IP Library Granted Patent US 8,675,373
Granted Patent B2
US 8,675,373 · App. 13/208,165 · Granted Mar 18, 2014

Electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,675,373
App. No.
13/208,165
Granted
Mar 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: an opening portion; a housing provided with a first through hole and a second through hole that are situated near the opening portion, respectively; a display accommodated in the housing; an antenna provided near the opening portion; an antenna cover that covers the opening portion, the first through hole and the second through hole; and a joint portion which joins the housing and the antenna cover, and has a first portion in which a first front end portion protrudes from the first through hole to the housing inside, and a second portion in which a second front end portion is situated in the second through hole.

Claims (20)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing including an opening portion and a cover portion provided with

a first through-hole situated near the opening portion, the first through-hole connecting a first surface exposed on an outside and a second surface located on an opposite side of the first surface; and

a second through-hole situated near the opening portion, in which a diameter of a first opening is smaller than a diameter of a second opening, the first opening corresponding to the first surface, and the second opening corresponding to the second surface;

a display accommodated in the housing;

an antenna provided near the opening portion;

an antenna cover that covers the opening portion, the first through-hole, and the second through-hole; and

a joint portion, which joins the housing and the antenna cover, the joint portion including

a first portion in which a first front-end portion protrudes from the first through-hole to the housing inside, and a contacting portion is formed with the first front-end portion to contact the second surface; and

a second portion situated in the second through-hole, and having a shape corresponding to a shape of the second through-hole, in which a second front-end portion is situated in a state of being approximately the same surface as the second surface.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second through-hole is situated between a plurality of first through-holes.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , comprising

a plurality of first front-end portions, each protruding from a respective first through-hole of the plurality of first through-holes to the housing inside, wherein

a part of a component accommodated in the housing is situated between the plurality of first front-end portions.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the second-through hole is situated closer to a center portion of the housing than the first through-hole.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

an inner wall of the second through-hole has a stepped portion.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

an inner wall of the second through-hole has a slope portion.

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 Aug 11, 2011
From: KINJOU, KAZUYUKI; TOKORO, MASATAKA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 026738/0302 →