Electronic device

• US 7,710,728 B2
• Filed: 08/01/2007
• Issued: 05/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Arisaka, Takayuki, Nakajima, Yuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Thompson; Gregory D
• Application Number:
  US11/832,501
• Publication Number:
  US 20080259537A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,007 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 361/719
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/203 for portable computers, e.g. for laptops

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a casing at least a part of which is made of metal, an in-casing member which is housed in the casing and becomes warm when the electronic device is in operation, and a boss member formed separately from the casing and made of resin. The boss member is attached to the metal part of the casing and is interposed between the casing and the in-casing member.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a casing at least a part of which is made of metal, the casing including an opening to an inside of the casing;

a heat generating portion in the casing; and

a boss member formed separately from the casing and made of resin, the boss member being inserted into the opening of the casing and interposed between the casing and the heat generating portion, the boss member includes a hole into which a screw is inserted to pass through the boss member, the screw being attachable to and detachable from outside of the casing.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the screw fixes the heat generating portion.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein a conductive layer is formed on the surface of the boss member.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the conductive layer of the boss member contacts the heat generating portion and the metal part of the casing.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the heat generating portion includes a conductive part contacting the conductive layer of the boss member, and the conductive layer of the boss member and the conductive part of the heat generating portion are overlapped with each other in a fastening direction of the screw.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the boss member includes a body part to be inserted into the opening, a first part of the body part which contacts an outer surface of the casing, and a second part of the body part which contacts an inner surface of the casing.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the casing includes a first cover made of metal and a second cover combined with the first cover so as to accommodate the heat generating portion in a space defined between the second cover and the first cover, the boss member is attached to the first cover, the second cover is provided with a boss facing the boss member, and the boss member and the boss are fastened together by means of the screw.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the first cover is a top cover and the second cover is a bottom cover.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8, further comprising a keyboard unit, wherein the first cover includes a keyboard placing part to which the keyboard unit is removably mounted, the opening to which the boss member is mounted is opened to the keyboard placing part, and the boss member mounted to the opening is covered with the keyboard unit placed on the keyboard placing part.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a first cover;

a second cover to be combined with the first cover so as to define a space between the second cover and the first cover;

a first boss protruding from the first cover into the space, the first boss comprises a first hole into which a screw is inserted;

a second boss facing the first boss and comprising a second hole, the second cover being provided with the second boss; and

a heat generating portion in the space, the heat generating portion being interposed between the first boss and the second boss, and comprising a through-hole facing the first hole,

wherein the first cover is made of metal, the first boss is formed separately from the first cover and made of resin, and the screw is inserted into the first hole and the second hole and fastens the first and second covers together.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the screw fixes the heat generating portion.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein a conductive layer is provided on the surface of the first boss.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the heat generating portion includes a conductive part, and the conductive layer of the first boss contacts the conductive part of the heat generating portion and the first cover.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the conductive layer of the first boss and the conductive part of the heat generating portion are overlapped with each other in a fastening direction of the screw.

15. An electronic device comprising:

a casing at least a part of which is made of metal, the part comprising an opening;

a heat generating portion in the casing;

a screw fixing the heat generating portion; and

a boss member made of resin formed separately from the casing and interposed between the casing and the heat generating portion, the boss member comprising a through-hole and being configured to expose the through-hole outside the casing through the opening, the screw being inserted into the through-hole and being attachable to and detachable from outside of the through-hole.