IP Library Granted Patent US 9,557,777
Granted Patent B2
US 9,557,777 · App. 14/664,591 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

Electronic device and harness guide

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Patent No.
US 9,557,777
App. No.
14/664,591
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first harness, a second harness and a housing. The first harness and the second harness are configured to electrically connect modules. The housing includes inside a wall portion forming a passage through which the first harness and the second harness pass, and a rib. The rib includes a first surface configured to control the first harness from moving in a first direction together with the wall portion and a second surface configured to control the second harness from moving in a second direction, which intersects the first direction, together with the wall portion and an outer surface of the first harness.

Claims (22)

1. An electronic device comprising: a first harness configured to electrically connect a first module and a second module; a second harness configured to electrically connect a third module and a fourth module; a first housing configured to hold the first module and the third module, and comprising a wall portion with a passage through which the first harness and the second harness pass, and a rib; and a second housing which accommodates accommodating the second module and the fourth module, wherein the rib comprises a first surface configured to control movement of the first harness only in a first direction with the wall portion, and a second surface configured to control movement of the second harness only in a second direction with the wall portion and an outer surface of the first harness, wherein the first direction is a thickness direction of the first housing and the second direction is a vertical direction of the first housing and perpendicular to the first direction; and the first harness and the second harness pass through the passage in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the rib comprises a first portion and a second portion;

the first portion and the second portion protrude in the first direction from an inner surface of the first housing;

the first surface comprises a tip surface facing the first direction; and

the second surface comprises a first side surface of the first portion.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein

the second portion comprises a second side surface along the second direction; and

the first side surface and the second side surface are connected in an arc shape.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein

the tip surface is chamfered in an arc shape.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the first housing comprises a cover, to which at least one of the first module and the second module is attached, and a mask associated with the rib and attached to the cover.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein

the mask comprises a structure comprising protrusions in the first direction, the structure attaching the mask to the cover; and

the rib is integrated with the structure.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the first housing comprises a first opening;

the second housing comprises a second opening, further comprising a hinge pivotally connecting the first housing and the second housing via an axis which passes through the first opening and the second opening; and

at least either of the first harness or the second harness passes through the first opening and the second opening.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

at least either of the first module or the third module is a display device comprising a touch panel.

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 Mar 24, 2015
From: HIRAI, YUICHI; TOMITA, MOTOKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 035240/0307 →