IP Library Granted Patent US 8,238,090
Granted Patent B2
US 8,238,090 · App. 12/662,225 · Granted Aug 7, 2012

Electronic device

Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,238,090
App. No.
12/662,225
Granted
Aug 7, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a replaceable component; a battery that supplies power to the component and is removably attachable; an enclosure that includes a component housing opening in which the component is housed and a battery housing opening which is adjacent to the component housing opening and in which the battery is housed; and a lid that covers the component housing opening and forms a part of an outer surface of the enclosure. The lid includes a covering section which covers the component housed in the component housing opening and an extending section that extends toward the battery housing opening. The battery prevents a removableness of the lid from the component housing opening by covering the extending section when the battery is housed in the battery housing opening.

Claims (28)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a replaceable component;

a battery that supplies power to the component and is removably attachable;

an enclosure that includes a component housing opening in which the component is housed and a battery housing opening which is adjacent to the component housing opening and in which the battery is housed; and

a lid that covers the component housing opening and forms a part of an outer surface of the enclosure, wherein

the lid includes a covering section which covers the component housed in the component housing opening and an extending section that extends toward the battery housing opening,

the battery prevents a removableness of the lid from the component housing opening by covering the extending section when the battery is housed in the battery housing opening,

the component housing opening includes a side wall adjacent to the battery housing opening and a front wall sharing a corner with the side wall,

the lid is opened and closed by rotating about the front wall serving as a rotation axis, and

the extending section is formed at a position corresponding to an end of the side wall away from the corner.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the battery includes a battery main section which is housed in the battery housing opening and a cover section which spreads above the battery main section and forms a part of the outer surface of the enclosure, and the lid includes a brim section which protrudes from the battery main section and extends along a circumference of the battery main section,

the enclosure includes a support edge which is provided around the battery housing opening on a stage lower than the outer surface of the enclosure, extends along the battery housing opening, and supports the brim section of the battery housed in the battery housing opening,

the extending section is adjacent to and flush with the support edge, and

the brim section covers both the support edge and the extending section.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the component is a hard disk drive unit which is loaded with a hard disk medium and records information on the hard disk medium.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein

the electronic device is an electronic device which includes an operational unit having a keyboard on a top surface thereof and a display unit having a display screen and being openably and closably supported on the operational unit, and

the enclosure is an enclosure of the operational unit and has the component housing opening and the battery housing opening on an undersurface thereof.

5. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein

the electronic device is an electronic device which includes an operational unit having a keyboard on a top surface thereof and a display unit having a display screen and being openably and closably supported on the operational unit, and

the enclosure is an enclosure of the operational unit and has the component housing opening and the battery housing opening on an undersurface thereof.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a hard disk drive unit which is loaded with a hard disk medium and records information on the hard disk medium.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein

the electronic device is an electronic device which includes an operational unit having a keyboard on a top surface thereof and a display unit having a display screen and being openably and closably supported on the operational unit, and

the enclosure is an enclosure of the operational unit and has the component housing opening and the battery housing opening on an undersurface thereof.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the electronic device is an electronic device which includes an operational unit having a keyboard on a top surface thereof and a display unit having a display screen and being openably and closably supported on the operational unit, and

the enclosure is an enclosure of the operational unit and has the component housing opening and the battery housing opening on an undersurface thereof.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2010
From: WATANABE, HIDEKI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 024235/0581 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-098492 · Apr 14, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100259879A1 · Oct 14, 2010