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Granted Patent B2
US 10,767,810 · App. 16/736,358 · Granted Sep 8, 2020

Electronic device holder

Inventors: Kenji Yamamori (Tokyo, JP); Masanori Nakano (Tokyo, JP); Brad Chiu (Taipei, TW); Jonathan Lin (Taipei, TW); Walter Lin (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., LTD.
F16M13/02F16M11/04A45F2200/0525H05K5/02H05K7/14
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Patent No.
US 10,767,810
App. No.
16/736,358
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a holder attaches a first electronic device and a second electronic device to a display. The holder includes a base structure, a first holder section, and a second holder section. The first holder section at a first portion of the base structure holds the second electronic device and includes a first through hole that receives a first male screw to be screwed into a first female screw of the first electronic device. The second holder section at a second portion of the base structure holds the second electronic device and includes a second through hole that receives a second male screw to be screwed into a second female screw of the first electronic device.

Claims (29)

1. A holder that attaches a first electronic device and a second electronic device to a display, the holder comprising:

a first holder section comprising a group of through holes that receives a group of male screws to be screwed into a group of female screws of the display, and storing the first electronic device; and

a second holder section that attaches to the first holder section and stores the second electronic device wherein the first holder section comprises a first engaging section, the second holder section comprises a second engaging section, and the first engaging section engages with the second engaging section, wherein

the first holder section further comprises:

a base plate comprising the group of through holes;

an upper holding section, at an upper portion extending from the base plate, that holds the first electronic device; and

a lower holding section, at a lower portion extending from the base plate, that holds the first electronic device;

the upper holding section comprises:

a pair of guides extending from the base plate; and

a coupling member, substantially parallel to the base plate, that couples the pair of guides together,

the base plate, the pair of guides, and the coupling member forming an insertion opening, wherein the holder receives the first electronic device through the insertion opening, wherein the holder permits the first electronic device to be removed from the holder through the insertion opening;

the lower holding section comprises:

a first bottom plate extending from the base plate; and

a front plate extending from the first bottom plate and substantially parallel to the base plate, and

the front plate comprises the first engaging section.

2. The holder of claim 1 , wherein the base plate, the pair of guides, the coupling member, the first bottom plate, and the front plate are integrally formed.

3. The holder of claim 1 , wherein

the second holder section further comprises:

a holding plate;

a second pair of guides that holds both side faces of the second electronic device; and

a second bottom plate that supports a bottom face of the second electronic device; and

the holding plate comprises:

the second engaging section; and

an engaging piece that engages with the coupling member of the upper holding section.

4. The holder of claim 3 , wherein the holding plate, the pair of guides, and the second bottom plate are integrally formed.

5. The holder of claim 1 , wherein the group of through holes comprises four through holes formed at four corners of the base plate.

6. The holder of claim 1 , wherein

the group of female screws are a first group of female screws that conforms to a Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) standard mount of a first size or a second group of female screws conforming to the VESA standard mount of a second size is formed in the display, and

the group of through holes are a first group of through holes that receives corresponding male screws to be screwed into the first group of female screws or a second group of through holes for the second group of female screws is formed in the base plate.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-241772 · Dec 18, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 16038943 · Jul 18, 2018
Related Publication 20200141535A1 · May 7, 2020
Cited By (2)
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