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US 12,598,712 B2Granted
Electronic apparatus having liquid-proof structure
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasayasu Shigematsu
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes a first member having a first surface, and a second member having a second surface that faces the first surface of the first member via a gap. A fine structure having a liquid-repellent effect is formed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface. The second surface has a tilt relative to the first surface, which narrows the gap toward an opening where liquid can enter.
Claims6
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a first member as an exterior member having a first surface;
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- a second member disposed inside the first member and having a second surface that faces the first surface of the first member via a gap,
- wherein a fine structure having a liquid-repellent effect is formed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface,
- wherein the second surface has a tilt relative to the first surface, which narrows the gap toward an opening where liquid can enter, and
- wherein the second surface includes, in order from an opening side, a first tilted portion having the tilt, a wall portion rising from the first tiled portion, and a second tilted portion having the tilt, and
- wherein, when the first member receives an external force and thereby approaches the second surface, the second surface contacts the first member at an opening side vertex of the first tilted portion and a vertex apex of the wall portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.