Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090039159 | Electronic device - An electronic device includes: a cabinet on whose end surface is formed a slot for insertion of a card; a card access unit that has a terminal that contacts an electrode of the card inserted from the slot. The card access unit is disposed in a position spaced from the slot, houses part, on a front end side of the insertion direction, of the card, and accesses the card via the terminal. The electronic further includes an electronic part disposed on a shield plate that is placed on the bottom surface, in a position overlapping with the card access unit. The shield plate serves also as a guide plate that guides the card inserted from the slot, to the card access unit in conjunction with the bottom surface of the cabinet. | 02-12-2009 |
20090040705 | Electronic part-mounting component and electronic device - A mounting component for mounting an electronic part has a base that extends along a first surface of the electronic part, and a pair of left side and right side surface supporting sections that are extended from the base and bent along the right and left side surfaces of the electronic part, respectively. The pair of side surface supporting sections each have the screwing through hole at a position close to the one of the front end surface and the rear end surface. Further, a cushion member is interposed between the base and the electronic part, at a position close to the other of the front end surface and the rear end surface of the electronic part. The electronic part is screwed to the base through the surface supporting sections. | 02-12-2009 |
20090040708 | Electronic device - An electronic device has a first cabinet and a second cabinet. The second cabinet has a locking module including a hook, an operation member and a linking mechanism. The hook is formed at a position near a top end of the second cabinet around the center in the lateral direction in opened state, and is engaged with the first cabinet to lock the second cabinet in the closed state. The operation member disengages the hook from the first cabinet in response to operation. The linking mechanism links the operation to movement of disengaging the hook. The second cabinet further has a board mounted with a camera module having an image taking lens and an imaging device and a signal processing circuit for the camera module. The board is disposed at such a position that a portion in which the signal processing circuit is mounted overlaps with the linking mechanism. | 02-12-2009 |
20090040742 | Electronic device - An electronic device is formed by a cabinet having a bottom surface and is equipped with a tabular electronic part. The electronic device has an undersurface guiding rib. The top surface of the undersurface guiding rib is formed by an inclined surface and a supporting surface. The inclined surface guides a front end of an undersurface of the electronic part when inserted. The supporting surface is formed beside the inclined surface and supports the front end of the undersurface of the electronic part that is guided by the inclined surface and made horizontal with a rear end of the electronic part made lowered. An overhanging piece is disposed at a position above the undersurface guiding rib and supports a top surface on the front end of the electronic part that is made horizontal with the undersurface of the electronic part supported by the supporting surface of the undersurface guiding rib. | 02-12-2009 |
20090041289 | Electronic device - An electronic device equipped with a speaker includes: a first cushion member interposed between the side surfaces of the speaker and the side guides of the speaker holding section formed on the cabinet; a second cushion member that is formed of a material softer than the first cushion member and is interposed between the undersurface of the speaker and the pedestal of the speaker holding section; and a third cushion member that is formed of a material softer than the first cushion member and is interposed between the rear surface of the speaker and the backrest of the speaker holding section. | 02-12-2009 |
20090302722 | Electronic device - An electronic device includes a first unit and a second unit connected via a hinge member. The second unit has, at a lower end, a rod section having a cylindrical shape and extending laterally. The rod section has a notch portion formed by making a cut in the cylindrical shape at a position corresponding to a fixed section of the hinge member. The first unit includes: a first cover that includes a plate portion forming a part of a top surface of the first unit, and a rising portion having an arc shape fitted to a cylindrical contour of the rod section and covering a first space of the notch portion; and a second cover that has an arc shape fitted to the cylindrical contour of the rod section and covers a second space of the notch portion while covering the notch portion in combination with the rising portion. | 12-10-2009 |
20090303674 | Circuit board unit and electronic device - A circuit board unit includes: a circuit board; a connector mounted on and electrically connected to the circuit board via a cable; a support member which supports the connector on the circuit board; and an installation component mounted on the circuit board to support the support member. The circuit board has a pair of openings passing through front and rear surfaces of the circuit board on both sides of an area on which the connector is mounted. The support member has an upper plate adjoining an upper surface of the connector, a pair of side plates that are bent from the upper plate and extending along a pair of side surfaces of the connector and each have a leading edge inserted into each of the pair of openings, and a fixed section extending from the upper plate and fixed to the installation component. | 12-10-2009 |
20090303680 | Electronic device - An electronic device includes: a casing; a detachable cover having a plate shape forming a part of a top surface of the casing; and an electrostatic touch sensor disposed on an inner surface of the cover to detect a touch location of a finger on an outer surface of the cover. | 12-10-2009 |
