Electronic apparatus with display surface cover member

• US 9,621,217 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2016
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• 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:
  US15/143,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20160241291A1
• Time in Patent Office: 347 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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:

a display unit;

a first cover member that is long in one direction, and has a first surface opposed to a display surface of said display unit and a second surface opposite to said first surface;

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

a second cover member that is fixed to said apparatus case and covers a first portion which is a part of a peripheral end portion of said second surface of said first cover member;

wherein said second cover member covers a first corner formed with a first partial outline and a partial outline that is different from said first partial outline, in an outline of said second surface, said first partial outline extending along a first direction that is different from a longitudinal direction and a short-length direction of said first cover member.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said second cover member covers a second corner formed with a second partial outline and a partial outline that is different from said second partial outline, in said outline, said second partial outline extending along a second direction that is different from said longitudinal direction, said short-length direction, and said first direction.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

said first corner and said second corner are aligned in said short-length direction.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said second cover member is fixed to said apparatus case without anything interposed therebetween.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said first cover member includes:

a display portion transmitting the display of said display unit, and

a non-display portion surrounding said display portion and not transmitting the display of said display unit, and

said second cover member covers a part of said non-display portion.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said outline includes a third partial outline extending along said longitudinal direction, and

said second cover member does not cover said third partial outline.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

said outline includes a fourth partial outline opposed to said third partial outline in said short-length direction and extending along said longitudinal direction, and

said second cover member does not cover said fourth partial outline.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising;

a third cover member that is separate from said second cover member, said third cover member covering a second portion that is a part of said peripheral end portion of said second surface of said first cover member and is different from said first portion.