IP Library Granted Patent US 11,751,341
Granted Patent B2
US 11,751,341 · App. 17/305,949 · Granted Sep 5, 2023

Electronic apparatus and structure

Inventors: Tatsuya Ushioda (Yokohama, JP); Jun Iwasaki (Yokohama, JP); Masaaki Bandoh (Yokohama, JP); Ryota Watanabe (Yokohama, JP); Hiroshi Yamazaki (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
H05K5/0008F16B35/00F16B43/00G06F1/1628H05K7/205
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Patent No.
US 11,751,341
App. No.
17/305,949
Granted
Sep 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a bottom cover, a main board provided with a stud, a screw, a washer, and a sponge. The screw has a head portion having a diameter larger than that of an attachment hole, a male screw portion configured to be screwed into a first female screw portion, and a columnar portion having a diameter smaller than a root diameter of the male screw portion. The washer has a flange portion having a diameter larger than that of the attachment hole, a cylindrical portion having a diameter smaller than that of the attachment hole, and a second female screw portion which the male screw portion is screwable into and passable through. The head portion abuts on the bottom cover to fix the bottom cover by the male screw portion. The flange portion is between the stud and the bottom cover.

Claims (42)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a fixed member having an attachment hole;

a fixing member having a planar board portion, a stud and a first female screw portion;

a screw that fixes the fixed member to the fixing member; and

a washer that is attached to the screw,

wherein the stud and the first female screw portion of the fixing member are both disposed entirely between the planar board portion of the fixing member and the washer,

wherein the screw has:

a head portion at a head portion proximal end thereof and has a head portion diameter larger than that of the attachment hole;

a male screw portion at a male screw portion distal end thereof that screws into the first female screw portion; and

a columnar portion between the head portion and the male screw portion, and having a columnar portion diameter smaller than a root diameter of the male screw portion,

wherein the washer has:

a flange portion at a flange portion distal end thereof and has a flange portion diameter larger than that of the attachment hole;

a cylindrical portion at a cylindrical portion proximal end thereof and has a cylindrical portion diameter smaller than that of the attachment hole; and

a second female screw portion axially disposed, and into which the male screw portion is screwable and passable through,

the head portion abuts on the fixed member to fix the fixed member by the male screw portion passing through the second female screw portion and screwing into the first female screw portion, and

the flange portion is between the stud and the fixed member.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a sponge is in between the flange portion and the fixed member.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein an abutment surface of the fixed member, an abutment surface of the fixing member, the stud, the washer, and the sponge each have conductivity.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a chassis that stores electronic components,

wherein the fixed member is a cover constituting a part of the chassis.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a chassis that stores electronic components,

wherein the fixed member is a heat spreader in the chassis that radiates heat of the electronic components.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein an outer shape of the flange portion is a non-circular shape.

7. A structure comprising:

a fixed member having an attachment hole;

a fixing member having a planar board portion, a stud and a first female screw portion;

a screw that fixes the fixed member to the fixing member; and

a washer that is attached to the screw,

wherein the stud and the first female screw portion of the fixing member are both disposed entirely between the planar board portion of the fixing member and the washer,

wherein the screw has:

a head portion at a head portion proximal end thereof and has a head portion diameter larger than that of the attachment hole;

a male screw portion at a male screw portion distal end thereof that screws into the first female screw portion; and

a columnar portion between the head portion and the male screw portion, and having a columnar portion diameter smaller than a root diameter of the male screw portion,

wherein the washer has:

a flange portion at a flange portion distal end thereof and has a flange portion diameter larger than that of the attachment hole;

a cylindrical portion provided at a cylindrical portion proximal end thereof and has a cylindrical portion diameter smaller than that of the attachment hole; and

a second female screw portion axially disposed, and into which the male screw portion is screwable and passable through,

the head portion abuts on the fixed member to fix the fixed member by the male screw portion passing through the second female screw portion and screwing into the first female screw portion, and

the flange portion is between the stud and the fixed member.

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 Jul 19, 2021
From: USHIODA, TATSUYA; IWASAKI, JUN; BANDOH, MASAAKI; WATANABE, RYOTA; YAMAZAKI, HIROSHI
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 056892/0873 →