Electronic apparatus

• US 9,417,659 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2013
• Issued: 08/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tani, Naoki, Takahashi, Issei
• Primary Examiner(s): Warren, David
• Application Number:
  US13/975,899
• Publication Number:
  US 20140177143A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,086 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.02
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 1/1656 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: H04M 1/0249 Details of the mechanical connection between the housing parts or relating to the method of assembly

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first member, a second member, and a supporting member. The second member includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is spaced apart from the first member. The second portion inclines in a direction approaching the first member and includes an end adjacent to the first member. The supporting member is attached to an inner surface of the second portion of the second member by an adhesive agent. The supporting member includes a projection contacting with the inner surface of the second portion between the end of the second portion and the adhesive agent.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a display device;

a mask comprising an opening and a first engaging portion, the opening exposing the display device;

a cover comprising a first portion and a second portion, the display device located between the mask and the first portion, the second portion inclining toward the mask and comprising an end adjacent to the mask; and

a supporting member attached to an inner surface of the second portion of the cover by an adhesive agent, the supporting member comprising a second engaging portion and a first projection, the second engaging portion configured to engage with the first engaging portion, the first projection contacting with the inner surface of the second portion between the end of the second portion and the adhesive agent and extending along the end of the second portion.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the display device comprises a display screen, and

the first projection contacts with the inner surface of the second portion in each of a direction substantially parallel with the display screen and a direction crossing an inner surface of the first portion.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the cover comprises a third portion opposite the second portion, the third portion extending in a direction crossing the first portion and comprising an end adjacent to the mask, and

the supporting member is attached to an inner surface of the third portion of the cover by the adhesive agent, the supporting member comprising a second projection contacting with the inner surface of the third potion between the end of the third portion and the adhesive agent and extending along the end of the third portion.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 3, wherein

the first projection contacts with the inner surface of the second portion of the cover in a first direction, and the second projection contacts with the inner surface of the third portion of the cover in a second direction different from the first direction.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 3, wherein

the supporting member is a frame shape along an outer shape of the cover, and

an outer circumferential frame of the supporting member comprises a rib comprising the first projection and the second projection.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 5, wherein

the rib is provided substantially in a whole circumference of an outer circumferential frame of the supporting member.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 5, wherein

an inner circumferential frame of the supporting member comprises an accumulation portion, the accumulation portion comprising a surface inclining in a direction away from an inner surface of the cover and configured to accommodate a part of the adhesive agent.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 7, wherein

the accumulation portion extends along an inner circumferential frame of the supporting member.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 7, wherein

the accumulation portion extends substantially in a whole circumference of an inner circumferential frame of the supporting member.