US 8,009,411 B2Granted

Electronic device

AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

InventorsToshio Ooe, Yuji Nakajima, Noriyasu Kawamura

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Abstract

An electronic device includes a housing and a circuit board contained in the housing. The housing includes a main wall, a side wall, a vertical wall, a first rib, and a second rib. The side wall is integrally formed with the main wall. The vertical wall is integrally formed with the main wall and faces to the side wall. The first rib is integrally formed with the side wall and the main wall. The first rib extends from the side wall toward the vertical wall. The first rib has a first end portion separated from the vertical wall. The second rib is integrally formed with the vertical wall and the main wall. The second rib extends from the vertical wall toward the side wall. The second rib has a second end portion separated from the side wall. The second rib faces to the first end.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

a housing;
and
a circuit board contained in the housing, wherein the housing comprises
a first wall,
a second wall integrally formed with the first wall,
a third wall integrally formed with the first wall, the third wall facing the second wall,
at least one first rib integrally formed with the second wall and the first wall and extending from the second wall toward the third wall, the at least one first rib including a first rib having a first end portion separated from the third wall, and
a least one second rib integrally formed with the third wall and the first wall and extending from the third wall toward the second wall, the at least one second rib including a second rib having a second end portion separated from the second wall,
wherein each of the at least one first rib and the at least one second rib (i) being arranged alternately one by one in an arrangement direction, (ii) being arranged adjacent to each other, and (iii) having facing areas facing to each other along the arrangement direction.

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Facts

Application: 12/753,599Filed 2 Apr 2010 · continuation
Priority: JP 2005-13207728 Apr 2005
Published: US 2010/0182758 A122 Jul 2010
Granted: 30 Aug 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

G06F 1/1616
With several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function: with folding flat displays,…
G06F 1/1656
Constructional details or arrangements of portable computers not specific to the type of enclosures covered by groups G06F1/1615 - G06F1/1626:…
G06F
Computing and data processing

Family

Application11/411,763Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Apr 2006
US 2010/0182758 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Jul 2010
US 7,692,921 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2006/0245151 A1Published application
US 8,009,411 B2This patent

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