IP Library Granted Patent US 8,917,360
Granted Patent B2
US 8,917,360 · App. 13/861,745 · Granted Dec 23, 2014

Electronic device

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Patent No.
US 8,917,360
App. No.
13/861,745
Granted
Dec 23, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide an electronic device capable of preventing an enclosure from falling down without providing a stand and also improving heat dissipation of the enclosure. An electronic device ( 1 ) according to the present invention has a substrate ( 3 ) where a data storage unit ( 5 ) incorporating a storage medium is mounted, and a columned enclosure ( 2 ) for storing the substrate ( 3 ) in a standing posture, with an axial direction thereof directed to the vertical direction. The enclosure ( 2 ) has a pair of lateral walls ( 22, 23 ) opposite to the substrate ( 3 ) in the Y 1 -Y 2 direction. The pair of lateral walls ( 22, 23 ) have a curved shape curved so that middle portions in the Z 1 -Z 2 direction depart from the substrate ( 3 ) more than the respective both ends in the Z 1 -Z 2 direction.

Claims (22)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a substrate having a data storage unit mounted thereon, the data storage unit incorporating a storage medium; and

a columned enclosure for storing the substrate in a standing posture, the enclosure having an axial direction directed in a vertical direction and a pair of lateral walls opposite to the substrate in a thickness direction of the substrate,

wherein

when the axial direction of the enclosure is defined as a first direction, the thickness direction of the substrate is defined as a second direction, and a direction orthogonal to these directions is defined as a third direction, the pair of lateral walls has a curved shape curved so that middle portions in the third direction depart from the substrate in the second direction more than respective both ends in the third direction,

wherein the data storage unit is mounted on one side of the substrate in the second direction, and

the substrate is positioned offset to another side relative to a middle of the enclosure in the second direction.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a distance in the second direction between each of the lateral walls in a pair and the middle portion of the substrate in the third direction is larger than a distance in the second direction between each of the lateral walls in a pair and each of the both ends of the substrate in the third direction.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein an interval between tip ends of the pair of lateral walls in the third direction is smaller than a total thickness of the substrate and the data storage unit.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a tuner unit mounted on the substrate, for obtaining a broadcasting signal of a channel selected, wherein the tuner unit is mounted on the one side of the substrate in the second direction.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a semiconductor chip mounted on the substrate, wherein the data storage unit is positioned on one side relative to a middle of the substrate in the third direction, and the tuner unit and the semiconductor chip are positioned on another side.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the enclosure has a frame provided between peripheries of the pair of lateral walls and enclosing the substrate, and

a notch is formed on an outer surface of the enclosure, extending between the periphery and the frame along the periphery.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the peripheries of the pair of lateral walls each have a tapered shape in which an inner surface in the second direction is inclined toward outside.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the enclosure has

a light transmissive member placed on one end portion thereof in the third direction, and

a light guide member inserted in an insertion hole formed on the light transmissive member, for introducing light from a light emitting device mounted on the substrate to the insertion hole.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the enclosure has

a projected portion projecting from one end surface thereof in the third direction and having a curved surface formed on one side of the projected portion in the first direction so as to be continuous from the end surface, and

a button placed in an opening formed on the curved surface.

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 Sep 26, 2014
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033824/0540 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2013
From: SOGABE, TAKASHI
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 030207/0165 →