Electronic apparatus using fuel cell assembly
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsKyoji Hayashi, Nobutaka Nakamura, Naoki Fujiwara, Fumitaka Sato
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Abstract
In this invention, a fuel cell assembly and an air channel for supplying air to the fuel cell assembly are arranged in a display unit of an electronic apparatus. A drain hole for draining water produced by the fuel cell assembly is formed in a side surface of the display unit. When a drain tool is connected to the drain hole and the electronic apparatus is in the OFF state, the operation mode switches to a fuel cell assembly mode for using the fuel cell assembly.
Claims27
An electronic apparatus, comprising:
- a display unit having a display panel;
- a fuel cell assembly arranged in the display unit, which supplies power to the electronic apparatus;
- an air channel, arranged between the display panel and the fuel cell assembly, which supplies air to the fuel cell assembly;
- a first vent provided to a bottom surface of the display unit;
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- a second vent provided to an upper surface of the display unit.
A method of driving an electronic apparatus including an electronic apparatus body, and a display unit rotatably mounted on the electronic apparatus body, the display unit having a fuel cell assembly for supplying power to the electronic apparatus and a drain hole for draining water produced by the fuel cell assembly, comprising:
- detecting that a tool for collecting water produced by the fuel cell assembly is connected to the drain hole and a power supply of the electronic apparatus is in an OFF state;
- switching to a fuel cell assembly mode for using the fuel cell assembly, when it is detected that a tool for collecting water produced by the fuel cell assembly is connected to the drain hole, and a power supply of the electronic apparatus is in an OFF state;
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- executing a power supply ON sequence unique to the fuel cell assembly mode when the power supply of the electronic apparatus is turned on, and a power of the fuel cell assembly reaches a predetermined output value.
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a display panel provided in a display unit;
- a fuel cell assembly arranged in parallel with the display panel;
- an air channel which is arranged between the display panel and fuel cell assembly such that the air channel faces the fuel cell assembly and which has openings at upper and lower end portions of the display unit, respectively;
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- a shield, arranged between the air channel and display panel, configured to shield the display panel from water generated by the fuel cell assembly.
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a display unit having a display panel;
- a fuel cell assembly arranged in the display unit, which supplies power to the electronic apparatus;
- a fuel supply channel, provided in the display unit, for supplying fuel to the fuel cell assembly;
- an air channel, arranged between the display panel and the fuel cell assembly, which supplies air to the fuel cell assembly;
- a first vent provided to a bottom surface of the display unit;
- a second vent provided to an upper surface of the display unit;
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- a fuel cartridge supplying a fuel to the fuel cell assembly, mounted on the upper surface of the display unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.