IP Library Granted Patent US 10,289,153
Granted Patent B2
US 10,289,153 · App. 15/498,110 · Granted May 14, 2019

Member for electronic device chassis

Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Takehito Yamauchi (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Yoshiyuki Shibayama (Gunma-ken, JP); Yuta Tsuganezawa (Kanagawa-ken, JP)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE LTD
G06F1/1616B29C70/04B32B3/266B32B27/00G06F1/1637G06F1/1667G06F1/1681B32B2305/08B32B2457/00
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Patent No.
US 10,289,153
App. No.
15/498,110
Granted
May 14, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A member for chassis is provided. The member for chassis includes a frame part that is made of a thermoplastic resin bonded to at least a part of an external-form end face of a laminated sheet with an intermediate layer arranged between a pair of fiber reinforced resin sheets. The thermoplastic resin that configures the frame part is extended to a surface of the laminated sheet. An opening is provided on the surface of the laminated sheet that has been covered with the extended thermoplastic resin, and the member for chassis includes an anchor part formed by putting the thermoplastic resin into the opening.

Claims (23)

1. A member for chassis comprising:

a laminated sheet having an intermediate layer located between a pair of fiber reinforced resin sheets, wherein said laminated sheet includes an anchor part formed by an opening in one of said fiber reinforced resin sheets and an opening in said intermediate layer; and

a frame part formed by a thermoplastic resin bonded to an end face of said laminated sheet, to said anchor part of said laminated sheet, and to a surface of said laminated sheet, wherein said thermoplastic resin of said frame part fills said opening in said one fiber reinforced resin sheet and said opening in said intermediate layer, wherein a screw is provided in said frame part that has been extended to said surface of said laminated sheet.

2. The member for chassis of claim 1 , wherein said screw is a nut that is positioned and fixed by a boss part formed by said thermoplastic resin.

3. The member for chassis of claim 1 , wherein said anchor part includes a second opening in said one fiber reinforced resin sheet and a second opening in said intermediate layer, wherein said thermoplastic resin of said frame part fills said second opening in said one fiber reinforced resin sheet and said second opening in said intermediate layer.

4. The member for chassis of claim 3 , wherein said second opening in said one fiber reinforced resin sheet has a smaller diameter than said second opening in said intermediate layer.

5. The member for chassis of claim 1 , wherein said opening in said one fiber reinforced resin sheet has a smaller diameter than said opening in said intermediate layer.

6. An electronic device comprising:

a first chassis;

a second chassis coupled to said first chassis via a hinge located at a hinge area that includes

a laminated sheet having an intermediate layer located between a pair of fiber reinforced resin sheets, wherein said laminated sheet includes an anchor part formed by an opening in one of said fiber reinforced resin sheets and an opening in said intermediate layer; and

a frame part formed by a thermoplastic resin bonded to an end face of said laminated sheet, to said anchor part of said laminated sheet, and to a surface of said laminated sheet, wherein said thermoplastic resin of said frame part fills said opening in said one fiber reinforced resin sheet and said opening in said intermediate layer.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein a screw is provided in said frame part that is extended to said surface of said laminated sheet, and said hinge is fixed to said screw.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein said female screw is a nut that is positioned and fixed by a boss part formed by said thermoplastic resin.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein said anchor par includes a second opening in said one fiber reinforced resin sheet and a second opening in said intermediate layer, wherein said thermoplastic resin of said frame part fills said second opening in said one fiber reinforced resin sheet and said second opening in said intermediate layer.

10. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein said anchor part is provided in a state where position thereof deviates from the position of said screw in a direction directing from one end parts of said first chassis and said second chassis that are coupled together by said hinge to the opposite-side other end parts of said first chassis and said second chassis.

11. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein on said first chassis, the other end part on said opposite side of said one end part at which said first chassis is coupled with said second chassis by said hinge projects in a state where the position thereof deviates from the position of said other end part of the other chassis in a direction directing from the one end parts to the other end parts of said first chassis and said second chassis.

12. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein said anchor part includes a second opening in said one fiber reinforced resin sheet and a second opening in said intermediate layer.

13. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein said opening in said one fiber reinforced resin sheet has a smaller diameter than said opening in said intermediate layer.

14. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein said intermediate layer is made of a foamed sheet.

15. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein said second chassis contains a screen.

16. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein said first chassis contains a keyboard.

17. The member for chassis of claim 1 , wherein said intermediate layer is made of a foamed sheet.

Assignments (2)
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 Nov 15, 2019
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LTD
Reel/Frame 051023/0972 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-87761 · Apr 26, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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