IP Library Granted Patent US 9,551,890
Granted Patent B2
US 9,551,890 · App. 14/306,671 · Granted Jan 24, 2017

Electronic apparatus

Inventors: Shuji Yamashita (Nara, JP); Yukiharu Wakiguchi (Osaka, JP); Eiji Saitou (Osaka, JP); Kazutaka Goto (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 9,551,890
App. No.
14/306,671
Granted
Jan 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an electronic apparatus having the waterproof structure. The electronic apparatus includes: a housing; a transparent panel which has an image display area; and a plurality of strip-shaped waterproof spacers fixed adherently between the housing and the transparent panel, and fixed adherently to an outer periphery of the image display area at the transparent panel side. A clearance between the waterproof spacers adjacent to each other is filled with a filler. In the electronic apparatus, a hole is formed in the housing such that the hole overlaps with the clearance and a portion of the waterproof spacer, and the hole is filled with the filler.

Claims (10)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a transparent panel which has an image display area; and

a plurality of strip-shaped waterproof spacers fixed adherently between the housing and the transparent panel, and fixed adherently to an outer periphery of the image display area at the transparent panel side, wherein

a clearance between the waterproof spacers adjacent to each other is filled with a filler; and

a hole is formed in the housing such that the hole overlaps with the clearance and a portion of the waterproof spacer, and the hole is filled with the filler.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image display area has a rectangular shape, and four waterproof spacers are provided.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hole is formed of two holes both having a rectangular parallelepiped shape respectively, and areas of surfaces of the two holes which abut with each other differ from each other.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the waterproof spacer is formed of a double-sided tape.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the filler is an adhesive agent.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2014
From: YAMASHITA, SHUJI; WAKIGUCHI, YUKIHARU; SAITOU, EIJI; GOTO, KAZUTAKA
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033557/0766 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-268664 · Dec 26, 2013 · national
JP 2014-101034 · May 15, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150185537A1 · Jul 2, 2015