Electronic apparatus

• US 7,511,956 B2
• Filed: 05/01/2007
• Issued: 03/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Yokote, Satoshi, Tomioka, Kentaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Gandhi; Jayprakash N
• Assistant Examiner(s): PAPE, ZACHARY
• Application Number:
  US11/799,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20070275602A1
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• Field of Search: 361/690, 361694-695, 361/697, 361699-704, 165 803- 805, 165/104.33, 165/185, 164/15.2, 164/16.1, 164/16.3, 454/184, 174/15.2, 174/16.1, 174/16.3
• US Class Current: 361/697
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/203 for portable computers, e.g. for laptops

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a housing of an electronic apparatus includes a first sidewall portion provided with an air vent, a ceiling wall portion extending from an upper end of the first sidewall portion toward the outside of the housing, and a pair of second sidewall portions which extend from respective side end portions of the first sidewall portion toward the outside of the housing and are opposed to each other.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising a housing, the housing comprising:

a first sidewall portion provided with an air vent;

a ceiling wall portion extending from an upper end of the first sidewall portion toward the outside of the housing;

a pair of second sidewall portions extending from respective side end portions of the first sidewall portion toward the outside of the housing, and being opposed to each other; and

a bottom wall comprising a part adjacent to the first sidewall portion, the part comprising a liquid discharge hole,

wherein the liquid discharge hole comprises an edge most distant from the first sidewall portion, wherein the ceiling wall portion comprises an outer edge and a lower surface, and wherein the bottom wall comprises an upper surface, the edge of the liquid discharge hole and the outer edge of the ceiling wall portion defining a horizontal distance therebetween, the lower surface of the ceiling wall portion and the upper surface of the bottom wall defining a vertical distance therebetween, and the horizontal distance being at least √

{square root over (3)} times as large as the vertical distance.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein

a horizontal distance between an outer surface of the first sidewall portion and the outer edge of the ceiling wall portion is at least tan(15°

) times as large as a vertical distance between a lowermost edge of the air vent and the lower surface of the ceiling wall portion.

3. An electronic apparatus comprising a housing, the housing comprising:

a first sidewall portion provided with an air vent;

a ceiling wall portion extending from an upper end of the first sidewall portion toward the outside of the housing;

a pair of second sidewall portions extending from respective side end portions of the first sidewall portion toward the outside of the housing, and being opposed to each other; and

a bottom wall comprising a standing bank and a liquid discharge hole, the bank being opposed to the first sidewall portion, the liquid discharge hole being disposed between the bank and the first sidewall portion.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 3, wherein a horizontal distance between a side surface of the bank, which is opposed to the first sidewall portion, and an outer edge of the ceiling wall portion is at least √

{square root over (3)} times as large as a vertical distance between a lower surface of the ceiling wall portion and an upper end of the bank.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 4, wherein a horizontal distance between an outer surface of the first sidewall portion and the outer edge of the ceiling wall portion is at least tan(15°

) times as large as a vertical distance between a lowermost edge of the air vent and the lower surface of the ceiling wall portion.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 5, further comprising:

a circuit board contained in the housing;

a heat-generating component mounted on the circuit board;

a heat-transfer member comprising one end thermally connected to the heat-generating component; and

a heat-radiating member being thermally connected to the other end of the heat-transfer member, the heat-radiating member being disposed above the liquid discharge hole and opposite to the liquid discharge hole.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

a cooling fan which cools the heat-radiating member,

wherein the cooling fan comprises an air outlet which discharges taken air, and the air outlet is located higher than the upper end of the bank.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising a housing comprising:

a sidewall portion provided with an air vent;

a bottom wall comprising a standing bank and a liquid discharge hole, the bank being opposed to the sidewall portion, the liquid discharge hole being disposed between the sidewall portion and the bank; and

a ceiling wall portion extending from an upper end of the sidewall portion toward the outside of the housing,

wherein the bank comprises an upper end and a side surface opposed to the sidewall portion, and wherein the ceiling wall portion comprises an outer edge and a lower surface, the side surface of the bank and the outer edge of the ceiling wall portion defining a horizontal distance therebetween, the lower surface of the ceiling wall portion and the upper end of the bank defining a vertical distance therebetween, the horizontal distance being at least √

{square root over (3)} times as large as the vertical distance.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 8, wherein a horizontal distance between an outer surface of the sidewall portion and the outer edge of the ceiling wall portion is at least tan(15°

) times as large as a vertical distance between a lowermost edge of the air vent and the lower surface of the ceiling wall portion.