IP Library Granted Patent US 8,994,884
Granted Patent B2
US 8,994,884 · App. 13/233,873 · Granted Mar 31, 2015

Broadcast receiver and electronic device

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Patent No.
US 8,994,884
App. No.
13/233,873
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a broadcast receiver includes a housing, a circuit board, a module, a holder, and a buffer. The housing is provided with a wall. The circuit board is housed in the housing and includes a first connector. The module includes a second connector to be electrically connected to the first connector and fits to the first connector with a gap therebetween. The module is movable between a first position where the length of connected portions of the first connector and the second connector is short and a second position where the length of the connected portions is long. The holder holds the module. The buffer is provided to the holder and is bent along with the movement of the module from the first position to the second position.

Claims (27)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing comprising a wall;

a circuit board in the housing, comprising a first connector;

a module comprising a second connector configured to be electrically connected to the first connector and to fit to the first connector with a gap therebetween, the module configured to be movable between a first position where a connection length of the first connector and the second connector is a first length and a second position where the connection length is a second length, the second length being longer than the first length;

a holder configured to hold the module; and

a buffer provided to the holder, the buffer being substantially straight and extended in a direction in which the module is movable between the first position and the second position, the buffer being configured to be bent when the module is moved from the first position to the second position.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the buffer is located between a holding portion configured to hold the module held by the holder and an end of the holder on a side of the wall.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the buffer is a narrow portion of the holder.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the buffer is a bent portion of the holder.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a component located between the wall and an end of the holder on a side of the wall.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the housing comprising a second wall located opposite the module with respect to the wall, and

the holder comprising a connection portion connected to the second wall and a bridge extending between the connection portion and the wall,

the broadcast receiver further comprising a second buffer configured to be plastically deformed when the second wall and the module come close to each other in a direction in which the first connector and the second connector are connected.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the bridge comprising a reinforcing portion extending over the wall and the second wall.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the buffer is provided to the housing.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the buffer is provided as a protrusion to the wall or a wall other than the wall.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a housing comprising a wall;

a circuit board in the housing, comprising a first connector;

a module comprising a second connector configured to be electrically connected to the first connector and to fit to the first connector with a gap therebetween; and

a buffer configured to be substantially straight and extended in a direction in which the second connector is connected to the first connector, and configured to be plastically deformed when the wall and the module come close to each other in a direction in which the first connector and the second connector are connected.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a housing comprising a wall;

a circuit board in the housing, comprising a first connector;

a module comprising a second connector configured to be electrically connected to the first connector between a first position and a second position closer to the first connector than the first position; and

a buffer located between the wall and the module, the buffer being substantially straight and extended in a direction in which the second connector is connected to the first connector, the buffer being configured to be plastically deformed along with movement of the module from the first position to the second position.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2018
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048991/0183 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2011
From: HASHIMOTO, SEIJI; FUKAZAWA, TETSUHIKO; HAMADA, TOMOHIRO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 026919/0375 →