IP Library Granted Patent US 11,747,862
Granted Patent B2
US 11,747,862 · App. 17/164,659 · Granted Sep 5, 2023

Portable information device and double-sided adhesive tape

Inventors: Shigehiro Horiuchi (Yokohama, JP); Takehito Yamauchi (Yokohama, JP); Tetsuya Sano (Yokohama, JP); Yuta Tsuganezawa (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
G06F1/1656C09J7/38C09J7/403H05K5/0243C09J2203/326C09J2301/124C09J2301/308C09J2301/502
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Patent No.
US 11,747,862
App. No.
17/164,659
Granted
Sep 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable information device includes: a chassis; a decorative plate fixed to a part of an outer face of the chassis with stretch releasable double-sided adhesive tape; and a cover member that covers the outer face and the decorative plate. The double-sided adhesive tape has: an adhesive portion including adhesive layers on first and second faces of a substrate for adhesively fixing between the decorative plate and the outer face; and a tab including release paper partially covering the adhesive layers to let a user hold the tab for stretch release of the adhesive portion from between the decorative plate and the outer face. The double-sided adhesive tape has a first groove and a second groove on the first face and the second face, respectively, that are positioned not to overlap in a thickness direction of the substrate.

Claims (38)

1. A double-sided adhesive tape that is releasable by stretching, comprising:

an adhesive portion including adhesive layers on a first face and on a second face of a substrate, the adhesive portion being configured to adhesively fix between two adhesive targets; and

a tab including pieces of release paper covering a part of the adhesive layers on the first face and on the second face of the substrate and which pieces of release paper are configured to enable a user to hold the tab for stretch release of the adhesive portion from between the two adhesive targets,

the first face has a first groove extending along a boundary line between the adhesive portion and the pieces of release paper,

the second face has a second groove extending along the boundary line between the adhesive portion and the pieces of release paper,

the first groove and the second groove being positioned so as not to overlap each other in a thickness direction of the substrate.

2. The double-sided adhesive tape according to claim 1 , wherein

the substrate includes the adhesive portion at one end of the substrate and the tab at an opposite end of the substrate, in a longitudinal direction of the substrate, and

the first groove and the second groove extend in a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the substrate and are displaced to each other in the longitudinal direction.

3. A portable information device comprising:

a chassis;

a decorative plate fixed to a part of an outer face of the chassis with double-sided adhesive tape that is releasable by stretching; and

a cover member that covers the outer face of the chassis and the decorative plate,

the double-sided adhesive tape having:

an adhesive portion including adhesive layers on a first face and on a second face of a substrate, the adhesive portion being configured to adhesively fix between the decorative plate and the outer face; and

a tab including pieces of release paper covering a part of the adhesive layers on the first face and on the second face of the substrate and which pieces of release paper are configured to enable a user to hold the tab for stretch release of the adhesive portion from between the decorative plate and the outer face,

the tab projects from an edge of the decorative plate and is covered by the cover member,

the first face has a first groove extending along a boundary line between the adhesive portion and the pieces of release paper,

the second face has a second groove extending along the boundary line between the adhesive portion and the pieces of release paper,

the first groove and the second groove are positioned so as not to overlap each other in a thickness direction of the substrate.

4. The portable information device according to claim 3 , wherein

the chassis has a recess on the outer face at a position facing the edge of the decorative plate, and

the tab is in the recess.

5. The portable information device according to claim 4 , wherein

the cover member is supported by the chassis and is be movable relative to the outer face of the chassis and the decorative plate, and extends from the outer face of the chassis to a surface of the decorative plate while crossing over the tab,

the decorative plate is partially exposed according to a moving position of the cover member, and

the tab is always covered by the cover member within a moving range of the cover member.

6. The portable information device according to claim 3 , wherein

the substrate includes the adhesive portion at one end of the substrate and the tab at an opposite end of the substrate, in a longitudinal direction of the substrate, and

the first groove and the second groove extend in a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the substrate and are displaced to each other in the longitudinal direction.

7. The portable information device according to claim 6 , wherein

the first face of the double-sided adhesive tape is fixed to the decorative plate, and the second face of the double-sided adhesive tape is fixed to the outer face of the chassis, and

the second groove is closer to a distal end of the tab than the first groove, in the longitudinal direction.

8. The portable information device according to claim 6 , wherein

the first face of the double-sided adhesive tape is fixed to the decorative plate, and the second face of the double-sided adhesive tape is fixed to the outer face of the chassis, and

the first groove is closer to a distal end of the tab than the second groove, in the longitudinal direction.

9. The portable information device according to claim 3 , wherein

the decorative plate includes a glass plate.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070266/0925 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2021
From: HORIUCHI, SHIGEHIRO; YAMAUCHI, TAKEHITO; SANO, TETSUYA; TSUGANEZAWA, YUTA
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 055104/0865 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-185286 · Nov 5, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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