IP Library Granted Patent US 8,273,987
Granted Patent B2
US 8,273,987 · App. 13/244,190 · Granted Sep 25, 2012

Electronic device

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Patent No.
US 8,273,987
App. No.
13/244,190
Granted
Sep 25, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing, an outer wall, a rib, a cable, and a stopper. The housing houses at least part of an electronic component. The outer wall constitutes at least part of an outer contour of the housing. The rib is located between the outer wall and the electronic component, and the outer surface of the rib faces the inner surface of the outer wall. The cable is routed between the outer wall and the rib. The stopper is housed in the housing, and engages the rib to prevent the rib from inclining toward the outer wall.

Claims (48)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing configured to house at least part of an electronic component;

a first protruding portion located between an outer wall of the housing and the electronic component;

a cable disposed between the outer wall and the first protruding portion; and

a second protruding portion disposed between the outer wall and the first protruding portion in the housing, the second protruding portion being capable of preventing the first protruding portion from moving toward the outer wall.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises

a first divisional body provided with the first protruding portion, and

a second divisional body provided with the second protruding portion.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the second divisional body is provided with a third protruding portion on the electronic component side of the outer wall of the first divisional body, the third protruding portion engaging the outer wall.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the first protruding portion comprises a plurality of first protruding portions,

gaps between the outer wall and the first protruding portions are different in size, and

the electronic device further comprises a recessed portion outside the housing of one of the first protruding portions with a small gap of the outer wall, the recessed portion being recessed inside the housing.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the first protruding portion comprises a plurality of first protruding portions,

the first protruding portions are linearly arranged along the outer wall, and

the second protruding portion is arranged correspondingly to at least one of the first protruding portions located at an end of an array of the first protruding portions.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the first protruding portion comprises a plurality of first protruding portions,

gaps between the outer wall and the first protruding portions are different in size,

the first protruding portions are linearly arranged along the outer wall, and

one of the first protruding portions with a small gap is located at a middle position of an array of the first protruding portions except for ends of the array.

7. An electronic device comprising:

a housing configured to house at least part of an electronic component;

a first protruding portion located between an outer wall of the housing and the electronic component;

a cable at least a part of which is disposed between the outer wall and the first protruding portion; and

a second protruding portion disposed between the outer wall and the first protruding portion in the housing, the second protruding portion being capable of preventing the first protruding portion from being displaced toward the outer wall.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein

the first protruding portion comprises a reinforcing member comprising a convex portion on a surface of the outer wall side, and

a surface of the first protruding portion side of the outer wall is substantially flat.

9. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein

the first protruding portion comprises a plurality of first protruding portions,

gaps between the outer wall and the first protruding portions are different in size,

the first protruding portions are linearly arranged along the outer wall,

the cable comprises a plurality of cables, and

the cables are arranged in parallel at least between the outer wall and one of the first protruding portions with a small gap in a direction along at least one of a surface of the outer wall side of the one of the first protruding portions and a surface of the one of the first protruding portions side of the outer wall.

10. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein

the electronic component is a display device including a liquid crystal display,

the housing comprises a first divisional body and a second divisional body,

the first divisional body has a bottom wall that forms a back surface,

the second divisional body has a top wall that forms a front surface,

a rectangular opening is formed in a center of the front surface of the second divisional body, and

a display surface of the display device is exposed from the rectangular opening.

11. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein

the cable is an antenna cable,

the first divisional body includes the outer wall, and

the outer wall is raised in a thickness direction of the housing and formed in a rectangular frame along a periphery of the housing.

12. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the cable comprises a plurality of cables routed in parallel.

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 Sep 27, 2011
From: SAITO, RYOSUKE; MURAYAMA, TOMOMI; KONNO, TOSHIO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 026977/0679 →