IP Library Patent Application 12882635
Patent Application
App. No. 12/882,635

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

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Patent No.
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App. No.
12/882,635
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing, a mounting portion, and a hinge. The mounting portion is provided in the first housing. The mounting portion includes a mounting surface, a first pin protruding from the mounting surface, and a receiver including an insertion groove. The hinge is attached to the second housing and includes a fixing portion. The fixing portion includes a main portion mounted on the mounting surface, an elongated hole provided in the main portion and configured to engage with the first pin, and an inserting portion configured to be inserted into the insertion groove and supported by the receiver from a side opposite to the mounting surface.

Claims (25)

1 . An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first housing;

a second housing;

a mounting portion in the first housing, the mounting portion comprising a mounting surface, a first pin protruding from the mounting surface, and a receiver comprising an insertion groove; and

a hinge attached to the second housing and comprising a fixing portion, the fixing portion comprising a main portion mounted on the mounting surface, an elongated hole provided in the main portion and configured to engage with the first pin, and an inserting portion configured to be inserted into the insertion groove and supported by the receiver from a side opposite to the mounting surface.

2 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the mounting portion comprises a screw hole, the fixing portion comprises an insertion hole, and the fixing portion is fixed to the mounting portion by a screw which passes through the insertion hole and engages with the screw hole.

3 . The electronic apparatus of claim 2 ,

wherein the elongated hole is elongated in an inserting direction of the inserting portion.

4 . The electronic apparatus of claim 3 ,

wherein the receiver deviates from an upper area of the mounting surface, and

a space is provided below the receiver, in which the inserting portion obliquely inserted into the insertion groove enters.

5 . The electronic apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising:

a metal reinforcing member attached to the first housing, the reinforcing member comprising the receiver.

6 . The electronic apparatus of claim 5 ,

wherein the reinforcing member comprises the screw hole.

7 . The electronic apparatus of claim 6 ,

wherein the mounting portion comprises a second pin protruding from the mounting surface, and

the main portion of the fixing portion comprises a circular hole configured to engage with the second pin.

8 . The electronic apparatus of claim 7 ,

wherein the second pin is arranged on a rear side of the first pin in the inserting direction of the inserting portion.

9 . The electronic apparatus of claim 8 ,

wherein the first housing forms at least a part of the mounting surface and comprises a wall portion interposed between the reinforcing member and the main portion of the fixing portion.

10 . The electronic apparatus of claim 9 ,

wherein the reinforcing member comprises a supporting portion supporting the wall portion from below, and a convex portion deviating from the wall portion in the mounting portion, the convex portion being higher than the supporting portion and forming a part of the mounting surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2010
From: HAMADA, TOMOHIRO; SHIROISHI, TOSHIKAZU; KITAMURA, TOMOKO; KONNO, TOSHIO; WADA, KOHEI; SAITO, RYOSUKE
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
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