20090303683 | Heat sink unit , circuit board unit , and electronic device - A heat sink unit includes: a cooling member including a metal plate having a plurality of attachment holes on edges thereof, a first surface of the metal plate adjoining a heat-producing electronic component, and a second surface of the metal plate having a plurality of cooling fins erected on an area other than the attachment holes. The heat sink unit further includes: an attachment member including an opening in which the cooling fins are disposed when the cooling member is installed and a plurality of threaded bosses protruding from the first surface to be inserted into each of the attachment holes; and coil springs into which the bosses are respectively inserted. The coil springs are interposed between the attachment member and the metal plate, and the bosses are inserted into the attachment holes to fix the cooling member by screws. | 12-10-2009 |
20100172074 | Electronic apparatus having lock unit - A lock unit used for an electronic apparatus that includes a foldable and unfoldable housing that has a first surface that is foldable, and a second surface orthogonal to the first surface includes a lock member that locks the housing in a folded state, an operation member that moves the lock member and releases a lock of the housing by the lock member, and a transmission mechanism that transmits a driving force applied to the operation member to the lock member by changing an operating direction of the operation member to another direction, and moves the lock member in the other direction, wherein the operation member is provided on the second surface, and an operating direction of the operation member is a first direction perpendicular to the second surface, the lock member projecting in a second direction orthogonal to the first surface, and a moving direction of the lock member being a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions. | 07-08-2010 |
20100182742 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a first unit and a second unit connected via a hinge member. The second unit has, at a lower end, a rod section having a cylindrical shape and extending laterally. The rod section has a notch portion formed by making a cut in the cylindrical shape at a position corresponding to a fixed section of the hinge member. The first unit includes: a first cover that includes a plate portion forming a part of a top surface of the first unit, and a rising portion having an arc shape fitted to a cylindrical contour of the rod section and covering a first space of the notch portion; and a second cover that has an arc shape fitted to the cylindrical contour of the rod section and covers a second space of the notch portion while covering the notch portion in combination with the rising portion. | 07-22-2010 |
20100259880 | Electronic device - An electronic device includes a first unit and a second unit. The second unit that rotates, about a rotation axis, between a closed state and an open state with respect to the first. The second unit includes, in at least a part in a lateral direction of a top face in the upright position, a first face formed to extend from a rear face to a front face of the second unit as a horizontal face or an ascending slope up to a midpoint and a second face formed as a descending slope following the first face, and an enclosure having a front housing positioned on the front face side in the upright position and a rear housing positioned on the rear face side in the upright position. The second face is formed at the front housing, and the locking release projection projects from the second face. | 10-14-2010 |
20110222230 | ELECTRONIC PART-MOUNTING COMPONENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mounting component for mounting an electronic part has a base that extends along a first surface of the electronic part, and a pair of left side and right side surface supporting sections that are extended from the base and bent along the right and left side surfaces of the electronic part, respectively. The pair of side surface supporting sections each have the screwing through hole at a position close to the one of the front end surface and the rear end surface. Further, a cushion member is interposed between the base and the electronic part, at a position close to the other of the front end surface and the rear end surface of the electronic part. The electronic part is screwed to the base through the surface supporting sections. | 09-15-2011 |
20120002363 | Electronic apparatus - An electronic apparatus includes a heat dissipating module mounted at a position interposed between a shield plate and a main circuit board and air sent from a fan through a heat dissipating fin is discharged from an air vent, wherein the heat dissipating module includes the heat dissipating fin in contact with the heat generating electronic component; the fan sending the air; and a base body supporting the fan and the heat dissipating fin at a position closer to a side of the shield plate than a position of the fan, and having a slope between the fan and the heat dissipating fin for guiding the air sent from the fan to the heat dissipating fin, wherein the shield plate includes a cut and raised piece which faces the slope and obliquely guides the air sent from the fan to the heat dissipating fin along the slope. | 01-05-2012 |
20120015530 | Electronic apparatus - The embodiments relate to an electronic apparatus having a connector. The electronic apparatus includes a main circuit board configured to have a first face on which a through hole penetrating through the main circuit board is formed and a second face on which the through hole is formed; the connector mounted on the first face; and a supporter including a supporting portion for supporting the connector on the first face of the main circuit board, and a fixing portion having a screw hole overlapping the through hole on a side of the second face, wherein the supporter is fixed to the main circuit board by a screw inserted from a side of the first face into the screw hole while the connector is supported by the supporter. | 01-19-2012 |
20120220352 | MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device includes a first housing, a second housing, a bias member, a first stopper and a second stopper. The second housing is slidably coupled to the first housing in a sliding range. The bias member biases the second housing from a middle position of the sliding range to one end of the sliding range. The first stopper is provided on the first housing, is connected to a ground of the first housing, and has electrical conductivity. The second stopper is provided on the second housing, has electrical conductivity, and comes into contact with the first stopper to define the one end of the sliding range. | 08-30-2012 |