Electronic apparatus

• US 7,457,109 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2005
• Issued: 11/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Client Computing Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Goto, Katsuichi, Kobayashi, Sonomasa
• Primary Examiner(s): Gandhi; Jayprakash N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Desai; Nidhi
• Application Number:
  US11/280,291
• Publication Number:
  US 20070047189A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,104 Days
• Field of Search: 361679-686, 361724-727, 439/135, 345168-169, 345/58, 345/156, 345/158, 455/575.3, 455/575.1, 349/58
• US Class Current: 361/679.55
• 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 1/1635 Details related to the integration of battery packs and other power supplies such as fuel cells or integrated AC adapter
• 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 1/1658 related to the mounting of internal components, e.g. disc drive or any other functional module
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1677 for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1688 the I/O peripheral being integrated loudspeakers

Abstract

The present invention provides an electronic apparatus having a structure suitable for installing different functions each requiring a hole in an enclosure depending on grade or destination by mounting the same module. The apparatus includes: an enclosure having a hole; and a board having mounted thereon a first component and a second component which differently interact with the outside via the hole, either one of the first and second components is disposed at such a position that it faces the outside through the hole according to an attachment direction of the board.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an enclosure having a hole; and

a board adjustably attached to an interior of the enclosure and having mounted thereon a first component and a second component which differently interact with an exterior of the enclosure via the hole, the board being adjustable to position a selected one of the first and second components in alignment with, and to face the exterior through, the hole and to position the other of the first and second components away from the hole, in the adjusted position of the board.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first component is a microphone which picks up sound, and the second component is an infrared sensor used for remote control.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the board has disposed thereon a third component interacting with the outside, the third component being disposed between the first and second components at a position which remains constant, relative to the hole, irrespective of the adjustable positions of the board.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the third component is a magnetic sensor which detects contact and non-contact thereof with a magnetic member.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the board is adjustable such that the infrared senor faces the exterior;

and

the electronic apparatus further comprises a filter covering the hole and passing infrared rays.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a main unit which has a keyboard on a top surface thereof; and

a display unit which is openable from, and closable to, a closed position with respect to the main unit and has a display screen, wherein;

the enclosure defines the display unit,

the main unit has the magnetic member affecting the magnetic sensor and disposed at a position coinciding with the magnetic sensor when the display unit is closed, and

the magnetic sensor detects the opened versus closed positions of the display unit with respect to the main unit.

7. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

an enclosure having a hole; and

a support rotatably mounted on the interior of the enclosure for rotation about an axis perpendicular to a surface defined by the enclosure and having first and second communication components mounted thereon communicating differently with an exterior of the enclosure via the hole, the support being adjustable to position a selected one of the first and second components in alignment with the hole to communicate through the hole with the exterior of the enclosure and to position the other of the first and second components away from the hole, in the adjusted position of the support.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the first component is a microphone which picks up sound, and the second component is an infrared sensor used for remote control.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a third component disposed on the support and communicating with the exterior, the third component being disposed between the first and second components at a position which remains stationary, relative to the hole, in respective of the adjustable positions of the support.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the third component is a magnetic sensor which detects contact and non-contact thereof with a magnetic member.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10, wherein:

the board is adjustable such that the infrared senor faces the exterior; and

the electronic apparatus further comprises a filter covering the hole and passing infrared rays.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

a main unit which has a keyboard on a top surface thereof; and

a display unit which is openable from, and closable to, a closed position with respect to the main unit and has a display screen, wherein;

the enclosure defines the display unit,

the main unit has the magnetic member affecting the magnetic sensor and disposed at a position coinciding with the magnetic sensor when the display unit is closed, and

the magnetic sensor detects the opened versus closed positions of the display unit with respect to the main unit.