IP Library Granted Patent US 11,153,964
Granted Patent B2
US 11,153,964 · App. 16/952,739 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Electronic apparatus

Inventors: Akitoshi Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshiharu Matsuda (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuhiro Yoshida (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
H05K1/0203G06F1/187G11B33/142H05K1/18H05K5/0008H05K7/20009H05K7/20163G06F1/20H05K2201/10015H05K2201/10037
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Patent No.
US 11,153,964
App. No.
16/952,739
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a top plate, a bottom plate provided under the top plate, a circuit board provided between the top plate and the bottom plate, an electronic component disposed on the circuit board, and an intermediate plate provided between the top plate and the circuit board. The intermediate plate is configured to provide a clearance between the top plate and intermediate plate, or between the circuit board and the intermediate plate. The intermediate plate is further configured to allow an air flow from a first end portion to a second end portion of the top plate.

Claims (47)

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a top plate;

a bottom plate provided under the top plate;

a circuit board provided between the top plate and the bottom plate;

an intermediate plate provided between the top plate and the circuit board; and

a capacitor or a battery being disposed on the circuit board,

wherein the intermediate plate includes at least one notch corresponding to a position of the capacitor or the battery.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate plate is fixed to the top plate.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a heat dissipation sheet provided between the intermediate plate and the circuit board.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a heat dissipation sheet provided between the bottom plate and the circuit board.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a screw and a housing, the housing including the top plate and the bottom plate, wherein

the housing comprises a screw hole,

the intermediate plate comprises a through-hole; and

the screw extends through the through-hole and into the screw hole to fix the intermediate plate to the housing.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the intermediate plate is free of any electronic components.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate plate is a metal plate.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a first direction extending from the top plate to the bottom plate, the notch is disposed immediately above the capacitor or the battery.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a controller disposed on the circuit board,

wherein the heat dissipation sheet is disposed above and corresponding to a position to the controller.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a controller,

wherein the heat dissipation sheet is disposed above and corresponding to a position of the controller.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a semiconductor memory,

wherein the heat dissipation sheet is disposed above and corresponding to a position of the semiconductor memory.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising semiconductor components disposed on both surfaces of the circuit board.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a height of the electronic apparatus defined by a distance from a bottom surface of the bottom plate to a top surface of the top plate.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the intermediate plate is fixed to the top plate, and the bottom plate comprises a screw hole that is closed with a seal.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein

the circuit board comprises a through-hole and the through-hole overlaps a part of the screw hole in a first direction extending from the top plate to the bottom plate.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a connector, wherein

the circuit board comprises a first edge and a second edge opposed to the first edge, and

the connector is disposed on the first edge and the capacitor or the battery is disposed on the second edge.

17. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a connector, wherein

the circuit board comprises a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge, the second edge opposed to the first edge, the third edge extending a second direction intersecting a first direction that extends from the first edge to the second edge; and

the connector is disposed on the first edge and the capacitor or the battery is disposed on the third edge.

18. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitor or the battery comprises multiple ones of the capacitor and/or the battery, and

the intermediate plate includes a single notch as the notch corresponding to positions of the multiple ones of the capacitor and/or the battery.

19. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the intermediate plate comprises a rib extending from a first end portion of the intermediate plate to a second end portion of the intermediate plate.

20. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one surface of the intermediate plate is embossed or includes micropores.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Feb 4, 2022
From: K.K PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058957/0124 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058905/0582 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K PANGEA
Reel/Frame 058946/0675 →