IP Library Granted Patent US 10,831,245
Granted Patent B1
US 10,831,245 · App. 16/737,003 · Granted Nov 10, 2020

Electronic device

View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,831,245
App. No.
16/737,003
Granted
Nov 10, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

An electronic device includes a hinge device rotatably connecting a main body chassis and a display chassis, a notch-shaped part provided in a bottom surface of the main body chassis at a position overlapping with at least a part of the hinge device and formed by removing a part of the bottom surface from its one edge part toward the other edge part, a support base made of resin and provided so as to cover a part of the notch-shaped part, and a rubber foot provided on the support base and protruding from the bottom surface of the main body chassis through the notch-shaped part.

Claims (38)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first chassis;

a second chassis;

a hinge device rotatably connecting the first chassis and the second chassis;

a notch-shaped part in a bottom surface of the first chassis and at a position overlapping with at least a part of the hinge device and formed by removing a part of the bottom surface;

a support base made of resin and covers a part of the notch-shaped part;

a rubber foot on the support base and which extends from the bottom surface of the first chassis and through the notch-shaped part;

an antenna device that sends and receives radio waves, wherein the antenna device is disposed at a position overlapping with the notch-shaped part;

wherein the hinge device has:

a hinge shaft;

a bearing rotatably supporting the hinge shaft; and

a hinge chassis made of a resin material and which houses the bearing therein,

wherein the hinge device is disposed at a position where at least the hinge chassis overlaps with the notch-shaped part, and

wherein the antenna device is housed inside the hinge chassis.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the hinge chassis is movable relative to the first chassis, and

the notch-shaped part prevents the hinge chassis from interfering with the first chassis.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bottom surface of the first chassis has a first chassis member made of a metallic material and a second chassis member made of a resin material and joined to an edge part of the first chassis member, and

wherein the notch-shaped part and the support base are in the second chassis member.

4. An electronic device comprising:

a first chassis;

a second chassis;

a hinge device rotatably connecting the first chassis and the second chassis;

a notch-shaped part in a bottom surface of the first chassis and at a position overlapping with at least a part of the hinge device and formed by removing a part of the bottom surface;

a support base made of resin and covers a part of the notch-shaped part;

a rubber foot on the support base and which extends from the bottom surface of the first chassis and through the notch-shaped part;

wherein the notch-shaped part is in a chassis member constituting the bottom surface of the first chassis, and

wherein the support base has a fixing part to be fixed to an inner surface of the chassis member and a leg supporting part that extends from the fixing part toward the notch-shaped part to cover a part of the notch-shaped part and to receive the rubber foot.

5. An electronic device comprising:

a first chassis;

a second chassis;

a hinge device rotatably connecting the first chassis and the second chassis;

a notch-shaped part in a bottom surface of the first chassis and at a position overlapping with at least a part of the hinge device and formed by removing a part of the bottom surface;

a support base made of resin and covers a part of the notch-shaped part;

a rubber foot on the support base and which extends from the bottom surface of the first chassis and through the notch-shaped part;

wherein the support base has a column member on a back side of a mounting surface for the rubber foot and protrudes toward a top chassis member constituting a top surface of the first chassis, and

wherein the column member abuts the top chassis member.

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 13, 2022
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060638/0220 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2020
From: MIYAMOTO, TABITO; AKIYAMA, SARA; KINOSHITA, HIROAKI; KUBOTA, SHINICHI
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 051447/0704 →