IP Library Granted Patent US 6,942,060
Granted Patent B2
US 6,942,060 · App. 10/201,740 · Granted Sep 13, 2005

Portable information terminal device

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Patent No.
US 6,942,060
App. No.
10/201,740
Granted
Sep 13, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable information terminal device has a plurality of casings providing a front surface and a rear surface, respectively. The casings have walls defining spaces in which speakers are housed and thicker than walls thereof that define a space in which a component including an internal circuit is housed. The walls defining the spaces in which speakers are housed are prevented from causing resonance due to vibrations of the speakers. The walls that define the space in which the component including the internal circuit is housed may be of a minimum thickness required irrespective of resonance caused by vibrations of the speakers. With the above arrangement, the portable information terminal device is small in size and weight.

Claims (33)

1. A portable information terminal device, comprising:

a front casing and a rear casing that are fitted together to provide a first space and a second space, which are adjoined;

a component is disposed in said second space for processing information; and

a speaker is disposed in said first space for outputting audio information,

wherein a partition wall of each of said front casing and said rear casing separates said first space from said second space, and

wherein said partition wall and first walls of said front casing and said rear casing, which encase said first space, are of a same thickness and are thicker than second walls of said front casing and said rear casing.

2. A portable information terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein said partition wall, said first walls, and said second walls comprise the same material as said front casing and said second casing.

3. A portable information terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising a shock absorbing member that is exteriorly mounted on a portion of at least one of said front casing and said rear casing, which encases said first space.

4. A portable information terminal device according to claim 3 , wherein said shock absorbing member comprises rubber.

5. A portable information terminal device according to claim 1 ,

wherein said front casing includes a hole to said first space through which a vibrating surface of said speaker is exposed, said speaker being connected to said front casing within said first space, and

wherein said rear casing includes an outwardly convex portion corresponding to said speaker.

6. A portable information terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein said front casing and said rear casing are fastened together by screws.

7. A portable information terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising a display for outputting and displaying information.

8. A portable information terminal device according to claim 7 , further comprising a keyboard for entering information.

9. A portable information terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein said front casing includes a storage region for storing said keyboard, and said display comprises a display panel disposed in apposition to said keyboard, when said keyboard is stored in said storage region.

10. A portable information terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein said partition wall is thicker than second walls of said front casing and said rear casing, which encase said second space.

11. A portable information terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising a shock absorbing member that is exteriorly mounted on a portion of at least one of said front casing and said rear casing, and which comprises a, contact surface, when said portable information terminal device is used on a work surface.

12. A portable information terminal device, comprising:

a front casing and a rear casing that are fitted together to provide a first space and a second space, which are adjoined;

a component disposed in said second space for processing information; and

a speaker disposed in said first space for outputting audio information,

wherein each of said front casing and said rear casing includes a wall of greater thickness than other walls of said front casing and said rear casing, respectively, said wall of greater thickness encasing said first space.

13. A portable information terminal device according to claim 12 , further comprising a shock absorbing member that is exteriorly mounted on a portion of at least one of said front casing and said rear casing, which encases said first space.

14. A portable information terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein said shock absorbing member comprises rubber.

15. A portable information terminal device according to claim 12 ,

wherein casing includes a hole to said first space through which a vibrating surface of said speaker is exposed, said speaker being connected to said front casing within said first space, and

wherein said rear casing includes an outwardly convex portion corresponding to said speaker.

16. A portable information terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein said front casing and said rear casing are fastened together by screws.

17. A portable information terminal device according to claim 12 , further comprising a display for outputting and displaying information.

18. A portable information terminal device according to claim 17 , further comprising a keyboard for entering information.

19. A portable information terminal device according to claim 18 , wherein said front casing includes a storage region for storing said keyboard, and said display comprises a display panel disposed in apposition to said keyboard, when said keyboard is stored in said storage region.

20. A portable information terminal device according to claim 12 , further comprising a shock absorbing member that is exteriorly mounted on a portion of at least one of said front casing and said rear casing, and which comprises a contact surface, when said portable information terminal device is used on a work surface.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2013
From: RPX CORPORATION
To: HTC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030935/0943 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2013
From: HTC CORPORATION
To: RPX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030870/0450 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2012
From: OAR ISLAND LLC
To: RPX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028146/0023 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2011
From: CRESCENT MOON, LLC
To: OAR ISLAND LLC
Reel/Frame 026467/0874 →