US 2014/0176791 A1Published application

Electronic apparatus having exterior covers

AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsKenji YAMAGATA, Shinnosuke TORII

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Abstract

An electronic apparatus capable of reducing assembly man-hours to reduce fabrication costs and capable of improving appearance design thereof. An upper cover of the electronic apparatus has a first abutment portion abutted with a second abutment portion of a right cover. Engagement portions are formed on an inner face of the upper cover, and latch portions are disposed between adjacent ones of the engagement portions and provided to project toward the right cover beyond the first abutment portion. The right cover has engaged portions disposed along the second abutment portion and provided to project toward the upper cover beyond the second abutment portion, and latched portions are disposed between adjacent ones of the engaged portions. The engaged portions of the right cover are engaged with the engagement portions of the upper cover, and the latched portions of the right cover are latched to the latch portions of the upper cover.

Claims5

Dependent claims

An electronic apparatus having a first exterior cover and a second exterior cover connected to the first exterior cover, wherein:

said first and second exterior covers have first and second abutment portions, respectively,
said first exterior cover has engagement portions formed on an inner face of said first exterior cover on a side close to the first abutment portion and has latch portions each disposed between adjacent ones of the engagement portions and provided to protrude toward said second exterior cover beyond the first abutment portion,
said second exterior cover has engaged portions disposed along the second abutment portion so as to correspond to the engagement portions of said first exterior cover and provided to protrude toward said first exterior cover beyond the second abutment portion and has latched portions each disposed between adjacent ones of the engaged portions so as to correspond to the latch portions of said first exterior cover,
the engaged portions of said second exterior cover are engaged with the engagement portions of said first exterior cover, and
the latched portions of said second exterior cover are latched to the latch portions of said first exterior cover.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.