IP Library Granted Patent US 7,695,149
Granted Patent B2
US 7,695,149 · App. 11/695,318 · Granted Apr 13, 2010

Electronic apparatus emitting light through a unitary transparent base chassis

Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,695,149
App. No.
11/695,318
Granted
Apr 13, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is an electronic apparatus, including: a base chassis formed as a unitary member from a transparent material and having two faces positioned on the opposite sides to each other and individually formed as first and second mounting face sections; a display unit having a display panel thereon and attached to said first mounting face section; a control circuit board attached to said second mounting face section; a rear cover attached to said second mounting face section and configured to cover said control circuit board; a device mounting board having a semiconductor light emitting element disposed thereon; and a luminous lamp section formed at a position of said base chassis on the outer side of said display unit and configured to receive and emit light having been emitted from said semiconductor light emitting element and passed through the inside of said base chassis.

Claims (16)

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a base chassis formed as a unitary member from a transparent material and having two faces positioned on the opposite sides to each other and individually formed as a first mounting face section and a second mounting face section, rectangular outer peripheral portions of said base chassis, above and below a connecting portion of said base chassis, being thicker than the connecting portion of said base chassis;

a display unit having a display panel thereon and attached to said first mounting face section of said base chassis;

a control circuit board attached directly to said second mounting face section of said base chassis at the connecting portion of said base chassis;

a rear cover attached to said second mounting face section of said base chassis and configured to cover said control circuit board;

a device mounting board having a semiconductor light emitting element disposed thereon; and

a luminous lamp section formed in the outer peripheral portion of said base chassis, above the connecting portion, on the outer side of said display unit and configured to indicate an operation state of the electronic apparatus by receiving and emitting light having been emitted from said semiconductor light emitting element and passed through the inside of said base chassis.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a groove is formed on said base chassis such that an interior face portion thereof serves as said luminous lamp section, and said luminous lamp section is formed so as to be inclined with respect to the light path of incoming light to said luminous lamp section and is so shaped as to increase the depth of said groove away from said semiconductor light emitting element.

3. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a base chassis formed as a unitary member from a transparent material and having two faces positioned on the opposite sides to each other and individually formed as a first mounting face section and a second mounting face section, rectangular outer peripheral portions of said base chassis, above and below a connecting portion of said base chassis, being thicker than the connecting portion of said base chassis;

a display unit having a display panel thereon and attached to said first mounting face section of said base chassis;

a control circuit board attached directly to said second mounting face section of said base chassis at the connecting portion of said base chassis;

a rear cover attached to said second mounting face section of said base chassis and configured to cover said control circuit board;

a device mounting board having a semiconductor light emitting element disposed thereon;

a reflecting lamp section formed in the outer peripheral portion of said base chassis, above the connecting portion, on the outer side of said display unit to indicate an operation state of the electronic apparatus, the reflective lamp section having an inner face which reflects light having been emitted from said semiconductor light emitting element and passed through the inside of said base chassis; and

said reflecting lamp section being inclined in a direction in which the light reflected by said reflecting lamp section is introduced in a direction toward a normal line which passes the center of said display panel.

Assignments (2)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2016
From: DEERFIELD PRIVATE DESIGN FUND II, L.P.; DEERFIELD PRIVATE DESIGN INTERNATIONAL II, L.P.; DEERFIELD SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND, L.P.; DEERFIELD SPECIAL SITUATIONS INTERNATIONAL MASTER FUND, L.P.
To: ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC.; ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.; ALPHATEC INTERNATIONAL LLC; ALPHATEC PACIFIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 039950/0360 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2007
From: YUKAWA, SHUHEI; TANAKA, MASAFUMI; OGASAWARA, YUTAKA; KURONUMA, TOORU
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019429/0722 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-108662 · Apr 11, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070236908A1 · Oct 11, 2007