Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Hitoshi Nakatani

Akira Iwamoto

Takeshi Mori

Shintaro Tanaka

Haruka Kaneko

Yoshiaki Nagamura

Shun Shimazaki

Kenichi Shindo

Katsuhiro Kitade

Yusuke Katsuyama

Takahiro Tabata

Kaoru Yasumasa

Yuichiro Tachibana

Masaru Furujiku

Tatsuo Kuromoto

Isao Shimada

Masato Murakata

Futoshi Kuriyama

Shinji Fujita

Hiroaki Nishimura

Jun Satoh

Tetsuya Kawamoto

Hiroki Kamezaki

Hideo Nishimatsu

Kazuki Zusho

Shuji Yasuoka

Atushi Sakata

Shoji Murata

Takaaki Asamoto

A sealing member is attached to a connector opening of an electronic device to seal between an insulating cover of a cable inserted in the connector opening and a main body of the electronic device. The sealing member includes a housing made of an elastic material. The housing includes a first opening, a second opening facing the first opening and located to an inside of the electronic device than the first opening, and an inclined surface having a tapered shape that is tapered inward from the first opening to the second opening. The housing includes a first cylindrical portion forming the inclined surface inside the first cylindrical portion, a second cylindrical portion provided outside the first cylindrical portion, and a gap formed between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion. The first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion are connected to each other around the first opening.

Sealing member between a cable and connector opening in an electronic device

Laptop computer according to the present disclosure includes a first housing provided with a display, a second housing provided with an operating portion, and a hinge that connects a first side on a rear of the first housing in a length direction and a second side of the second housing such that the first housing and the second housing are capable of relative rotation. The second housing has a leg capable of protruding rearward of the second side from the second side. A shape of a section in the second side connected to the leg is set such that, when the leg is protruded rearward of the second side, a rear end of the leg protrudes downward from a vertical position of a mounted face which is a main face of the second housing opposite to a main face on which the operating portion is provided.

Electronic device

A latching mechanism includes a latch provided to a first unit, provided with a first engaging portion at its tip, and is rotatable about a rotation shaft from a first rotation position to a second rotation position, a shaft support provided to the first unit, rotatably supporting the rotation shaft, and is movable between a first position and a second position, a biasing portion provided to the first unit, and biasing the shaft support in a direction from the first position to the second position, and a second engaging portion provided to a second unit, and is engageable with the first engaging portion. The first and second engaging portions engage when the second unit is closed with respect to the first unit, the shaft support lies at the second position, and the latch lies at the second rotation position.

Electronic device and latching mechanism

A drive mechanism has an engaging member that abuts on a first engageable part and moves to a first axial center direction position and an engaging member that abuts on a second engageable part and moves to the first axial center direction position, when a first unit is mounted on a second unit. When an operating member is located at a second position, in a case where the right and left engaging members are moved to the first axial center direction positions, the operating member is moved from the second position to the first position. In a case where at least one of the right and left engaging members is not moved to the first axial center direction position, the operating member is not moved from the second position to the first position.

An electronic device includes a first unit and a second unit including a display and a central processing unit. The first unit and the second unit are detachably coupled. The first unit and the second unit are configured that, when coupled to each other, a housing of the second unit and a predetermined portion of the first unit adjoin. At the adjoining portion, locking-target holes that can be locked together by a single locking projection of a mounting apparatus are provided.

A mounting apparatus includes a mount, a locking member, a movable projection member, and a first moving mechanism. The mount can mount a first housing in a predetermined positional relationship with the mounting apparatus. The locking member is provided to be movable between an initial position and a position corresponding to a revolving position of a second housing. The locking member can lock the electronic device with the second housing. The movable projection member is disposed to abut the first housing mounted on the mount, and moves in an apparatus thickness direction when the movable projection member abuts the first housing. When the locking member lies at the initial position, and the movable projection member moves in the apparatus thickness direction, the first moving mechanism moves the locking member from the initial position of the locking member to the position corresponding to the revolving position of the second housing.

Mounting apparatus

An electronic device includes a first unit () and a second unit detachable from each other. The second unit includes an input unit, a socket, and a hinge. The socket has a first wall and a second wall. In the first wall and the second wall, a length (L) of a portion to support both ends of the longitudinal side of the first unit is greater than a length (L) of a portion to support the region other than both ends of the longitudinal side of the first unit. The lengths (L) and (L) are perpendicular to the longitudinal side of the first unit. The portion to support the region other than both ends of the longitudinal side of the first unit has a linear opening-side end parallel to the longitudinal side of the first unit when the first and second walls are seen vertically.

An antenna connector has: a tubular case formed with a connector base on one end side in an axial direction and formed with a cylindrical external contact part on another end side in the axial direction; a shaft-shaped center contact part disposed on a center shaft of the external contact part; and tubular insulators disposed between the external contact part and the center contact part. A space is formed between the external contact part and the insulators. The external contact part is formed with a through-hole for draining water that establishes communication between the space and outside of the external contact part.

Antenna connector and electronic apparatus

A mounting apparatus includes a mount, a locking member, an operating member, and a second moving mechanism. The mount can mount a first housing in a predetermined positional relationship with the mounting apparatus. The locking member is provided to be movable between an initial position and a position corresponding to a revolving position of a second housing. The locking member can lock the electronic device with the second housing. The operating member moves in a predetermined direction through a user operation. When the locking member lies at a position corresponding to the revolving position of the second housing, and the operating member moves in the predetermined direction, the second moving mechanism causes the locking member to move from the position corresponding to the revolving position of the second housing to the initial position.

A mounting apparatus includes a mount and a locking member. The mount can mount a first housing in a predetermined positional relationship with the mounting apparatus. The locking member is capable of locking an electronic device. The locking member is provided so as to be revolvable about a revolving axis center disposed on a position on an axis center approximately identical to a revolving axis center when the first housing is mounted on the mount to lock the electronic device with the second housing.

Port replicator

Portable computer connection terminal with keyboard

A keyboard including a plurality of keys, a baseplate which supports each of the keys, and a frame which is arranged to stand substantially perpendicularly to the baseplate and to surround the each of the keys, in which the each of the keys includes an keycap configured to be depressed, the keycap including a keycap top end which constitutes a top end of the keycap and a keycap sidewall which hangs down from an edge of the keycap top end to the baseplate, and in which the baseplate has a hole arranged at a site that corresponds to a bottom end of the keycap sidewall, the hole configured to insert the bottom end of the keycap sidewall therein from above, and in which, when the keycap is in a depressed state, the bottom end of the keycap sidewall is inserted into the hole.

Keyboard

Potable computer

Buffer materialsand a lower principal surfaceof a hard disk case, and the buffer materialsand a hard disk drive, are adhesively fixed to each other by strong pressure-sensitive adhesive forces. Pressure-sensitive adhesive materialsare provided between the hard disk driveand an upper principal surfaceof the hard disk case. The pressure-sensitive adhesive force of each pressure-sensitive adhesive materialis weak to such a degree that the pressure-sensitive adhesive materialbecomes detached by a contraction force of each buffer material. Thus, when external disturbance is applied to the hard disk drive, each pressure-sensitive adhesive materialbecomes detached during contraction of each buffer material. The contraction of each buffer materialand the detachment of each pressure-sensitive adhesive materialallow improvement of the impact resistance of the hard disk drive

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Osaka, Japan

Hitoshi Nakatani