IP Library Granted Patent US 8,213,170
Granted Patent B2
US 8,213,170 · App. 13/087,949 · Granted Jul 3, 2012

Electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,213,170
App. No.
13/087,949
Granted
Jul 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing including a palmrest, and a honeycomb-shaped rib on an inner surface of the palmrest.

Claims (34)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing comprising a first end, a second end, and a keyboard attachment, the keyboard attachment comprising a region closer to the second end than to the first end;

a touchpad closer to the first end than to the second end;

a first palmrest between the first end and the touchpad;

a second palmrest between the second end and the touchpad;

a honeycomb-shaped rib on inner surfaces of the first palmrest and the second palmrest; and

straight ribs respectively on the inner surface of the second palmrest and the region of the keyboard attachment.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the straight ribs extends along a first axis substantially orthogonal to a second axis, wherein the second axis extends through the first palmrest and the second palmrest.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the keyboard attachment is recessed into the housing, the keyboard attachment comprising a rising wall in the housing, wherein the rising wall extends along the second axis.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 3 , wherein a portion of the straight ribs is connected to the rising wall.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising a unit comprising a spindle in the housing, wherein the portion of the straight ribs faces the spindle.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the rising wall faces the spindle.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising a a connection portion between the portion of the straight ribs and the rising wall, wherein the connection portion faces the spindle.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a cooling fan facing the inner surface of the first palmrest.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the housing further includes a card slot facing the inner surface of the second palmrest, and wherein the honeycomb-shaped rib is positioned such that it does not substantially block the card slot.

10. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing comprising a palmrest, a keyboard attachment, and a touchpad;

a honeycomb-shaped rib on an inner surface of the palmrest; and

a straight rib on a region of the keyboard attachment which is on an opposite side of the touchpad with respect to a center of the housing.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the honeycomb-shaped rib protrudes from an inner surface of the housing to an inside of the housing and comprises a plurality of hexagonal cells.

12. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the straight rib extends along an axis, and

the hexagonal cells comprise a rib extending along the axis.

13. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the keyboard attachment comprises a plurality of first beams extending along a first axis and a plurality of second beams extending along a second axis, the first beams and the second beams connected in order to form a lattice.

14. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the housing comprises a front wall, and

the straight rib extends in a short-side direction of the housing and between the keyboard attachment and the front wall of the housing.

15. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the housing comprises a front wall, and

the straight rib extends substantially orthogonal to a rising wall of the keyboard attachment and the front wall of the housing.

16. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the housing comprises a front wall, and

the straight rib is connected to a rising wall of the keyboard attachment and the front wall, respectively, at a certain protruding height.

17. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein a portion of the protruding height of the straight rib is small in order for a flexible cable to pass through.

18. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the straight rib is on a region of the keyboard attachment on an opposite side of a keyboard home position.

19. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 ,

wherein the palmrest is a front wall and the housing further comprises a region between the front wall and the keyboard attachment; and

wherein the honeycomb-shaped rib on an inner surface of the region.

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 Apr 15, 2011
From: ABE, KOJI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 026138/0101 →