Electronic apparatus
The electronic apparatus has: a flat-shaped main body chassis provided with a motherboard; a switch provided at an end portion of the motherboard; a button for pressing an actuator of the switch; a restriction section that restricts the button from rotating around a contact portion when the button presses the actuator; and a button opening formed in a side wall of the main body chassis at a position shifted to a higher level than the switch. The button includes: an operation section exposed through the button opening; an arm portion that extends to a position facing the actuator; and a fin piece that protrudes. The restriction section is provided in such a manner as to face the fin piece at a position vertically shifted to a lower level then the fin piece.
1. An electronic apparatus having a flat-shaped chassis provided with an electronic board, the electronic apparatus comprising:
a switch provided at an end portion of the electronic board such that an actuator protrudes along a side-to-side axis of the chassis that is perpendicular to a top-to-bottom axis of the chassis;
a button for pressing the actuator;
a restriction section that restricts the button from rotating around a portion of contact with the actuator at a time of pressing the actuator; and
a button opening formed in a side surface of the chassis at a position shifted, in a first direction along the top-to-bottom axis of the chassis, relative to the switch,
wherein the button includes:
an operation section partly exposed through the button opening;
an arm that extends, in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction along the top-to-bottom axis of the chassis, to a position facing the actuator; and
a fin that protrudes in a direction of displacement at the time of a pressing operation, and
the restriction section faces the fin and is disposed at a position shifted, in the second direction along the top-to-bottom axis of the chassis, relative to the fin.
2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the restriction section is formed of an end portion of the electronic board.
3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the button has an elastic piece protruding from both ends of the operation section in a direction orthogonal to the fin, and
each elastic piece is provided at a position shifted, in the first direction along the top-to-bottom axis of the chassis, relative to a center of the operation section.
4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a pair of the fin and the restriction section is provided on each side of the switch.
5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
along the top-to-bottom axis of the chassis, a distance between the restriction section and the fin increases toward a tip of the fin.
6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
viewed along the side-to-side axis of the chassis, the button opening does not overlap any portion of the switch.
7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
viewed along the side-to-side axis of the chassis, the button opening does not overlap any portion of the actuator.
8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the restriction section restricts the button by directly contacting the fin at the time of the pressing operation.
9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a surface of the chassis is provided with a keyboard, and
the button opening is provided in a side of the keyboard.
10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein
in a configuration where the button is inactive:
the fin is at a position laterally shifted, along the side-to-side axis, from an end portion of the keyboard, and
viewed along the top-to-bottom axis of the chassis, the fin does not overlap any portion of the keyboard.
11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein
the switch is mounted on a surface of the electronic board that faces the second direction along the top-to-bottom axis of the chassis.