Electronic device, mounting member, and mounting method

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  "publication_number": "US9760120B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Electronic device, mounting member, and mounting method",
  "abstract": "According to one embodiment, device includes housing, first wall in the housing, first base, second base, mount, module, and combining portion. First base protrudes from first wall in thickness direction of first wall. First base includes first opening. Second base is at one side of first wall at which first base protrudes, and located nearer to one side of first base than to other side of first base in the direction. One side of first base is located nearer to first wall. Mount extends from one side of second base located farther from first wall in the direction to the other side of first base, and includes second wall including second opening which overlaps with first opening. Module includes third wall and body. Third wall is sandwiched between second base and second wall. Combining portion penetrates through second opening and inserted into first opening, and combines mount and first base.",
  "claims": [
    "1. An electronic device comprising: a housing; a first wall in the housing; a first base protruding from the first wall in a thickness direction of the first wall, the first base comprising a first opening along the thickness direction; a second base provided at one side of the first wall, the first base protruding from the first wall over the second base; a mount comprising a second wall having a second opening which overlaps with the first opening, the second wall extending from one side of the second base to one side of the first base in the thickness direction; a module comprising: a wall having a third opening, sandwiched between the second base and the second wall; and a body spaced apart from the second base; a combining portion penetrating through the second opening and inserted into the first opening, and configured to combine the mount and the first base together; and a first regulator that protrudes from the second base to the one side of the first base and contacts with a part of the wall of the module facing the third opening, to regulate the movement of the module toward the first wall.",
    "2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the third opening is a notch on an edge of the wall of the module, and a part of the wall of the module around the third opening is sandwiched between the second base and the second wall.",
    "3. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising: a support comprising the first base and protruding from the first wall in the thickness direction of the first wall; a first catch portion on the support; and a second catch portion on the mount and configured to catch the first catch portion.",
    "4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first base comprises a female screw surrounding at least a portion of the first opening, the combining portion comprises: a head located on one side of the mount located farther from the first wall in the thickness direction; and a shaft extending from the head, penetrating through the second opening, inserted into the first opening, and combined with the female screw, wherein a diameter of the second opening of the second wall is larger than a diameter of the shaft of the combining portion by a mounting error.",
    "5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the wall of the module and the first base are side by side in a direction along a surface at one side of the first wall.",
    "6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the wall of the module is a circuit board, the device further comprising a connector in the housing and combined with a side end of the circuit board opposite the mount.",
    "7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the mount comprises a second regulator configured to be in contact with an edge of the wall of the module, and to regulate relative rotation of the mount and the module.",
    "8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second base protrudes from the first wall in the thickness direction of the first wall.",
    "9. A mount provided to an electronic device, the electronic device comprising: a housing; a first wall in the housing; a first base protruding from the first wall in a thickness direction of the first wall, the first base comprising a first opening along the thickness direction; a second base provided at one side of the first wall in the thickness direction; and a module comprising: a wall having a third opening, sandwiched between the second base and the second wall; and a body spaced apart from the second base; a combining portion penetrating through the second opening and inserted into the first opening, and configured to combine the mount and the first base together; and a first regulator that protrudes from the second base to the one side of the first base and contacts with a part of the wall of the module facing the third opening, to regulate the movement of the module toward the first wall, the mount comprising a second wall having a second opening which overlaps with the first opening, the second wall extending from one side of the second base to one side of the first base, wherein the second wall is combined with the first base by the combining portion.",
    "10. A mount method of a module to an electronic device that comprises a housing; a first wall in the housing; a first base protruding from the first wall in a thickness direction of the first wall, the first base comprising a first opening along the thickness direction; a second base provided at one side of the first wall in the thickness direction, the first base protruding from the first wall over the second base; a mount comprising a second wall having a second opening which overlaps with the first opening, the second wall extending from one side of the second base to one side of the first base in the thickness direction; a module comprising: a wall having a third opening, sandwiched between the second base and the second wall; and a body spaced apart from the second base; a combining portion penetrating through the second opening and inserted into the first opening, and configured to combine the mount and the first base together; and a first regulator that protrudes from the second base to the one side of the first base and contacts with a part of the wall of the module facing the third opening, to regulate the movement of the module toward the first wall, the mount method comprising: sandwiching a part of the wall of the module around the third opening between the second base and second wall; and inserting the combining portion into the second opening of the second base and the first opening of the first base from one end of the mount to combine the mount with the first base."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "Embodiments described herein relate generally to an electronic device, a mounting member, and a mounting method.\n\nConventionally, there has been known an electronic device in which a module housed in a housing is fixed to a boss provided in the housing by a combining portion.\n\nSome of the electronic devices of this type preferably have a structure in which the thickness of the housing is reduced.\n\nA general architecture that implements the various features of the invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. The drawings and the associated descriptions are provided to illustrate embodiments of the invention and not to limit the scope of the invention.\n\nFIG. 1 is an exemplary perspective view of an electronic device when viewed from a front side thereof, according to an embodiment;\n\nFIG. 2 is an exemplary perspective view of the electronic device when viewed from a back side thereof, in the embodiment;\n\nFIG. 3 is an exemplary cross-sectional view of the electronic device in the embodiment;\n\nFIG. 4 is an exemplary perspective view of a mounting structure of a module in the electronic device in the embodiment;\n\nFIG. 5 is an exemplary perspective view of a portion of the mounting structure of the module in the electronic device in the embodiment;\n\nFIG. 6 is an exemplary perspective view of the module and a support in the electronic device in the embodiment;\n\nFIG. 7 is an exemplary view of the module in the electronic device when viewed from one side, in the embodiment;",
  "cpc": [
    "G06F 1/1637",
    "G06F 1/1601"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "H05K 5/00",
    "H05K 5/02",
    "G06F 1/16"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Toshiba Corp"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Wenhsiang WU",
    "Satoru Yasui",
    "Hirofumi Morita",
    "Atsushi Tatemichi",
    "Yasuyuki Suzuki",
    "Masanobu ASANO"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2015-05-28",
  "publication_date": "2017-09-12",
  "grant_date": "2017-09-12",
  "priority_date": "2014-08-29",
  "application_number": "US-201514723851-A",
  "family_id": "55404265",
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