Case and method of using case
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsKiyoyuki Nakagawa, Mitsuru Ikeda
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Abstract
A case includes a case body including an accommodation space to accommodate electronic components and a discharge port to accommodate in and discharge the electronic components from the accommodation space, and a shutter slidable in the case body to open and close the discharge port. The case body includes an inner rear wall portion defining the accommodation space. The inner rear wall portion includes a thin portion defining and functioning as a through-hole formation portion at which a through hole may be provided to allow communication between outside of the case body and the accommodation space.
Claims20
A case comprising:
- a case body including an accommodation space to accommodate a plurality of components and an accommodation opening to accommodate in and discharge the plurality of components from the accommodation space;
- and
- a shutter slidable in the case body to open and close the accommodation opening;
- wherein
- the case body includes a wall portion defining the accommodation space;
- the wall portion includes a through-hole formation portion at which a through hole is provided to allow communication between an outside of the case body and the accommodation space;
- the case body includes a front wall portion and a rear wall portion extending in an up-down direction;
- the accommodation opening is included in the front wall portion and the through-hole formation portion is included in the rear wall portion;
- the front wall portion and the rear wall portion face each other in a direction that is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the up-down direction;
- and
- the through-hole formation portion is provided at a portion of the rear wall portion which overlaps with a front of a rear wall opening included in the rear wall portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.