Electronic apparatus and exterior panel thereof
There is provided an electronic apparatus which improves an external appearance and which easily ensures the strength of an exterior member. In the electronic apparatus, an upper surface of an exterior panel ( 20 A) has, on a peripheral portion of the upper surface, a first position (P 1 ), a second position (P 2 ) defined on an opposite side of a center (P 0 ) of the upper surface from the first position (P 1 ), a third position (P 3 ), and a fourth position (P 4 ) defined on an opposite side of the center (P 0 ) of the upper surface from the third position (P 3 ). A line (L 1 ) that connects the first position (P 1 ) and the second position (P 2 ) to each other and is formed along the upper surface is a curve bulging to a lower side, and a line (L 2 ) that connects the third position (P 3 ) and the fourth position (P 4 ) to each other and is formed along the upper surface is a curve bulging to an upper side.
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
an exterior member having a first external surface disposed in a first cutting plane and in a second cutting plane intersecting the first cutting plane, each cutting plane being along an upward-downward direction of the electronic apparatus, wherein
the first external surface has, on a peripheral portion of the first external surface, a first position, a second position defined on an opposite side of a center of the first external surface from the first position, a third position, and a fourth position defined on an opposite side of the center of the first external surface from the third position,
a line that connects the first position and the second position to each other and is formed along the first external surface is a curve bulging to at least one direction of an upward direction or a downward direction in the first cutting plane, and
a line that connects the third position and the fourth position to each other and is formed along the first external surface is a curve bulging to another direction of the upward direction or the downward direction, the another direction being opposite the at least one direction in the second cutting plane.
2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first position and the second position are positions of two corners located on mutually opposite sides of the center of the first external surface, and
the third position and the fourth position are positions of two corners located on mutually opposite sides of the center of the first external surface.
3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a circuit board, wherein,
as distances from a horizontal plane including the circuit board to the first external surface, the electronic apparatus has a first distance at the first position, has a second distance at the second position, has a third distance at the third position, and has a fourth distance at the fourth position, and of the first distance and the second distance, at least the first distance is larger than each of the third distance and the fourth distance.
4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the electronic apparatus has a vent hole, and
when the electronic apparatus is viewed in the upward-downward direction, a line that connects the center of the first external surface and the first position to each other passes through the vent hole.
5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the electronic apparatus has a cooling fan, an inlet port, and a flow passage from the inlet port to the cooling fan, and
when the electronic apparatus is viewed in the upward-downward direction, a line that connects the center of the first external surface and the first position to each other passes through the flow passage.
6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a circuit board, wherein,
as distances from a horizontal plane including the circuit board to the first external surface, the electronic apparatus has a first distance at the first position, has a second distance at the second position, has a third distance at the third position, and has a fourth distance at the fourth position, and
of the first distance and the second distance, at least the second distance is larger than each of the third distance and the fourth distance.
7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein
the electronic apparatus has a cooling fan, an exhaust port, and a flow passage from the cooling fan to the exhaust port, and
when the electronic apparatus is viewed in the upward-downward direction, a line that connects the center of the first external surface and the second position to each other passes through the flow passage.
8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein
when the electronic apparatus is viewed in the upward-downward direction, a part of a power supply unit case is disposed between the center of the first external surface and the second position, and
a vent hole is formed in the part of the power supply unit case.
9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the exterior member has a second external surface facing a side opposite to a side that the first external surface faces,
the second external surface has, on a peripheral portion of the second external surface, a fifth position, a sixth position defined on an opposite side of a center of the second external surface from the fifth position, a seventh position, and an eighth position defined on an opposite side of the center of the second external surface from the seventh position,
a line that connects the fifth position and the sixth position to each other and is formed along the second external surface is a curve bulging to at least one direction of the upward direction or the downward direction in the first cutting plane, and
a line that connects the seventh position and the eighth position to each other and is formed along the second external surface is a curve bulging to another direction of the upward direction or the downward direction, the another direction being opposite the at least one direction in the second cutting plane.
10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein
one of the fifth position and the sixth position corresponds to the first position when the exterior member is viewed in the upward-downward direction.
11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the electronic apparatus includes a housing and an exterior panel that is to be attached to the housing and that has the first external surface.
12. An exterior panel that is to be attached to a housing of an electronic apparatus and arranged in disposed in a first cutting plane and in a second cutting plane intersecting the first cutting plane, each cutting plane being along an upward-downward direction of the electronic apparatus with respect to the housing, wherein
the exterior panel has, on a peripheral portion of the exterior panel, a first position, a second position defined on an opposite side of a center of the exterior panel from the first position, a third position, a fourth position defined on an opposite side of the center of the exterior panel from the third position,
a line that connects the first position and the second position to each other and is formed along an external surface of the exterior panel is a curve bulging to at least one direction of an upward direction or a downward direction in the first cutting plane, and
a line that connects the third position and the fourth position to each other and is formed along the external surface of the exterior panel is a curve bulging to another direction of the upward direction or the downward direction, the another direction being opposite the at least one direction in the second cutting plane.