IP Library Granted Patent US 8,243,450
Granted Patent B2
US 8,243,450 · App. 13/009,640 · Granted Aug 14, 2012

Electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,243,450
App. No.
13/009,640
Granted
Aug 14, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a circuit board in the housing, a first back plate on the circuit board, a second back plate on the circuit board, and a connecting portion connecting the first back plate with the second back plate.

Claims (44)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a circuit board in the housing comprising a cut-out portion;

a first back plate on the circuit board;

a second back plate on the circuit board, the second back plate located further away from the first back plate than at least a portion of the cut-out portion; and

a connecting portion configured to connect the first back plate and the second back plate, wherein at least a portion of the connecting portion is located along at least a portion of the cut-out portion.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the connecting portion is located along a surface of the circuit board.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the connecting portion comprises a fixing portion configured to be fixed to the circuit board.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 3 ,

wherein the fixing portion is configured to be fixed to the housing.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 4 ,

wherein the fixing portion is positioned away from a corner of the cut-out portion.

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

a heating component on the circuit board, the heating component located along the connecting portion.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 6 ,

wherein the second back plate comprises four fixing portions configured to be fixed to the circuit board, and

at least a portion of the heating component is in a region surrounded by two of the four fixing portions of the second back plate and the fixing portion of the connecting portion.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 7 ,

wherein the second back plate comprises four beams configured to connect the four fixing portions in a frame shape, and

the four beams comprising two first beams along a surface of the circuit board and two second beams comprising a space between the circuit board and the second beams.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 8 ,

wherein the first beams extend in a longitudinal direction of the circuit board and the second beams extend in a lateral direction of the circuit board.

10. The electronic apparatus of claim 8 ,

wherein the two first beams are at both end portions of the circuit board, respectively, and are located along the both end portions.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 9 ,

wherein the connecting portion is located substantially on an extension of one of the first beams.

12. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a heat pipe facing the circuit board;

a first pressing member attached to the first back plate and configured to press the heat pipe; and

a second pressing member attached to the second back plate and configured to press the heat pipe.

13. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a circuit board in the housing;

a first back plate on the circuit board;

a second back plate on the circuit board; and

a connecting portion configured to connect the first back plate with the second back plate, wherein a portion of the connecting portion is located along at least a part of an end portion of the circuit board.

14. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a circuit board in the housing comprising a first heating component and a second heating component;

a first reinforcing portion configured to attach to the circuit board and corresponding to the first heating component;

a second reinforcing portion configured to attach to the circuit board and corresponding to the second heating component; and

a connecting portion configured to connect the first reinforcing portion with the second reinforcing portion, wherein a portion of the connecting portion is located along at least a part of an end portion of the circuit board.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2019
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048720/0635 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2011
From: TAKEGUCHI, KOICHIRO; HORII, YASUYUKI; KOIDE, SHINGO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 025663/0226 →