IP Library Granted Patent US 11,971,755
Granted Patent B2
US 11,971,755 · App. 17/822,154 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Electronic apparatus

Inventors: Junki Hashiba (Yokohama, JP); Masahiro Kitamura (Yokohama, JP); Satoshi Douzono (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
G06F1/1662H05K7/20145
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,971,755
App. No.
17/822,154
Filed
Aug 25, 2022
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2841
USPC
361/679.09
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a chassis, a keyboard device which is installed on the upper surface side of the chassis and has a plurality of keycaps and a frame which is installed on the upper surface side of the chassis and isolates the respective keycaps of the keyboard device from one another, in which each of at least some of the plurality of keycaps has an upper plate which forms an operation surface, and side walls on four sides which are provided so as to hang down from a peripheral edge part of the upper plate and face the frame respectively, and in at least the side wall on one side of the side walls on the four sides, a flow path formation part which widens a clearance between that side wall and the frame and thereby forms an air flow path is provided.

Claims (41)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a chassis;

a keyboard device on an upper surface side of the chassis and which has a plurality of keycaps; and

a frame on the upper surface side of the chassis and which isolates the respective keycaps of the keyboard device from one another, wherein

at least one of the plurality of keycaps has

an upper plate which forms an operation surface, and

side walls that extend from a peripheral edge part of the upper plate and face the frame, and

in at least one of the side walls, a flow path formation part which provides a clearance between the at least one side wall and the frame and thereby forms an air flow path;

wherein the flow path formation part is an inclined plane on a surface of the at least one side wall and inclines from a bottom of the at least one side wall and outwards toward an edge of the upper plate that extends beyond another side wall adjacent to the at least one side wall.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the flow path formation part is only in a rearward facing side wall of the side walls.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a fan device under the keyboard device in the chassis and which has a suction port in an upper surface thereof; and

a communication hole that penetrates through the keyboard device in a top-bottom direction and makes air pass to the suction port from an upper part of the keyboard device, wherein

the flow path formation part is in the at least one keycap and at a position where the at least one keycap overlaps with at least the fan device in the top-bottom direction.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the flow path formation part is a hole part or a recessed part in the at least one side wall.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the flow path formation part has a notched shape which extends upward, starting from a lower end surface of the at least one side wall.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the flow path formation part is in a paired state such that two flow path formation sub-parts are arrayed side by side along the at least one side wall, and

a wall member which is part of the at least one side wall is between the flow path formation sub-parts which are arrayed side by side.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the flow path formation part is a grooved part in a surface of the at least one side wall and extends along the top-bottom direction of the at least one side wall.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a chassis;

a keyboard device on an upper surface side of the chassis and which has a plurality of keycaps; and

a frame on the upper surface side of the chassis and which isolates the respective keycaps of the keyboard device from one another, wherein

at least one of the plurality of keycaps has

an upper plate which forms an operation surface, and

side walls that from a peripheral edge part of the upper plate and face the frame, and

in at least one of the side walls, a hole part or a recessed part is located;

wherein the at least one side wall is an inclined plane and inclines from a bottom of the at least one side wall and outwards toward an edge of the upper plate that extends beyond another side wall adjacent to the at least one side wall.

9. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a chassis;

a keyboard device on an upper surface side of the chassis and which has a plurality of keycaps; and

a frame on the upper surface side of the chassis and which isolates the respective keycaps of the keyboard device from one another, wherein

at least one of the plurality of keycaps has

an upper plate which forms an operation surface, and

side walls that extend from a peripheral edge part of the upper plate and face the frame, and

in at least one of the side walls, an inclined plane inclines from a bottom of the at least one side wall and outwards toward an edge of the upper plate that extends beyond another side wall adjacent to the at least one side wall.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070269/0077 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2022
From: HASHIBA, JUNKI; KITAMURA, MASAHIRO; DOUZONO, SATOSHI
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 060895/0363 →
Continuity (1)
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