cover member that is located on a surface of said electronic apparatus, includes a layer made of sapphire, and has a first surface opposed to a display surface of said display unit and a second surface opposite to said first surface;

an apparatus case to which said first cover member is mounted, said apparatus case accommodating said display unit;

said second surface of said first cover member comprising an outline including;

first and second partial outlines that extend along a first direction and are parallel to each other;

third and fourth partial outlines that extend along a second direction perpendicular to said first direction and are parallel to each other;

a fifth partial outline connecting one end of said first partial outline and one end of said third partial outline; and

a sixth partial outline connecting the other end of said first partial outline and one end of said fourth partial outline,

a second cover member that covers said first partial outline, said fifth partial outline, and said sixth partial outline; and

a fixing member that fixes said second cover member and said apparatus case to each other,

said fixing member being located, in a plan view seen from said second surface side, in an area enclosed by a first phantom line extending along said first direction from said one end of said first partial outline, a second phantom line extending along said second direction from said one end of said third partial outline, and said fifth partial outline.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a boundary line of said second cover member with said second surface curves in a plan view seen from said second surface side.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said first cover member and said second cover member are not fixed to each other.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising

a vibration unit located on said first surface of said first cover member.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said second cover member does not cover said vibration unit when said vibrating unit is seen through in a plan view from said first surface side.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising

a control unit that causes said vibration unit to vibrate based on a sound signal,

wherein said vibration unit causes said first cover member to vibrate such that air conduction sound and conducted sound are transmitted to a user from said first cover member.