Electronic device
Provided are a structure capable of protecting an air intake portion from entry of water droplets or the like, and an electronic device including the structure. The electronic device includes: a housing which is a box-shaped container having an open upper surface, configured to house an electronic component and a fan for blowing air downward, and provided with an air exhaust hole; an inner lid to be attachable and detachable at a position at which an opening of the housing is closed, and provided with an air intake hole upstream of the fan in an air-blowing direction; and an upper lid provided to overlap the inner lid, and facing, from above, a surface provided with the air intake hole with a gap therebetween.
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing comprising a box-shaped container having an open upper surface and an air exhaust hole, the housing configured to house an electronic component and a fan for blowing air downward;
an inner lid attachable and detachable from the housing at a position at which the open upper surface is at least partially closed, with the inner lid comprising an air intake hole upstream of the fan in an air-blowing direction; and
an upper lid provided to overlap the inner lid, and facing, from above, a surface provided with the air intake hole with a gap therebetween,
wherein the inner lid includes two inclined surfaces having a top portion positioned in a range in which the air intake hole is provided and which descend to both sides with the top portion sandwiched therebetween, and a pair of partition walls having rib-shaped portions facing each other with the air intake hole sandwiched therebetween and whose longitudinal direction is along an arrangement direction of the two inclined surfaces.
2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the inner lid has the surface provided with the air intake hole as a bottom surface, and has a side wall erected on an edge of the bottom surface, and
the upper lid has a top surface facing, from above, the bottom surface with the gap therebetween, and a leg portion which is provided on an edge of the top surface and to be fitted to an inner side of the side wall.
3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein
a through hole is provided in a portion of the side wall of the inner lid adjacent to a valley downward from an inclined surface, of the two inclined surfaces, to take in air, from the fan blowing in air downward, absorbed into the air intake hole and to discharge a liquid flowing downward from the inclined surface.
4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein
the leg portion is provided at a position at which the through hole is not closed.
5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a switch for switching an energization state of the electronic device between ON and OFF states.
6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the air intake hole faces downward.
7. A computer, comprising:
a housing comprising a box-shaped container having an open upper surface and an air exhaust hole, the housing configured to house a central processing unit and a fan for blowing air downward;
an inner lid attachable and detachable from the housing at a position at which the open upper surface is at least partially closed, with the inner lid comprising an air intake hole upstream of the fan in an air-blowing direction; and
an upper lid provided to overlap the inner lid, and facing, from above, a surface provided with the air intake hole with a gap therebetween,
wherein the inner lid includes two inclined surfaces having a top portion positioned in a range in which the air intake hole is provided and which descend to both sides with the top portion sandwiched therebetween, and a pair of partition walls having rib-shaped portions facing each other with the air intake hole sandwiched therebetween and whose longitudinal direction is along an arrangement direction of the two inclined surfaces.
8. The computer according to claim 7 , wherein
the inner lid has the surface provided with the air intake hole as a bottom surface, and has a side wall erected on an edge of the bottom surface, and
the upper lid has a top surface facing, from above, the bottom surface with the gap therebetween, and a leg portion which is provided on an edge of the top surface and to be fitted to an inner side of the side wall.
9. The computer according to claim 8 , wherein
a through hole is provided in a portion of the side wall of the inner lid adjacent to a valley downward from an inclined surface, of the two inclined surfaces, to take in air, from the fan blowing in air downward, absorbed into the air intake hole and to discharge a liquid flowing downward from the inclined surface.
10. The computer according to claim 9 , wherein
the leg portion is provided at a position at which the through hole is not closed.
11. The computer according to claim 7 , further comprising a switch for switching an energization state of the computer between ON and OFF states.
12. The computer according to claim 7 , wherein
the air intake hole faces downward.
13. A method of reducing water damage to an electronic device, comprising:
equipping the electronic device with:
a housing comprising a box-shaped container having an open upper surface and an air exhaust hole, the housing configured to house an electronic component and a fan for blowing air downward,
an inner lid attachable and detachable from the housing at a position at which the open upper surface is at least partially closed, with the inner lid comprising an air intake hole upstream of the fan in an air-blowing direction, and
an upper lid provided to overlap the inner lid, and facing, from above, a surface provided with the air intake hole with a gap therebetween,
to reduce or prevent water contact with the electronic component in the housing,
wherein the inner lid includes two inclined surfaces having a top portion positioned in a range in which the air intake hole is provided and which descend to both sides with the top portion sandwiched therebetween, and a pair of partition walls having rib-shaped portions facing each other with the air intake hole sandwiched therebetween and whose longitudinal direction is along an arrangement direction of the two inclined surfaces.
14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising
preventing water from entering the air intake hole via a bottom surface of the inner lid,
wherein the bottom surface is comprised by the surface provided with the air intake hole, and
wherein the inner lid has a side wall erected on an edge of the bottom surface, and
the upper lid has a top surface facing, from above, the bottom surface with the gap therebetween, and a leg portion which is provided on an edge of the top surface and to be fitted to an inner side of the side wall.
15. The method according to claim 14 , further comprising
absorbing air, from the fan blowing in air downward, from the air intake hole into a through hole is provided in a portion of the side wall of the inner lid adjacent to a valley downward from an inclined surface, of the two inclined surfaces, and discharging a liquid flowing downward from the inclined surface.
16. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising switching an energization state of the electronic device between ON and OFF states.
17. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising preventing water from entering the air intake hole.