Electronic apparatus

• US 8,391,000 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2010
• Issued: 03/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Saito, Kenji, Watabe, Manabu, Nakamura, Takashi, Nakagawa, Kazuto
• Primary Examiner(s): HAUGHTON, ANTHONY MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US12/835,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20110043979A1
• Time in Patent Office: 966 Days
• Field of Search: 36167901-67902, 36167955-67956, 361/679.26, 361/679.3
• US Class Current: 361/679.55
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1613 for portable computers cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202
• 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: G06F 1/166 related to integrated arrangements for adjusting the position of the main body with respect to the supporting surface, e.g. legs for adjusting the tilt angle
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1671 Special purpose buttons or auxiliary keyboards, e.g. retractable mini keypads, keypads or buttons that remain accessible at closed laptop G06F1/1666 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/06 for computer periphery

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes: a display portion including a display screen; a main body portion including upper and bottom surfaces; and a coupling portion to couple the display portion with the main body portion such that the display portion becomes rotatable between a first state where the display screen faces the upper surface and a second state where the display screen forms a predetermined angle with respect to the upper surface, the main body portion including a pair of side surfaces, and a first connector connectable with a first external connector and includes a lower surface exposed from the bottom surface, the display portion including a first leg portion that protrudes to be positioned lower than the bottom surface in the second state and comes into contact with a surface on which the main body portion is placed to form a predetermined tilt with respect to the surface.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a display portion including a display screen;

a main body portion including an upper surface and a bottom surface facing each other; and

a coupling portion to couple the display portion with the main body portion such that the display portion becomes rotatable between a first state where the display screen faces the upper surface and a second state where the display screen forms a predetermined angle with respect to the upper surface,

the main body portion including

a pair of side surfaces that are orthogonal to the bottom surface and face each other, and

a first connector that is provided on one of the pair of side surfaces while being connectable with a first external connector, the first connector including a lower surface which is substantially flush with the bottom surface,

the display portion including

a first leg portion that protrudes to be positioned lower than the bottom surface in the second state and comes into contact with a placement surface on which the main body portion is placed to form a predetermined tilt of the bottom surface with respect to the placement surface.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a position of the lower surface of the first connector and a position of the bottom surface in a thickness direction orthogonal to the bottom surface are substantially the same.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the main body portion includes a second leg portion rotatably provided on the bottom surface thereof, and

wherein the second leg portion is rotatable between a first rotational position at which the second leg portion is apart from the placement surface in the second state and a second rotational position at which the second leg portion comes into contact with the placement surface in the second state and supports the main body portion in a state where the first leg portion floats from the placement surface.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the main body portion has a dented portion that is provided in the vicinity of the coupling portion and capable of accommodating the second leg portion at the first rotational position formed on the bottom surface thereof.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the first connector is a connector for supplying a video signal to an external display.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the main body portion further includes a second connector provided closer to a front side than the first connector, the front side being opposite to a side including the coupling portion, and

wherein a size of the second connector in the thickness direction of the main body portion is smaller than a size of the first connector.

7. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a display portion including a display screen;

a main body portion including an upper surface and a bottom surface facing each other; and

a coupling portion to couple the display portion with the main body portion such that the display portion becomes rotatable between a first state where the display screen faces the upper surface and a second state where the display screen forms a predetermined angle with respect to the upper surface,

the main body portion including

a second leg portion rotatably provided on the bottom surface of the main body portion,

a pair of side surfaces that are orthogonal to the bottom surface and face each other, and

a first connector that is provided on one of the pair of side surfaces while being connectable with a first external connector, the first connector including a lower surface being substantially flush with the bottom surface,

the second leg portion being rotatable between a first rotational position at which the second leg portion is apart from a placement surface on which the main body portion is placed in the second state and a second rotational position at which the second leg portion comes into contact with the placement surface in the second state and supports the main body portion in a state where the display portion floats from the placement surface.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein a position of the lower surface of the first connector and a position of the bottom surface in a thickness direction orthogonal to the bottom surface are substantially the same.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein the main body portion has a dented portion that is provided in the vicinity of the coupling portion and capable of accommodating the second leg portion at the first rotational position formed on the bottom surface thereof.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the display portion includes a first leg portion that protrudes to be positioned lower than the bottom surface in the second state and comes into contact with the placement surface to form a predetermined tilt angle, the predetermined tilt being smaller than a tilt formed by the second leg portion.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein the first connector is a connector for supplying a video signal to an external display.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein the main body portion further includes a second connector provided closer to a front side than the first connector, the front side being opposite to a side including the coupling portion, and

wherein a size of the second connector in the thickness direction of the main body portion is smaller than that of the first connector.

13. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a display portion including a display screen;

a main body portion including an upper surface and a bottom surface facing each other; and

a coupling portion to couple the display portion with the main body portion such that the display portion becomes rotatable between a first state where the display screen faces the upper surface and a second state where the display screen forms a predetermined angle with respect to the upper surface,

the main body portion including

a pair of side surfaces that are orthogonal to a bottom surface and face each other,

a second connector that is provided on one of the pair of side surfaces while being connectable with a second external connector and includes a terminal portion, provided on one of the pair of side surfaces, to be connected to the second external connector, and

a cover that is retractable in a direction towards the bottom surface,

the display portion including a first leg portion that protrudes to be positioned lower than the bottom surface in the second state and comes into contact with a placement surface on which the main body portion is placed to form a predetermined tilt of the bottom placement surface so that the cover is openable.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein the cover has an L-shaped cross section for covering a lower surface of the second connector and the terminal portion of the second connector.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 14,

wherein, when the cover of the second connector is closed, a position of a lower surface of the cover and a position of the bottom surface in a thickness direction orthogonal to the bottom surface are substantially the same.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein the main body portion includes a second leg portion rotatably provided on the bottom surface of the main body portion, and

wherein the second leg portion is rotatable between a first rotational position at which the second leg portion is apart from the placement surface in the second state and a second rotational position at which the second leg portion comes into contact with the placement surface in the second state and supports the main body portion in a state where the first leg portion floats from the placement surface.