IP Library Granted Patent US 8,948,825
Granted Patent B2
US 8,948,825 · App. 13/027,645 · Granted Feb 3, 2015

Portable terminal device

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Patent No.
US 8,948,825
App. No.
13/027,645
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable terminal device includes: a converting portion converting one of sound and an electrical signal into the other thereof; and a chassis defining: an opening; a passageway portion communicating the opening and the converting portion with each other; and a retainer portion retaining water that has entered the passageway portion, divaricated from the passageway portion, and the converting portion being arranged within the chassis apart from an axis of the opening.

Claims (20)

1. A portable terminal device comprising:

a converting portion that is one of a receiver which converts an electrical signal into a sound and a microphone which converts a sound into an electrical signal; and

a chassis comprising: an opening; a passageway portion communicating the opening and the converting portion with each other; and a retainer portion retaining water that has entered the passageway portion, divaricated from the passageway portion, and the converting portion being arranged within the chassis and being apart from an axis of the opening,

wherein the retainer portion is located at a vertical lower side of the passageway portion, when the chassis is held such that the axis of the opening is along a horizontal direction and such that the opening is located at a vertical upper side of the converting portion, and

wherein the chassis comprises: a case; a support plate held by the case; a touch panel held by the support plate; and a double-stick tape attached between the support plate and the touch panel;

the opening is formed by the touch panel and the case, and

the passageway portion and the retainer portion are formed by the support plate, the touch panel, and the double-stick tape.

2. A portable terminal device comprising:

a receiver converting an electrical signal into sound; and

a chassis comprising: an opening; a passageway portion communicating the opening and the receiver with each other; and a retainer portion retaining water that has entered the passageway portion, divaricated from the passageway portion, and the receiver being arranged within the chassis and being apart from an axis of the opening,

wherein the retainer portion is located at a vertical lower side of the passageway portion, when the chassis is held such that the axis of the opening is along a horizontal direction and such that the opening is located at a vertical upper side of the receiver,

wherein the chassis comprises: a case; a support plate held by the case; a touch panel held by the support plate; and a double-stick tape attached between the support plate and the touch panel;

the opening is formed by the touch panel and the case, and the passageway portion and the retainer portion are formed by the support plate, the touch panel, and the double-stick tape.

3. A portable terminal device comprising:

a microphone converting sound into an electrical signal; and

a chassis comprising: an opening; a passageway portion communicating the opening and the microphone with each other; and a retainer portion retaining water that has entered the passageway portion, divaricated from the passageway portion, and the microphone being arranged within the chassis and being apart from an axis of the opening,

wherein the retainer portion is located at a vertical lower side of the passageway portion, when the chassis is held such that the axis of the opening is along a horizontal direction and such that the opening is located at a vertical upper side of the microphone,

wherein the chassis comprises: a case; a support plate held by the case; a touch panel held by the support plate; and a double-stick tape attached between the support plate and the touch panel;

the opening is formed by the touch panel and the case, and

the passageway portion and the retainer portion are formed by the support plate, the touch panel, and the double-stick tape.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2024
From: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
To: FCNT LLC
Reel/Frame 066908/0856 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: FCNT LIMITED
To: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066854/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
To: FCNT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066832/0399 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2018
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 047609/0349 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2011
From: MATSUSHIMA, MANABU; TAKASE, MANABU; YAMADA, KENSUKE; KUBO, HIROSHI; TAKITA, HIROYUKI; KAJIWARA, YOSHIFUMI; YADA, HARUYOSHI; SUGIMORI, KENTA
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 025834/0668 →