IP Library Granted Patent US 8,289,722
Granted Patent B2
US 8,289,722 · App. 12/732,741 · Granted Oct 16, 2012

Electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,289,722
App. No.
12/732,741
Granted
Oct 16, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to provide an electronic apparatus capable of smooth operation of a press button, an electronic apparatus includes: an outer panel having a hole in which a press button is fitted and a circuit board placed on a back side of the outer panel; a stopper restricted from moving in the thickness direction of the outer panel is formed between the press button and the circuit board; the stopper is brought into contact with the flange portion formed on an edge of the press button when the press button has moved in the thickness direction of the outer panel.

Claims (28)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an outer panel forming an outer surface of the electronic apparatus and having a hole formed therein;

a press button fitted inside the hole to form, together with the outer panel, at least a portion of the outer surface of the electronic apparatus, and being capable of moving inside the hole formed in the outer panel in a thickness direction of the outer panel;

a circuit board disposed on a back side of the outer panel; and

a stopper formed between the press button and the circuit board, the stopper being restricted from moving in the thickness direction and brought into contact with an edge of the press button when the press button has moved in the thickness direction.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an middle member disposed between the outer panel and the circuit board, the middle member being restricted from moving in the thickness direction of the outer panel and having the stopper formed therein.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the outer panel and the circuit board are attached to the middle member.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the middle member has a hole formed therein and positioned below the press button, and

the stopper is formed on an edge of the hole, extending in a circumferential direction of the hole.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an elastic member arranged between the circuit board and the press button and pressing the press button onto the outer panel, wherein the elastic member and the press button are provided capable of being relatively displaced.

6. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a lower housing formed opening upward; and

an upper housing arranged covering the lower housing on the upper side thereof and assembled to the lower housing, wherein

the upper housing includes a front board in a front portion thereof, the front board being defined as a board like member arranged facing the lower housing in an up-and-down direction,

the front board is arranged such that a front edge thereof is located along an upper edge of the lower housing, the front edge of the front board being located inside the upper edge of the lower housing, and

the electronic apparatus further comprises a pressing portion pressing the front board toward the upper edge of the lower housing.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the upper housing further includes a housing main body formed covering the lower housing on the upper side thereof and thereby closing the lower housing on the upper side thereof, and

the front board and the housing main body are separately formed.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the pressing portion is formed in the lower housing.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the front board is disposed inside a corner of the upper edge of the lower housing, and

a direction in which the pressing portion presses the front board inclines toward the corner.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein

the front board has a wall provided to a rear edge of the front board,

the housing main body includes a front wall formed on a front portion thereof, the front wall being positioned on the wall formed on the front board, and

the front wall of the housing main body is arranged such that a lower edge thereof is located further forward than the wall of the front board.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2011
From: SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORM INC.
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 027449/0546 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 26, 2011
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORM INC.
Reel/Frame 027448/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2010
From: FURUBO, TAKAYUKI
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 024378/0057 →