JP-7856821-B2 - electronic equipment

Inventors

• 渡村 憲司
• 宮本 旅人
• 堀越 正太
• 恩田 祐一
• 藤井 一男
• ティン－ルップ・ウォング

Assignees

• レノボ・シンガポール・プライベート・リミテッド

Dates

Publication Date

20260511

Application Date

20250521

Priority Date

20240703

Claims (6)

1. An electronic device having a flat rectangular housing, The aforementioned enclosure is A side wall frame formed by bending an extruded profile to create at least three side walls, A cover that, when combined with the side wall frame, forms one side of the housing, A plate-shaped plate frame is provided between opposing portions of the three aforementioned side walls, It has, The plate frame has two vertical walls at angles intersecting the plate-like portion, forming a space enclosed on three sides by the plate-like portion and the two vertical walls. A retaining block is fitted into the aforementioned space from the side. The cover is held in place by the side wall frame and the retaining block at a portion of its edge. The electronic device is characterized in that the retaining block is provided with an I/O connector.
2. In the electronic device described in claim 1, The enclosure contains a main board equipped with a main control unit. The electronic device is characterized in that the I/O connector is detachably connected to the main board.
3. In the electronic device according to claim 2, The aforementioned retaining block is provided with a card on which the I/O connector is mounted. The electronic device is characterized in that the aforementioned card is connected to the main board via a connector.
4. In the electronic device according to claim 3, The aforementioned card and the aforementioned main board are connected by a horizontally mating connector. The electronic device is characterized in that the mating direction of the horizontally mating connector is the same as the mating direction of the retaining block relative to the space.
5. In the electronic device described in claim 1, The electronic device is characterized in that the retaining block abuts against the plate-shaped portion and the two vertical walls.
6. In the electronic device described in claim 1, The cover has a plate frame insertion hole into which the plate frame is fitted. The electronic device is characterized in that the part of the edge is a bridge portion connecting both sides of the cover with respect to the plate frame insertion hole.

Description

This invention relates to an electronic device having a flattened rectangular housing. The casing of electronic devices such as notebook personal computers (notebook PCs) is a flat, rectangular box shape formed by an upper and lower cover, with the control board, battery, and other components housed inside. The side walls of the casing are often integrated with either the upper or lower cover, resulting in a shallow, tray-like shape known as a unibody design. Japanese Patent Publication No. 2020-140406 Figure 1 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to one embodiment.Figure 2 is a bottom view of the main casing of an electronic device.Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the main unit's casing.Figure 4 is an exploded plan view of the main casing.Figure 5 is an exploded bottom view of the main casing.Figure 6 is a perspective view of the frame.Figure 7 is a perspective view of the extruded profile that will be used as the material for the side wall frame.Figure 8 is a perspective view of the extruded profile that will be used as the material for the plate frame.Figure 9 is a perspective view of the plate frame.Figure 10 shows examples of frames of different sizes, where (a) shows a small frame and (b) shows a large frame.Figure 11-1 shows modified examples of extruded profiles, where (a) is a perspective view of the extruded profile according to the first modified example, (b) is a perspective view of the extruded profile according to the second modified example, (c) is a perspective view of the extruded profile according to the third modified example, and (d) is a perspective view of the extruded profile according to the fourth modified example.Figure 11-2 is a partial cross-sectional perspective view of an extruded profile and its corresponding lower cover according to a fifth modified example.Figure 12 shows modified versions of the plate frame, where (a) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the plate frame according to the first modified version, (b) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the plate frame according to the second modified version, (c) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the plate frame according to the third modified version, (d) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the plate frame according to the fourth modified version, (e) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the plate frame according to the fifth modified version, (f) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the plate frame according to the sixth modified version, (g) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the plate frame according to the seventh modified version, (h) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the plate frame according to the eighth modified version, (i) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the plate frame according to the ninth modified version, (j) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the plate frame according to the tenth modified version, (k) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the plate frame according to the eleventh modified version, and (l) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the plate frame according to the twelfth modified version.Figure 13 shows modified versions of the main housing, where (a) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the main housing according to the first modified version, (b) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the main housing according to the second modified version, (c) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the main housing according to the third modified version, and (d) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the main housing according to the fourth modified version.Figure 14 is a perspective view of a modified tablet-type electronic device.Figure 15 is an exploded perspective view of the retaining block and the portion into which the retaining block is inserted.Figure 16 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the retaining block and the portion into which the retaining block is inserted.Figure 17 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a retaining block and a first modified example of the portion into which the retaining block is inserted.Figure 18 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a retaining block and a second modified example of the portion into which the retaining block is inserted.Figure 19 is a flowchart showing a method for manufacturing electronic equipment. The embodiments of the electronic device according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. Figure 1 is a perspective view of an electronic device 10 according to one embodiment. Figure 2 is a bottom view of the main body casing 12 of the electronic device 10. In this embodiment, a notebook PC is used as an example of the electronic device 10. The electronic device 10 may also be a tablet PC or smartphone having a flat, rectangular casing. In Figure 1, the electronic device 10 is shown from above, with the display casing 14 opened from the main body casing 12 by t