Data-processing apparatus having a stand supporting a liquid-crystal display unit

• US 6,392,873 B1
• Filed: 03/30/2000
• Issued: 05/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Honda, Masami
• Primary Examiner(s): FEILD, LYNN DIANA
• Application Number:
  US09/539,417
• Time in Patent Office: 782 Days
• Field of Search: 361/681, 361/682, 361/683, 248/917-924, 312/223.2, D14/107, D14/331
• US Class Current: 361/679.22
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1631 Panel PC, e.g. single housing hosting PC and display panel

Abstract

A data-processing apparatus including a main body. The main body includes a base and a stand extending upwards from the base. The base is shaped like a box having a prescribed width and a prescribed depth. The base contains functional components such as a hard disk drive and a CD-ROM drive. The stand is shaped like a box having a width similar to that of the base. The stand contains a circuit module. A flat liquid-crystal display unit is supported at the top of the stand. The display unit is formed integral with the main body.

Claims

1. A data-processing apparatus comprising:

a main body including a base and a stand extending upwards from a rear end of the base, said stand inclining toward a front of the base as the stand extends upwards;

functional components provided in the base;

a circuit module provided in the stand and having a circuit board and a plurality of circuit components mounted on the circuit board; and

a flat liquid-crystal display unit rotatably supported at a top of the stand, the flat liquid-display unit having a coupling section for coupling said flat liquid-crystal display unit and the top of the stand, the coupling section being displaced downwards from an upper end of the flat liquid-display unit so that the flat liquid-crystal display unit overhanging upwards from the top of the stand.

2. A data-processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the base of the main body has a receptacle and the functional components are removably held in the receptacle.

3. A data-processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the stand of the main body has a front wall extending upwards from a rear end of the base and a rear wall opposing the front wall, and the circuit board of the circuit module standing upright between and along the front wall and the rear wall.

4. A data-processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the liquid-crystal display unit is supported at the top of the stand by hinges and able to rotate around a horizontal axis.

5. A data-processing apparatus comprising:

a main body including a base and a stand extending upwards from the base, said main body has a cable guide at a lower end of the stand;

functional components provided in the base;

a circuit module provided in the stand and having a circuit board and a plurality of circuit components mounted on the circuit board, said circuit board having a plurality of connectors provided at a lower edge and exposed to the cable guide, each of the connectors having a socket to which a cable led from the lower end of the stand is removably connected; and

a flat liquid-crystal display unit rotatably supported at a top of the stand.

6. A data-processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the cable guide of the main body is covered with a removable cable cover, and the cable cover has one cable-guiding port.