IP Library Granted Patent US 7,385,808
Granted Patent B2
US 7,385,808 · App. 11/072,601 · Granted Jun 10, 2008

Electronic apparatus with keyboard

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Patent No.
US 7,385,808
App. No.
11/072,601
Granted
Jun 10, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus with a keyboard coupled to a cable, comprises a housing including a wall on which the keyboard is mounted, the wall including an opening, a circuit board which is accommodated inside the housing, and to which the cable is coupled through the opening, a sheet which is arranged between the wall and the keyboard, and which covers the opening, the sheet including a cable insertion portion through which the cable is inserted.

Claims (24)

1. An electronic apparatus with a keyboard coupled to a cable, comprising:

a housing including a wall on which the keyboard is mounted, the wall including an opening;

a circuit board positioned inside the housing and coupled to the cable through the opening;

a sheet positioned between the wall and the keyboard and covering the opening, the sheet including a cable insertion portion through which the cable is inserted; and

a first absorption member positioned around the cable insertion portion.

2. An electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the wall includes an upper surface that is inclined when the housing is mounted on a level surface so that a front top surface of the wall is closer to the level surface than a top back surface of the wall.

3. An electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , an area covered by the sheet is wider than an area covered by the keyboard.

4. An electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet includes one or ore erect walls positioned along responding included edges of the sheet.

5. An electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a second absorption member positioned along a lengthwise edge of the sheet.

6. An electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cable insertion portion is an area of the sheet that creates a slit through which the cable is inserted.

7. An electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the wall is made of an electrically conductive material.

8. An electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising:

an insulator, made of a sheet of electrically insulating material, arranged between a lower surface of the wall and the circuit board.

9. An electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein an upper surface of the insulator is fixed to the lower surface of the wall by using both sided adhesive tape.

10. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a keyboard;

a housing including a wall with an opening;

a liquid impermeable sheet positioned between the wall and the keyboard, the sheet covering the opening and including a portion through which a first end of a cable is inserted for coupling to the keyboard; and

a first absorption member positioned around the portion.

11. An electronic apparatus according to claim 10 , further comprising a circuit board positioned inside the housing and coupled to a second end of the cable.

12. An electronic apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the wall includes an upper surface that is inclined so that a front top surface of the wall is positioned vertically higher than a top back surface of the wall.

13. An electronic apparatus according to claim 10 , the sheet having an area wider than an area covered by the keyboard.

14. An electronic apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the sheet includes one or more erect walls positioned widthwise along edges of the sheet.

15. An electronic apparatus according to claim 10 , further comprising a second absorption member positioned along a lengthwise edge of the sheet.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2018
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048991/0183 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2005
From: HAMADA, TOMOHIRO; HORII, YASUYUKI; SATO, MASANORI; MINAGUCHI, KIROYUKI; ITAKURA, HIDEMI; YAMAZAKI, FUMINORI; YOKOTE, SATOSHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 016368/0553 →