IP Library Granted Patent US 9,857,843
Granted Patent B2
US 9,857,843 · App. 14/876,125 · Granted Jan 2, 2018

Electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,857,843
App. No.
14/876,125
Granted
Jan 2, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes: an electronic component; a housing that has an accommodation space for accommodating the electronic component, and has an opening communicating with the accommodation space, the opening being provided at part of an outer member enclosing the accommodation space; a covering member that covers the opening and is in intimate contact with the outer member of the housing at a position enclosing the entire outer circumference of the opening and that has a slit provided at a position opposed to the opening; and a flexible printed circuit board including a first end and a second end, the first end being electrically coupled to the electronic component, the second end being drawn out to the outside of the accommodation space through the slit.

Claims (18)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an electronic component;

a housing that has an accommodation space for accommodating the electronic component, and has an opening communicating with the accommodation space, the opening being provided at part of an outer member enclosing the accommodation space;

a covering member that covers the opening and is in intimate contact with the outer member of the housing at a position enclosing the entire outer circumference of the opening and that has a slit provided at a position opposed to the opening; and

a flexible printed circuit board including a first end and a second end, the first end being positioned inside the accommodation space, the second end being drawn out to the outside of the accommodation space through the slit, wherein

the covering member comprises a first bonding layer including an opening at a position opposed to the opening of the outer member, and a protective film that is bonded to a surface opposite to a surface being in contact with the outer member of the first bonding layer and closes the opening of the first bonding layer, and

the slit is provided to the protective film disposed at a position opposed to the opening of the first bonding layer.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the covering member is made of a flexible member.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the slit is shaped in an H-shape.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising an edge cover, the edge cover covering at least part of an edge of the opening on a second surface opposite to a first surface that is in contact with the covering member of the outer member.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising a second bonding layer that is disposed on a first surface of the edge cover and bonds part of the flexible printed circuit board disposed inside the accommodation space to the edge cover such that the part of the flexible printed circuit board is fixed onto the edge cover, a second surface of the edge cover opposite to the first surface of the edge cover being in contact with the outer member.

6. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an electronic component;

a housing that has an accommodation space for accommodating the electronic component, and has an opening communicating with the accommodation space, the opening being provided at part of an outer member enclosing the accommodation space;

a covering member that covers the opening and is in intimate contact with the outer member of the housing at a position enclosing the entire outer circumference of the opening and that has a slit provided at a position opposed to the opening;

a flexible printed circuit board including a first end and a second end, the first end being positioned inside the accommodation space, the second end being drawn out to the outside of the accommodation space through the slit,

an edge cover, the edge cover covering at least part of an edge of the opening on a second surface opposite to a first surface that is in contact with the covering member of the outer member, and

a bonding layer that is disposed on a first surface of the edge cover and bonds part of the flexible printed circuit board disposed inside the accommodation space to the edge cover such that the part of the flexible printed circuit board is fixed onto the edge cover, a second surface of the edge cover opposite to the first surface of the edge cover being in contact with the outer member.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2015
From: TAKEMOTO, KIMIYOSHI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 036746/0814 →