Stand for facilitating air flow through an electronic device

• US 9,143,719 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2012
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tamura, Tomoaki, Suzuki, Yasuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): KOSTAK, VICTOR R
• Application Number:
  US13/551,494
• Publication Number:
  US 20130107136A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,162 Days
• Field of Search: 348/825, 348/836, 361/679.21, 361/679.26, 361/679.29, 361/679.41, 361/679.55, 248/917, 248/918, 345/905
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06

Abstract

According to one embodiment, electronic equipment configured to support an external apparatus including a display screen and a housing comprising an opening disposed on a side opposite the display screen, the electronic equipment includes: a first supporter electrically connected to the external apparatus, a connector being exposed from the first connector, the connector detachably being connected to the external apparatus; and a second supporter configured to support an area of the housing from the side opposite the display screen, the area excluding a portion on which the opening is disposed.

Claims

1. A stand configured to support an external electronic apparatus, the external electronic apparatus comprising a display comprising a screen;

a circuit board on a side opposite the screen;

a housing configured to cover the side opposite the screen and to house the display and the circuit board, the housing comprising a wall comprising a vent; and

a first connector a part of which is exposed from the housing, the stand comprising;

a second connector detachably connected with the first connector;

a placement surface portion on which the external electronic apparatus is placed when the first connector is electrically connected to the second connector being disposed on a placement surface; and

a supporter configured to support at least a side of the housing of the external electronic apparatus opposite the screen such that a first edge of the housing is close to the placement surface portion and a second edge of the housing is away from the placement surface portion when the external electronic apparatus is placed on the placement surface portion, wherein

the supporter is configured to extend from the placement surface portion to an intermediate position between the first edge and the second edge or to a position on a side close to the second edge beyond the intermediate position,

the stand is configured to expose the vent of the wall from an edge of the stand close to the second edge at the side close to the second edge when the external electronic apparatus is placed on the placement surface portion, and

the supporter is configured to be angled with respect to a vertical direction of the placement surface.

2. The stand of claim 1, wherein the stand is configured to expose a plurality of vents disposed on the wall to be apart from each other in a direction along the second edge from the edge of the stand close to the second edge at the side close to the second edge when the external electronic apparatus is placed on the placement surface portion.

3. The stand of claim 1, wherein the stand is configured to expose a plurality of vents facing each other across the circuit board from the edge of the stand close to the second edge at the side close to the second edge when the external electronic apparatus is placed on the placement surface portion.

4. The stand of claim 1, wherein

the housing is configured to house a fan comprising an air intake vent and an air exhaust vent, and

the vent is configured to overlap with at least a part of the air intake vent.

5. The stand of claim 1, wherein the vent includes a plurality of vents, and one of the plurality of vents is configured to overlap with at least a part of the circuit board and another of the plurality of vents is configured not to overlap with the circuit board.

6. The stand of claim 1, wherein the stand is configured to cover the vent with a gap between the stand and the vent.

7. The stand of claim 1, further comprising an opening configured to expose the vent.

8. The stand of claim 1, further comprising an opening configured to extend between a first opening edge and a second opening edge, the first opening edge being disposed on a side close to the vent and the second opening edge being disposed on a side opposite the side close to the vent.

9. The stand of claim 1, wherein the wall comprises a portion slanted with respect to the screen, and

the vent is disposed on the slanted portion.

10. A stand for a television receiver, the stand being detachably connected to a housing configured to house a display comprising a screen and a circuit board on a side opposite the screen, the housing comprising a wall configured to cover the side opposite the screen, wherein

the stand is configured to support the housing such that a first edge of the screen is close to a placement surface and a second edge of the screen is away from the placement surface when the housing is placed on the placement surface, and

the stand is configured to extend from the placement surface to an intermediate position between the first edge and the second edge or to a position on a side close to the second edge beyond the intermediate position,

the stand is configured to expose a vent of the wall from an edge of the stand close to the second edge at the side close to the second edge when the external electronic apparatus is placed on the placement surface portion, and

the stand is configured to be angled with respect to a vertical direction of the placement surface.