Portable apparatus with housing for containing functional elements and with bracket for supporting the housing
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsHajime Gushiken, Masashi Mikami
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Abstract
A portable apparatus such as a portable computer comprises a box-shaped housing, a functional element contained within the housing, and a bracket for supporting the housing. The bracket has a coupling portion situated within the housing. The housing includes a wall for supporting the functional element and a peripheral wall formed to be continuous with a peripheral edge portion of the wall and to surround the functional element. The coupling portion of the bracket is fixed to the peripheral wall of the housing.
Claims16
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a functional element contained within said housing;
- and
- a support bracket having a coupling portion situated within said housing;
- wherein said housing comprises a wall for supporting said functional element and a peripheral wall surrounding said functional element and formed to be continuous with a peripheral edge portion of said wall, said coupling portion of said bracket being fixed to said peripheral wall.
A portable computer comprising:
- a body having a first housing;
- a display unit having a second housing and a display device contained within said second housing;
- and
- a hinge mechanism for rotatably coupling said display unit to said body, said hinge mechanism having a bracket situated within said second housing;
- wherein said second housing comprises a wall for supporting said display device and a peripheral wall surrounding said display device and formed to be continuous with a peripheral edge portion of said wall, said bracket being fixed to said peripheral wall.
A portable computer comprising:
- a body having a first housing and a circuit board contained in said first housing;
- a display unit having a second housing and a display device contained within said second housing;
- and
- a hinge mechanism for rotatably coupling said display unit to said body, said hinge mechanism having a first bracket situated within said first housing and a second bracket situated within said second housing;
- said first housing comprising a bottom wall for supporting said circuit board and a side wall surrounding said circuit board and formed to be continuous with a peripheral edge portion of said bottom wall, said first bracket being fixed to said side wall;
- and
- said second housing comprising a wall for supporting said display device and a peripheral wall surrounding said display device and formed to be continuous with a peripheral edge portion of said wall, said second bracket being fixed to said peripheral wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.