Electronic device with securing mechanism for securing a display of the electronic device

• US 8,896,994 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2011
• Issued: 11/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Abe, Takashi, Mihara, Daisuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh, Tuan T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sawyer, Steven T
• Application Number:
  US13/297,848
• Publication Number:
  US 20120250284A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,105 Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.21
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/162 changing, e.g. reversing, the face orientation of the screen with a two degrees of freedom mechanism, e.g. for folding into tablet PC like position or orienting towards the direction opposite to the user to show to a second user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing

Abstract

An electronic device includes: a chassis; an input device and a display panel that are arranged within the chassis; an elastic member that is arranged between the chassis and the display panel; and a holding member that holds the input device, that is secured to the chassis, and that pushes the display panel toward the elastic member to deform the elastic member.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a chassis including first and second covers that are opposite to each other;

an input device and a display panel that are arranged within the chassis;

an elastic member that is arranged between the chassis and the display panel and that abuts a rear surface of the display panel;

a rib that protrudes from an inner side of the second cover and that supports the rear surface of the display panel through the elastic member; and

a holding member that includes a base portion, a projection portion extending to an outside of the base portion, and a spacer portion defining a clearance between the input device and the display panel, that holds the input device, that is secured to the first cover and the second cover by a common part at the projection portion, and that pushes the display panel toward the elastic member to deform the elastic member, wherein

the projection portion is located closer to the second cover than the spacer portion.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the chassis comprises a positioning portion that positions the display panel in a plane direction of the display panel.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the elastic member comprises at least one of a foam member, a rubber, and a spring.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the input device is a touch panel.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the holding member includes a first projection portion abutting an edge of the input device and protruding from the base portion, and a second projection portion abutting an edge of the display panel and protruding from the base portion in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first projection portion protrudes.