Portable electronic apparatus having a frame supporting functional components
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1. A portable electronic apparatus having first to third functional components, comprising:
- a housing shaped like a flat box and comprised of a lower half having a bottom wall and a first wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall, and an upper half connected to said lower half, said first wall defining a first receptacle in the housing and surrounding and supporting the first functional component;
a frame set within said housing, said frame having a keyboard supporting section located adjacent to said first receptacle and opposing said bottom wall and a second wall extending downwards from said keyboard supporting section and opposing said first wall in the housing, said second wall defining a second receptacle in said housing and surrounding and supporting the second functional component, said bottom wall, said first wall, said second wall and said keyboard supporting section defining a third receptacle in said housing, and surrounding and supporting the third functional components;
a circuit board which is provided in said housing and to which said first, second and third functional components are electrically connected; and
a keyboard provided on said keyboard supporting section of the frame.
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A portable electronic apparatus has a housing and a frame incorporated within the housing. A lower half of the housing has a bottom wall and first wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The first wall defines a first receptacle for containing a first functional component in said lower half. The frame has a second wall opposing the first wall. The second wall defines a second receptacle for containing a second functional component within said frame. The second wall further defines a third receptacle for containing a third functional component within the lower half along with the first wall.
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1. A portable electronic apparatus having first to third functional components, comprising:
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a housing shaped like a flat box and comprised of a lower half having a bottom wall and a first wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall, and an upper half connected to said lower half, said first wall defining a first receptacle in the housing and surrounding and supporting the first functional component; a frame set within said housing, said frame having a keyboard supporting section located adjacent to said first receptacle and opposing said bottom wall and a second wall extending downwards from said keyboard supporting section and opposing said first wall in the housing, said second wall defining a second receptacle in said housing and surrounding and supporting the second functional component, said bottom wall, said first wall, said second wall and said keyboard supporting section defining a third receptacle in said housing, and surrounding and supporting the third functional components; a circuit board which is provided in said housing and to which said first, second and third functional components are electrically connected; and a keyboard provided on said keyboard supporting section of the frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A portable electronic apparatus comprising:
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a housing comprised of a lower half having a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls extending upwards from opposing sides of said bottom wall and defining corners of said housing, and an upper half connected to said lower half, said side walls having a plurality of first projections extending into said lower half and arranged at intervals along a periphery of said housing; a frame incorporated within said housing, said frame being fitted firmly in said lower half, having peripheral portions opposing said side walls, set in contact with distal ends of said first projections, and having a plurality of second projections butting on an inner surface of said side walls; a keyboard provided on said frame and exposed outside said housing; and a plurality of functional components supported by said frame and incorporated within said housing. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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