IP Library Granted Patent US 9,977,463
Granted Patent B2
US 9,977,463 · App. 15/248,699 · Granted May 22, 2018

Electronic device having a member for chassis

Inventors: Masayuki Amano (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Seita Horikoshi (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Ryota Nohara (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Takehito Yamauchi (Kanagawa-ken, JP)
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTD LTE
G06F1/1633H04M1/0249G06F1/1616G06F1/1637
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Patent No.
US 9,977,463
App. No.
15/248,699
Granted
May 22, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device having a member for chassis is disclosed. The member for chassis includes a surface layer, a rear layer disposed inside of the surface layer in a thickness direction, and an intermediate layer disposed between the surface layer and the rear layer. Each of the surface layer and the rear layer includes a fiber-reinforced resin plate. The intermediate layer is made of a material that is compressible in the thickness direction. The member for chassis further includes a fastening hole that penetrates through the surface layer, the intermediate layer and the rear layer, through which a fastener passes to fix the member for chassis to a member for attachment. The surface layer includes a cut line having a larger diameter than the fastening hole in order to surround the fastening hole.

Claims (27)

1. A chassis cover comprising:

a first layer;

a second layer;

an intermediate layer disposed between said first layer and said second layer, wherein said first layer and said second layer each including a fiber-reinforced resin plate, and said intermediate layer is made of a compressible material;

a fastening hole that penetrated through said first layer, said intermediate layer and said second layer, wherein said fastening hole is configured to receive a fastener; and

a cylindrical cut line disposed in said first layer in a thickness direction orthogonal to a surface of said first layer, wherein said cylindrical cut line has a larger diameter than said fastening hole in order to surround said fastening hole wherein said cylindrical cut line allows said fastener to depress a ring-shaped piece of said first layer into said intermediate layer such that a surface of said fastener is flush with said surface of said first layer.

2. The chassis cover of claim 1 , wherein said cylindrical cut line cuts across the entire thickness of said first layer.

3. The chassis cover of claim 1 , wherein said ring-shaped piece remains to be located in said first layer until after being pushed by said fastener into said intermediate layer.

4. The chassis cover of claim 1 , wherein said cylindrical cut line is formed by laser processing.

5. An electronic device comprising:

a display chassis having a display device; and

a body chassis having a keyboard device, wherein said body chassis includes:

a first layer;

a second layer;

an intermediate layer disposed between said first layer and said second layer, wherein said first layer and said second layer each including a fiber-reinforced resin plate, and said intermediate layer is made of a compressible material;

a fastening hole that penetrated through said first layer, said intermediate layer and said second layer, wherein said fastening hole is configured to receive a fastener; and

a cylindrical cut line disposed in said first layer in a thickness direction orthogonal to a surface of said first layer, wherein said cylindrical cut line has a larger diameter than said fastening hole in order to surround said fastening hole wherein said cylindrical cut line allows said fastener to depress a ring-shaped piece of said first layer into said intermediate layer such that a surface of said fastener is flush with said surface of said first layer.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein said, cylindrical cut line cuts across the entire thickness of said first layer.

7. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein said cylindrical cut line allows said fastener to depress a ring-shaped piece of said first layer into said intermediate layer such that a surface of said fastener is flush with said surface of said first layer.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein said ring-shaped piece remains to be located in said first layer until after being pushed by said fastener into said intermediate layer.

9. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein said cylindrical cut line is formed by laser processing.

10. A method comprising:

forming a chassis cover by placing an intermediate layer made of a compressible material between a first layer having a fiber-reinforced resin plate and a second layer having a fiber-reinforced resin plate;

forming a fastening hole that penetrates through said first layer, said intermediate layer and said second layer of said chassis cover; and

providing a cylindrical cut line surrounding said fastening hole in said first layer in a thickness direction orthogonal to a surface of said first layer, wherein said cylindrical cut line has a larger diameter than said fastening hole in order to surround said fastening hole, wherein said method further includes placing a fastener into said fastening hole to depress a ring-shaped piece of said first layer along said cylindrical cut line into said intermediate layer such that a surface of said fastener is flush with said surface of said first layer, and wherein said ring-shaped piece remains to be located in said first layer until after being pushed by said fastener into said intermediate layer.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein said providing further includes providing said cylindrical cut line via laser processing.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein said cylindrical cut line cuts across the entire thickness of said first layer.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2019
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 049693/0914 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2016
From: AMANO, MASAYUKI; HORIKOSHI, SEITA; NOHARA, RYOTA; YAMAUCHI, TAKEHITO
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 039581/0748 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-167140 · Aug 26, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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