IP Library Granted Patent US 9,967,990
Granted Patent B2
US 9,967,990 · App. 14/119,055 · Granted May 8, 2018

Electronic apparatus

Inventors: Yohei Fukuma (Chiba, JP); Tomoaki Takuma (Kanagawa, JP); Shigeru Yoshida (Tokyo, JP); Tetsu Sumii (Kanagawa, JP); Keita Hibi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
H05K7/02G02F1/133308G06F1/1601H04N5/64G02F2001/133314G02F2001/133322G02F2001/133331G02F2201/46
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Patent No.
US 9,967,990
App. No.
14/119,055
Granted
May 8, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an electronic apparatus that has enhanced strength and reduced weight. An electronic apparatus includes: a housing having two faces that face each other, having an accommodation space therein, and having an opening on one of the two faces; and an electronic device contained in the accommodation space. The housing is configured of a first member and a second member that are divided in the faces, and has a device insertion opening on at least one of opposing faces of the first member and the second member.

Claims (16)

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a housing having a display surface face and a back surface face that face each other and side faces therebetween, having an accommodation space therein, and having an opening on the display surface face;

an electronic device contained in the accommodation space,

wherein the housing is configured of a first member and a second member and has a device insertion opening on at least one opposing face of the first member or the second member; and

a center chassis contained in the housing together with the electronic device, in which an end part surface of the center chassis facing a first side of the sides contacts a surface of the first side,

wherein at least one of the first member or the second member is configured as a single piece without use of a fastener which extends continuously from a peripheral edge of the display surface face through the side faces and through the back surface face thereof so as to include an entirety of the side faces and the back surface face such that when the electronic device is contained in the accommodation space the at least one first member or the second member entirely covers the portion of the electronic device contained therein from the peripheral edge of the display surface face through the side faces and through the back surface face thereof.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device includes a display panel.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is made of a material including Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP).

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein a part of the housing is made of a material including Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic (GFRP).

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is fixed to the housing by the center chassis.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the housing has a thick section at a part of at least one of the sides that faces an end part of the center chassis to hold the center chassis.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the center chassis has a bent section as the end part surface of the center chassis that contacts the surface of the first side.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the second member includes a support section provided for fixation to an installation face.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fastener is a screw.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the center chassis includes a number of projections.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the center chassis has two bent sections as the end part surface of the center chassis that contacts the surface of the first side.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 041455/0195 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2013
From: FUKUMA, YOHEI; TAKUMA, TOMOAKI; YOSHIDA, SHIGERU; SUMII, TETSU; HIBI, KEITA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031785/0578 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-122745 · May 31, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140092539A1 · Apr 3, 2014