IP Library Granted Patent US 8,310,844
Granted Patent B2
US 8,310,844 · App. 13/150,638 · Granted Nov 13, 2012

Electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,310,844
App. No.
13/150,638
Granted
Nov 13, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing, a third housing between the first housing and the second housing, a holder, and a harness. The third housing is rotatable with respect to the first housing and the second housing. The holder is attached to the third housing and includes a first cylinder inserted into the first housing and a second cylinder inserted into the second housing. The harness extends from the first housing to the second housing through the first cylinder and the second cylinder of the holder.

Claims (32)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first housing;

a second housing;

a third housing comprising a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion comprising a first hinge connected to the first housing and a second hinge connected to the second housing, the second end portion opposite to the first end portion and comprising a first hole and a second hole;

a holder attached to the second end portion of the third housing, the holder comprising a first cylinder and a second cylinder, the first cylinder in the first hole and the first housing, the second cylinder in the second hole and the second housing; and

a harness extending from the first housing to the second housing through the first cylinder and the second cylinder of the holder,

wherein a distance between a center of the first hole and a center of the second hole is smaller than a distance between a center of the first cylinder and a center of the second cylinder.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the first housing comprises a third hole accommodating the first cylinder and the second housing comprises a fourth hole accommodating the second cylinder.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the first cylinder supports the third housing with respect to the first housing and the second cylinder supports the second housing with respect to the third housing.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the first cylinder is on an extension of an axis of the first hinge and the second cylinder is on an extension of an axis of the second hinge.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the first cylinder is offset from the center of the first hole in a direction away from the second cylinder.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the second cylinder is offset from the center of the second hole in a direction away from the first cylinder.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the holder comprises a material having a greater rigidity than a material of the third housing.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first housing;

a second housing;

a third housing, rotatable with respect to the first housing and the second housing, and comprising a first hole facing the first housing and a second hole facing the second housing;

a holder attached to the third housing and comprising a first cylinder and a second cylinder, the first cylinder offset from a center of the first hole in a direction away from the second hole and extending from the first hole into the first housing, the second cylinder offset from a center of the second hole in a direction away from the first hole and extending from the second hole into the second housing; and

a harness extending from the first housing to the second housing through the first cylinder and the second cylinder of the holder.

9. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first housing;

a second housing;

a third housing between the first housing and the second housing, rotatable with respect to the first housing and the second housing, and comprising a first hole and a second hole;

a holder attached to the third housing and comprising a first cylinder and a second cylinder, the first cylinder in the first hole and the first housing, the second cylinder in the second hole and the second housing; and

a harness extending from the first housing to the second housing through the first cylinder and the second cylinder of the holder,

wherein a distance between a center of the first hole and a center of the second hole is smaller than a distance between a center of the first cylinder and a center of the second cylinder.

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 Jun 1, 2011
From: HASHIMOTO, SEIJI; TOMITA, MOTOKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 026372/0516 →