IP Library Granted Patent US 8,886,257
Granted Patent B2
US 8,886,257 · App. 13/867,597 · Granted Nov 11, 2014

Electronic device

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Patent No.
US 8,886,257
App. No.
13/867,597
Granted
Nov 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a housing, a display module, and a touch panel. On the housing, an opening is formed. The display module is fixed to the inside of the housing in such a way that a display surface faces the side of the opening. The touch panel is placed to be opposed to the display surface of the display module via a first elastic member placed on the display surface of the display module, and is fixed to the housing via a second elastic member placed on the housing. Hardness of the first elastic member is higher than that of the second elastic member.

Claims (11)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing on which an opening is formed;

a display module that is fixed to an inside of the housing in a way that a display surface faces a side of the opening; and

a touch panel that is placed to be opposed to the display surface of the display module via a first elastic member placed on the display surface of the display module, and is fixed to the housing via a second elastic member placed on the housing, wherein

hardness of the first elastic member is higher than that of the second elastic member.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first elastic member is placed on an outer peripheral part of the display surface of the display module.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second elastic member is placed on a flange projecting from an end face of the opening of the housing toward an inside of the opening.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first elastic member is made of an urethane material or a rubber material, and

the second elastic member is a double-sided tape made of an acrylic material or a silicon material.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2024
From: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
To: FCNT LLC
Reel/Frame 066908/0856 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: FCNT LIMITED
To: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066854/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
To: FCNT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066832/0399 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2018
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 047609/0349 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2013
From: BUTSUSAKA, TOMOHIRO; KOJIMA, KEI; KOBAYASHI, CHIKARA; INA, MASAHIKO; FUJII, SHIGEHIRO
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 030268/0181 →