Circuit board unit and electronic device
A circuit board unit includes: a circuit board; a connector mounted on and electrically connected to the circuit board via a cable; a support member which supports the connector on the circuit board; and an installation component mounted on the circuit board to support the support member. The circuit board has a pair of openings passing through front and rear surfaces of the circuit board on both sides of an area on which the connector is mounted. The support member has an upper plate adjoining an upper surface of the connector, a pair of side plates that are bent from the upper plate and extending along a pair of side surfaces of the connector and each have a leading edge inserted into each of the pair of openings, and a fixed section extending from the upper plate and fixed to the installation component.
1. A circuit board unit comprising: a circuit board; a connector mounted on and electrically connected to the circuit board via a cable; a support member which supports the connector on the circuit board; and an installation component mounted on the circuit board to support the support member; wherein the circuit board has a pair of openings passing through front and rear surfaces of the circuit board on both sides of an area on which the connector is mounted, and wherein the support member has an upper plate adjoining an upper surface of the connector, a pair of side plates that are bent from the upper plate and extending along a pair of side surfaces of the connector and each have a leading edge inserted into each of the pair of openings, and a fixed section extending from the upper plate and fixed to the installation component; wherein each of the pair of openings is extended in a first direction along the pair of side surfaces of the connector, and has both ends bent toward a second direction intersecting the first direction.
2. The circuit board unit according to claim 1 , wherein the fixed section has an attachment hole used for fixing the fixed section to the installation component, the installation component has a screw hole communicated to the attachment hole, and the support member is fixed to the installation component by a screw.
3. The circuit board unit according to claim 1 , wherein the support member has an engagement claw extending from the upper plate and holding a surface of the connector facing a counterpart connector to prevent the connector from being moved in a demating direction toward the surface, and the connector has engagement protrusions to be engaged with the pair of side plates to prevent the connector from being moved in a mating direction opposite to the demating direction.
4. The circuit board unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a heat-producing circuit component which is mounted on the circuit board and operates by consuming power,
wherein the installation component is a heat sink unit that cools the heat-generating circuit component.
5. The circuit board unit according to claim 1 , wherein the connector is a power connector which receives external power and supplies the power to electronic components on the circuit board.
6. An electronic device comprising: a circuit board unit comprising: a circuit board, a connector mounted on and electrically connected to the circuit board via a cable, a support member which supports the connector on the circuit board, and an installation component mounted on the circuit board to support the support member, wherein the circuit board has a pair of openings passing through front and rear surfaces of the circuit board on both sides of an area on which the connector is mounted, and wherein the support member has an upper plate adjoining an upper surface of the connector, a pair of side plates that are bent from the upper plate and extending along a pair of side surfaces of the connector and each have a leading edge inserted into each of the pair of openings, and a fixed section extending from the upper plate and fixed to the installation component;
and a casing that stores the circuit board unit; wherein each of the pair of openings is extended in a first direction along the pair of side surfaces of the connector, and has both ends bent toward a second direction intersecting the first direction.
7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the fixed section has an attachment hole used for fixing the fixed section to the installation component, the installation component has a screw hole communicated to the attachment hole, and the support member is fixed to the installation component by a screw.
8. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the support member has an engagement claw extending from the upper plate and holding a surface of the connector facing a counterpart connector to prevent the connector from being moved in a demating direction toward the surface, and the connector has engagement protrusions to be engaged with the pair of side plates to prevent the connector from being moved in a mating direction opposite to the demating direction.
9. The electronic device according to claim 6 , further comprising a heat-producing circuit component which is mounted on the circuit board and operates by consuming power,
wherein the installation component is a heat sink unit that cools the heat-generating circuit component.
10. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the connector is a power connector which receives external power and supplies the power to electronic components on the circuit board.
11. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the circuit board is mounted with a circuit element that executes operational processing, and the casing is an enclosure of a main unit having a keyboard disposed on a top surface of the main unit, and the electronic device further comprises a display unit having a display screen and supported by the main unit so as to be opened and closed relative to the main unit.