Electronic apparatus with partially-covered polygonal-shaped sapphire display cover

• US 9,490,861 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2015
• Issued: 11/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Kawanishi, Hiroyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Cunningham, Xanthia C
• Application Number:
  US14/869,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20160020811A1
• Time in Patent Office: 406 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/002 for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• 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: G06F 1/1688 the I/O peripheral being integrated loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1633 Protecting arrangement for the entire housing of the computer
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly

Abstract

An electronic apparatus comprises a display unit and a first cover member that is located on a surface of the electronic apparatus and includes a layer made of sapphire. The first cover member has a first surface opposed to a display surface of the display unit and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The electronic apparatus includes an apparatus case to which the first cover member is mounted and accommodates the display unit. The second surface of the first cover member comprises an outline including first through sixth partial outlines. The electronic apparatus includes a second cover member and a fixing member that fixes said second cover member and said apparatus case to each other.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an internal display unit;

a first cover member that is made of sapphire and has an interior first surface facing a display surface of said internal display unit and an exterior second surface opposite to said interior first surface and forming a part of an exterior of the electronic apparatus, said exterior second surface having an outline of polygonal shape;

an apparatus case to which said first cover member is mounted, said apparatus case accommodating said internal display unit;

a second cover member that covers a part of said exterior second surface of said first cover member; and

a fixing member that fixes said second cover member and said apparatus case to each other, said fixing member fixing said second cover member and said apparatus case to each other without said first cover member interposed therebetween,

wherein said exterior second surface of said first cover member comprises an outline including

a first partial outline that extends along a first direction,

a second partial outline that extends along a second direction that is different from said first direction, and

a third partial outline that extends along a third direction that is different from said first direction and said second direction, and connects one end of said first partial outline and one end of said second partial outline,

wherein said second cover member covers said first partial outline and said third partial outline, and

wherein, in a plan view seen from said exterior second surface side, said fixing member is located in an area enclosed by a first phantom line that extends along said first direction from said one end of said first partial outline, a second phantom line that extends along said second direction from said one end of said second partial outline, and said third partial outline.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second cover member is not fixed to said first cover member by said fixing member.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second cover member covers multiple sides of said exterior second surface.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said fixing member is a screw.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second cover member is provided with a plurality of operation buttons side by side thereon.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said fixing member is located in the same straight line as said plurality of operation buttons.