Electronic apparatus having battery receptacle at the rear of keyboard

• US 7,542,274 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2004
• Issued: 06/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Arisaka, Takayuki, Minaguchi, Hiroyuki, Itakura, Hidemi
• Primary Examiner(s): Gandhi; Jayprakash N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Edwards; Anthony Q
• Application Number:
  US10/839,610
• Publication Number:
  US 20050110761A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,855 Days
• Field of Search: 361679-683, 429 96-100, 429/123, 312/223.1, 312/223.2
• 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 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the invention, an electronic apparatus comprises a housing including a keyboard mount portion. A keyboard is mounted on the keyboard mount portion. The keyboard has a plurality of fixing pieces. The fixing pieces are protruded at the rear of the keyboard mount portion, and are removably fixed to the housing. A receptacle on which a module is removably mounted is provided in the housing. The receptacle is located between the fixing pieces at the rear of the keyboard mount portion.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing including a keyboard mount portion and a receptacle adapted for receiving a module;

a plurality of receiving portions positioned proximate to the one side of the keyboard mount portion;

a keyboard placed within the keyboard mount portion, the keyboard comprises a plurality of fasteners removably affixed to the plurality of receiving portions, wherein the receptacle being positioned between the plurality of fasteners; and

a cover removably engaged with at least one of the plurality of receiving portions of the housing, and at this engagement, the keyboard is interposed between the cover and the keyboard mount portion.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of fasteners of the keyboard are spaced from each other in a widthwise direction of the housing more than a width of the receptacle in the widthwise direction of the housing.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises

a plurality of boss portions each aligned with apertures of a fastener of the plurality of fasteners and a receiving portion of the plurality of receiving portions to receive a fastening element, the plurality of boss portions provided on the housing to avoid interfering with a front end of the receptacle located below the keyboard mount portion of the housing.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle is a recessed portion formed by continuous openings at a bottom wall, a top wall and a rear wall of the housing, and a front end of the receptacle is located below the keyboard mount portion.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the module is a battery pack.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the module is a power source.

6. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing including a keyboard mount portion and a receptacle adapted for receiving a module;

a keyboard placed within the keyboard mount portion, the keyboard comprises a fastener removably affixed to the housing proximate to a first side of the keyboard mount portion and protruding toward the receptacle;

a boss portion provided on the housing and aligned with the fastener, wherein the boss portion is provided on the housing to avoid interfering with a front end of the module disposed in the receptacle and the front end is located below the keyboard mount portion of the housing; and

a cover removably engaged with the housing, and at this engagement, the keyboard is interposed between the cover and the keyboard mount portion.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the keyboard further comprises a second fastener removably affixed to the housing proximate to a second side of the keyboard mount portion opposite the first side and protruding toward the receptacle, the first and second fasteners spaced apart from each other in a widthwise direction of the housing more than a width of the receptacle in the widthwise direction of the housing.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the housing further comprises receiving portions positioned proximate to the one side of the keyboard mount portion and to which the fasteners are affixed.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the receptacle is a recessed portion formed by continuous openings at a bottom wall, a top wall and a rear wall of the housing, and a front end of the receptacle is located below the keyboard mount portion.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the module is a battery pack.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the module is a power source.