# US 6,721,173 B2 · Electronic apparatus comprising a housing including a hard-disk drive > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 6,721,173 B2 - Document ID: US6721173B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 10/298,060 - Filed: 2002-11-18 - Published: 2003-07-17 - Granted: 2004-04-13 - Earliest claimed: 2002-01-15 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Inventors: Satoshi Ooka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6721173B2 ## CPC - G11B 33/124: {of the single recording/reproducing device, e.g. disk drive, onto a chassis} - G06F 1/184: Mounting of motherboards - G06F 1/187: Mounting of fixed or removable disk drives - Y10S 248/917: Video display screen support - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract The electronic apparatus comprises a housing having a bottom wall, and a functional component contained in the housing. First and second gaps are created between the functional component and the bottom wall. The second gap is larger than the first gap. The functional component is supported in the housing via a supporting member. The supporting member is interposed between the functional component and the bottom wall, and has a first part positioned in the first gap and a second part positioned in the second gap. The second part has lower rigidity than the first part. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic apparatus comprising: a housing having a bottom wall; a functional component contained in the housing, with first and second gaps created between the functional component and the bottom wall, the second gap being larger than the first gap; and a supporting member interposed between the functional component and the bottom wall, to support elastically the functional component in the housing, the supporting member having a first part which is positioned in the first gap and a second part which is positioned in the second gap and has lower rigidity than the first part. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the supporting member is made of elastic material like rubber. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the area of the second part of the supporting member is smaller than that of the first part. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second part of the supporting member has a larger thickness dimension than the first part. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second part of the supporting member is made of softer material than the first part. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the functional component has a first end part and a second end part positioned in the side opposite to the first end part, the first end part creates the first gap from the bottom wall, the second end part creates the second gap from the bottom wall, the first part of the supporting member elastically supports the first end part of the functional component, and the second part of the supporting member elastically supports the second end part of the functional component. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the housing has a palm rest to put hands on, and the functional component is positioned between the palm rest and the bottom wall. ### Claim 8 An electronic apparatus comprising: a housing having a bottom wall; a functional component contained in the housing, with first and second gaps created between the functional component and the bottom wall, the second gap being larger than the first gap; a first supporting member interposed in the first gap, to support elastically the functional component in the housing; and a second supporting member interposed in the second gap, to support elastically the functional component in the housing, the second supporting member having lower rigidity than the first supporting member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the functional component has a first end part which creates the first gap from the bottom wall, and a second end part which creates the second gap from the bottom wall, the first supporting member elastically supports the first end part of the functional component, and the second supporting member elastically supports the second end part of the functional component. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first and second supporting members are each made of elastic material like rubber. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first supporting member and the second supporting member are formed integrally with each other. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the housing has a top wall opposite to the bottom wall, and the functional component is interposed between the bottom wall and the top wall. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the area of the second supporting member is smaller than the first supporting member. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the second supporting member has a larger thickness dimension than the first supporting member. ### Claim 15 An electronic apparatus comprising: a housing having a bottom wall and a top wall arranged close to each other; a functional component interposed between the bottom wall and the top wall, contained in a horizontal attitude in the housing, and having a first end part which creates a first gap from the bottom wall, and a second end part which creates a second gap from the bottom wall, the second gap being larger than the first gap; a first supporting member interposed in the first gap, to support elastically the first end part of the functional component in the housing; and a second supporting member interposed in the second gap, to support elastically the second end part of the functional component in the housing, the second supporting member having lower rigidity than the first supporting member. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the area where the first supporting member contacts the functional component is larger than the area where the second supporting member contacts the functional component. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the first supporting member has a smaller thickness dimension than the second supporting member. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the first supporting member has a larger elastic modulus than the second supporting member. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the top wall has a palm rest to put hands on, and the functional component is positioned between the palm rest and the bottom wall.