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US 5,294,013 AGranted
Portable electronic apparatus
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorKatumaru Sasaki
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Abstract
A portable electronic apparatus includes a screw cover storing portion and a screw cover. The screw cover includes a thin portion and a thick portion. The thin portion is separated from the screw cover storing portion. The thin portion has a engaging claw for fixing the cover on the portion. When an operator pushes the thin portion, the thin portion is bent. When the thin portion is bent, the engaging claw is released from the cover. The cover is easy to remove from the screw cover storing portion.
Claims25
A portable electronic apparatus comprising:
- an outer case including a screw engaging portion;
- an inner case, fixed to the outer case, including a screw cover storing portion having a bottom surface, a through hole, a cover engaging portion and a cover support portion;
- a screw cover, stored on the screw cover storing portion, including a thick portion having a first inner surface, contacted on the bottom surface, having a support claw suppored on the cover support portion, and a thin portion having a second inner surface, being separated from the bottom surface when the cover is stored on the storing portion, having a engaging claw engaged with the cover engaging portion.
A portable electronic apparatus comprising:
- an outer case including a screw engaging portion;
- an inner case, fixed to the outer case, including a screw cover stirring portion having a bottom surface, a through hole, a cover engaging portion and a cover support portion;
- a screw cover stored on the screw cover storing portion, including a thick portion having a first inner surface, contacted on the bottom surface, having a support claw supported on the screw cover support portion, and a thin portion having a second inner surface, being separated from the bottom surface when the screw cover is stored on the storing portion, having an engaging claw engaged with the screw cover engaging portion.
A portable electronic apparatus comprising:
- an outer case, an inner case, the inner case including a facing surface having a cover engaging portion and a through hole;
- a screw fixing the outer case and the inner case through the through hole;
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- a screw cover removably stored on the facing surface, including a cover surface facing to the facing surface, a bendable portion configured to be manually pushed for bending the screw cover in a vertical direction to the facing surface, and a longitudinal axis, the cover surface including an engaging claw engaged with the cover engaging portion, the engagement of the engaging claw and the engaging portion being released when the bendable portion is bent, the screw cover being moved in a direction of the longitudinal axis after the bendable portion is bent so as to remove the screw cover from the facing surface.
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A portable electronic apparatus comprising:
- a display unit having a leg and including an outer case having an outer leg cover portion and an inner case having an inner leg cover portion, the inner leg cover portion having a cover engaging portion and a through hole;
- a screw fixing the outer leg cover portion and the inner leg cover portion through the through hole;
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- a screw cover removably stored on the inner leg cover portion, including having a first portion having a first thickness and an engaging claw engaged with the cover engaging portion, and a second portion having a second thickness being different from the first thickness.
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A portable electronic apparatus comprising:
- a display unit having a leg and including an outer case having an outer leg cover portion and an inner case having an inner leg cover portion, the inner leg cover portion having a cover engaging portion and a through hole;
- a screw fixing the outer leg cover portion and the inner leg cover portion through the through hole;
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- a screw cover removably stored on the inner leg cover portion, including a inner surface, an engaging claw engaged with the cover engaging portion and a stepped portion for separating the inner surface from the inner leg cover portion.
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A portable electronic apparatus comprising:
- a display unit having a leg and including an outer case having an outer leg cover portion and an inner case having an inner leg cover portion, the inner leg cover portion having a cover engaging portion and a through hole;
- a screw fixing the outer leg cover portion and the inner leg cover portion through the through hole;
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- a screw cover removably stored on the inner leg cover portion, including having a deflecting portion having a engaging claw engaged with the engaging portion and a non-deflecting portion, the deflecting portion being separated from the inner leg cover portion when the screw cover stored on the inner leg cover portion.
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A portable electronic apparatus comprising:
- an outer case, an inner case, the inner case including a facing surface having a cover engaging portion and a through hole;
- a screw fixing the outer case and the inner case through the through hole;
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- a screw cover removably stored on the facing surface, including a cover surface facing to the facing surface, a bendable portion configured for manual pushing for bending the screw cover in a vertical direction to the facing surface, and a longitudinal axis, the cover surface including an engaging claw engaged with the cover engaging portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.