Electronic device with protective housing having enhanced rigidity
First Claim
1. An electronic device comprising:
- a printed circuit board;
a housing in which said printed circuit board is accommodated, said housing having a first opposite pair of a first and a second side wall and a second opposite pair of a third and a fourth side wall, said housing also having an end wall and an end opening opposite to the end wall;
a cover having an aperture formed therein, said cover also having at least a portion of an outer periphery thereof fit in the end opening of said housing to cover the end opening;
a connector disposed on said printed circuit board, said connector having an opposite pair of a first side face facing the first side wall of said housing and a second side face abutting said printed circuit board, said connector also having another opposite pair of a first end exposed through the aperture of said cover outside said housing and a second end facing the end wall of said housing; and
at least one protrusion formed on an inner face of the first side wall of said housing to enhance a rigidity of said housing, said at least one protrusion facing the first side face of said connector in a direction from the first side wall to the second side wall of said housing.
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a printed circuit board, a housing in which the printed circuit board is accommodated, a cover covering an end opening of the housing, and a connector disposed on the printed circuit board which has an end exposed through an aperture of the cover outside the housing. The housing has an improved structure characterized by at least one protrusion formed on an inner face of a top wall of the housing, a bend in the top wall of the housing, and a table protruding outwardly from one wall of the housing on which a nameplate is attached. When the connector is rotated around a portion of the inner circumference of the cover defining the aperture, the at least one protrusion or the bend stops the rotation of the connector. The improved housing structure ensures a high rigidity of the housing and easy assembly of the electronic device.
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26 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a printed circuit board; a housing in which said printed circuit board is accommodated, said housing having a first opposite pair of a first and a second side wall and a second opposite pair of a third and a fourth side wall, said housing also having an end wall and an end opening opposite to the end wall; a cover having an aperture formed therein, said cover also having at least a portion of an outer periphery thereof fit in the end opening of said housing to cover the end opening; a connector disposed on said printed circuit board, said connector having an opposite pair of a first side face facing the first side wall of said housing and a second side face abutting said printed circuit board, said connector also having another opposite pair of a first end exposed through the aperture of said cover outside said housing and a second end facing the end wall of said housing; and at least one protrusion formed on an inner face of the first side wall of said housing to enhance a rigidity of said housing, said at least one protrusion facing the first side face of said connector in a direction from the first side wall to the second side wall of said housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electronic device comprising:
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a printed circuit board; a housing in which said printed circuit board is accommodated, said housing having a first opposite pair of a first and a second side wall and a second opposite pair of a third and a fourth side wall, said housing also having an end wall and an end opening opposite to the end wall; a cover having an aperture formed therein, said cover also having at least a portion of an outer periphery thereof fit in the end opening of said housing to cover the end opening; a connector disposed on said printed circuit board, said connector having an opposite pair of a first side face facing the first side wall of said housing and a second side face abutting said printed circuit board, said connector also having another opposite pair of a first end exposed through the aperture of said cover outside said housing and a second end facing the end wall of said housing; and a bend provided in the first side wall of said housing to enhance a rigidity of said housing, the bend having an inner face at least a part of which faces the second end of said connector in a direction from the end wall to the end opening of said housing. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An electronic device comprising:
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a printed circuit board; a housing in which said printed circuit board is accommodated, said housing having a first opposite pair of a first and a second side wall and a second opposite pair of a third and a fourth side wall, said housing also having an end wall and an end opening opposite to the end wall; a cover having an aperture formed therein, said cover also having at least a portion of an outer periphery thereof fit in the end opening of said housing to cover the end opening; a connector disposed on said printed circuit board, said connector having an opposite pair of a first side face facing the first side wall of said housing and a second side face abutting said printed circuit board, said connector also having another opposite pair of a first end exposed through the aperture of said cover outside said housing and a second end facing the end wall of said housing; and a table on which a plate is to be attached, said table protruding outwardly from one of the first, second, third, and fourth side walls of said housing to enhance a rigidity of said housing. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A housing for use in an electronic device that comprises, when assembled, said housing, a printed circuit board accommodated in said housing, a cover having an aperture formed therein, and a connector disposed on said printed circuit board which has an opposite pair of a first end exposed through the aperture of said cover outside said housing and a second end, and another opposite pair of a first side face and a second side face abutting said printed circuit board, said housing comprising:
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a first opposite pair of a first and a second side wall, a second opposite pair of a third and a fourth side wall, an end wall, and an end opening opposite to the end wall and designed to be covered by said cover, the first side wall and the end wall of said housing being arranged to face, when said electronic device is assembled, the first side face and the second end of said connector respectively; at least one protrusion formed on an inner face of the first side wall of said housing to enhance a rigidity of said housing, said at least one protrusion being disposed to face, when said electronic device is assembled, the first side face of said connector in a direction from the first side wall to the second side wall of said housing; a bend provided in the first side wall of said housing to enhance the rigidity of said housing, the bend having an inner face at least a part of which is to face, when said electronic device is assembled, the second end of said connector in a direction from the end wall to the end opening of said housing; and a table on which a plate is to be attached, said table protruding outwardly from one of the first, second, third, and fourth side walls of said housing to enhance the rigidity of said housing. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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