Electronic device

• US 7,830,655 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2009
• Issued: 11/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2008
• 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: Hayashi, Shigeo, Takeguchi, Koichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Gandhi; Jayprakash N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wilson; Adrian S
• Application Number:
  US12/437,431
• Publication Number:
  US 20100073861A1
• Time in Patent Office: 551 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.02, 361/679.09, 361/679.31, 361/679.33, 361/679.55, 361/679.56
• US Class Current: 361/679.33
• 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 1/1658 related to the mounting of internal components, e.g. disc drive or any other functional module
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a chassis, a housing, a communication unit, and a holder. The chassis includes a conductive portion. The housing, in the chassis, has structure to hold a first storage device. The housing is configured to house the first storage device or a second storage device that requires structure to hold it to be conductive. The communication unit is configured to be located between the chassis and the first or second storage device. The communication unit includes a communication module and a case made of a nonconductive material to ensure the wireless communication function of the communication module. The holder made of a conductive material is provided to the case to hold the second storage device in the housing. The holder includes a fixing portion to fix the second storage device and a conducting portion electrically connectable to the conductive portion.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a chassis with a conductive portion;

a housing in the chassis, the housing comprising a structure configured to hold a first storage device and configured to house either the first storage device or the second storage device configured to occupy an area smaller than an area occupied by the first storage device, the structure configured to house the second storage is configured to be conductive;

a communication module configured to be located between the chassis and either the first storage device or the second storage device, the communication module comprising;

a communication module configured to wirelessly communicate; and

a case made of a nonconductive material in order to ensure wireless communication function of the wireless communication module; and

a holder configured to be provided to the case of the communication module configured to hold the second storage device when the second storage device is in the housing, the holder made of a conductive material comprising;

an attaching portion outside the case configured to attach the second storage device to the case; and

a conducting portion located to be electrically connectable to the conductive portion of the chassis.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first storage device is a hard disk drive.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second storage device is a solid state drive.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the communication module is configured to wirelessly communicate based on a near field communication standard for wireless communication with a contactless integrated circuit device.