Electronic apparatus
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorYoshiaki NAGAMURA
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Abstract
By forming a back wall in a holding member capable of holding a cable connector, an opening portion can be closed by the back wall in the case of producing a notebook computer not having a modular port. Therefore, one holding member can realize a notebook computer having a modular port and a notebook computer not having a modular port. This configuration makes it possible to eliminate the necessity to prepare a lid separately when the notebook computer does not have the modular port and to correspond to a plurality of specifications of communication interfaces with a reduced number of components. The reduction in the number of components reduces the cost of the notebook computer and the number of steps in assembling the notebook computer.
Claims6
An electronic apparatus that can have a connector to which a communication cable is connectable, comprising:
- a housing having an opening portion to which the communication cable is insertable;
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- a holding member contained in the housing and capable of holding the connector,
- wherein the holding member includes a notch portion for exposing a communication cable connection portion in the connector to the outside, and a wall portion having a size sufficient to close the opening portion, and
- the holding member can be placed in the housing in a first posture in which the notch portion faces the opening portion or in a second posture in which the wall portion closes the opening portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.