IP Library Granted Patent US 9,056,245
Granted Patent B2
US 9,056,245 · App. 13/559,772 · Granted Jun 16, 2015

Electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,056,245
App. No.
13/559,772
Granted
Jun 16, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus 1 includes a holder 50 arranged along the rear surface of a main board 20 and the front surface of a sub-board 30 . The holder 50 includes a connector holder portion 51 that holds a connector 59 in a position offset in the thickness direction of the main board 20 and the sub-board 30 from a position on the rear surface of the main board 20 and a position on the front surface of the sub-board 30 . The holder 50 includes a cable holder portion 52 that holds a cable 58 . Consequently, it is possible to optimize the position of an electronic component such as a connector and prevent interference between a cable connected to the electronic component and other electronic components on a circuit board.

Claims (18)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a circuit board;

a housing which houses the circuit board;

an electronic component housed in the housing and exposable in a direction along the circuit board from an opening formed in the housing;

a cable arranged in the housing and extending in a direction along the circuit board from the electronic component; and

a holder arranged along one surface of the circuit board, the holder including a component holder portion which holds the electronic component in a position offset from a position on the one surface of the circuit board in a thickness direction of the circuit board, the holder further including a cable holder portion which holds the cable,

wherein the cable holder portion holds the cable on one side of the holder and not an opposite side of the holder, and

wherein the component holder portion s located on the one side of the holder.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic component is positioned traversing a plane defined by the circuit board in the thickness direction of the circuit board.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

a cutout is formed at an edge of the circuit board, and

the electronic component is located inside the cutout.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a first circuit board; and

a second circuit board arranged facing the first circuit board and functioning as the circuit board, wherein

the cable holder portion has thickness smaller than entire thickness of the electronic component and the component holder portion and is arranged between the first circuit board and the second circuit board.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the component holder portion includes a portion located on an outer side of an outer edge of the circuit board and fixed to the housing.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cable holder portion is arranged covering an electronic component mounted on the circuit board and is attached to the circuit board.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 6, 2017
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 043761/0577 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 043761/0975 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2015
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035394/0593 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2012
From: FURUBO, TAKAYUKI; BEPPU, HIROKUNI
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 028654/0477 →