Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Katumaru Sasaki

Youji Satou

Takashi Hosoi

Ryo Hosoya

Koichi Kaji

Kanji Inoue

Yoshio Saitou

A body of an electronic apparatus includes an upper case and a lower case fitted to the upper case. A display is rotatably mounted on an outer surface of the upper case. A keyboard is attached to an inner surface of the upper case, and a shield plate is fixed to an inner surface of the keyboard. On the shield plate are mounted a memory device and circuit boards with electronic parts. A supporting unit attached to the inner surface of the upper case and arranged to the side of the keyboard has a storing portion for storing a battery pack.

Electronic apparatus with reinforced upper case

A card can be removably stored in a computer. The card has a first half portion that includes a first end portion having a first connector, a second half portion including a second end portion opposite to the first end portion, and a first electrically conductive portion disposed in the second half portion. The computer includes an upper portion including a data input device and a flat panel display device coupled to the upper portion. A side portion, continuous with the upper portion, has a card insertion opening for receiving the card. A card storing portion, disposed within the computer, stores the card when the card is received into the card insertion opening. A second connector, disposed in the card storing portion, removably connects to the first connector when the card storing portion stores the card so as to electrically connect the card with the computer. A second electrically conductive portion, disposed in the card storing portion near the card insertion opening, contacts the first electrically conductive portion when the card storing portion stores the card.

Computer having electric conductive portion contacting with electric

A personal computer includes a box-shaped body having a card storing section for storing a memory card. An operating opening portion is formed by cutting an edge of the body to a given size and externally accessible by a finger, and the storing section communicates with the opening portion through an inlet opening. An ejector mechanism for ejecting the card from the card storing section includes a card receiver arranged in the storing section for receiving the card inserted through the inlet opening. A drawer member is mounted on the card receiver and has an operating end portion. The operating end portion is located within the operating opening portion when the drawer member is moved to its pushed-in position while the card receiver is in its first position and outwardly projects through the operating opening portion when the drawer member is moved to its drawn-out position while the card receiver is in its first position. When the drawer member is drawn outside the body form its drawn-out position, the card receiver along with the received card is moved from its first position to its second position in accordance with the movement of the drawer member.

Electronic apparatus having a rib integral with the display housing for

A personal computer includes a box-shaped body having a card storing section for storing a memory card. An operating opening portion is formed by cutting an edge of the body to a given size and externally accessible by a finger, and the storing section communicates with the opening portion through an inlet opening. An ejector mechanism for ejecting the card from the card storing section includes a card receiver arranged in the storing section for receiving the card inserted through the inlet opening. A drawer member is mounted on the card receiver and has an operating end portion. The operating end portion is located within the operating opening portion when the drawer member is moved to its pushed-in position while the card receiver is in its first position and outwardly projects through the operating opening portion when the drawer member is moved to its drawn-out position while the card receiver is in its first position. When the drawer member is drawn outside the body form its drawn-out position, the card receiver along with the received card is moved from its first position to its second position in accordance with the movement of the drawer member. An electronic apparatus comprising a display and a keyboard hinged together for movement between open and closed positions and further comprising latching devices for releasably latching the apparatus in a closed position. The display is mounted within a main body. Each latching device includes a hook projecting from an operation knob. The hook engages a slider mounted within the main body. A projection within the main body abuts the hook to prevent disengagement of the hook from the slider.

Electronic apparatus with hinged display and latch mechanism for

A portable electronic apparatus includes a base having a first drive mounting portion. A drive fixing member having a second mounting portion, including a raised planar surface, is mounted on the first drive mounting portion with just screws. The drive fixing member covers the first disk drive. Second screws fix the first disk drive within the drive fixing member. A second disk drive is mounted on the second drive mounting portion. A third screw fixes the second disk drive on the second drive mounting portion. A disk drive mounting space is compact because the first and the second disk drives are fixed on the same drive fixing member. Additional details relate to a handle assembly, a tilt-leg base for a keyboard, keyboard keys, two covers, and an expansion card mounting device.

Portable electronic apparatus having two disk drives mounted on a single

An electronic apparatus is capable of incorporating a card-shaped electronic device. A flat box-like body of the electronic apparatus has upper and lower cases which are fitted to each other. A support frame is arranged in the body, located between the upper and lower cases. A keyboard is arranged on a front portion of an upper surface of the body. A display, having a pivotal portion, is rotatably mounted on a rear end portion of the upper surface of the body. A card storing section is formed within the body between the support frame and the upper case, between the keyboard and the pivotal portion of the display. The card storing section, for storing the card-shaped electronic device, has a card inlet opening open to a lateral side face of the body. Electronic components are arranged in a space formed between the lower case and the support frame.

Electronic apparatus having a card storing section formed within a body

A portable computer includes a base unit equipped with a display unit and a keyboard. The base unit has an optional component holding recess covered with an conductive layer for electro-magnetic shielding. An optional component unit is mounted in the holding recess and electrically connected to the base unit. The optional component unit is divided into a printed circuit board having a conductive circuit pattern and a board support for supporting the printed circuit board. The board support is made of an electrically insulating material, such as a synthetic resin material. The opening of the holding recess is closed by a conductive cover. In that closed state, the cover is placed in contact with the conductive layer and, together with the conductive layer, surrounds the optional component unit to achieve an electromagnetic shield.

Portable electronic apparatus having optional components in a shielded

Electronic apparatus, card-type electronic component used with the

A portable electronic apparatus includes a screw cover storing portion and a screw cover. The screw cover includes a thin portion and a thick portion. The thin portion is separated from the screw cover storing portion. The thin portion has a engaging claw for fixing the cover on the portion. When an operator pushes the thin portion, the thin portion is bent. When the thin portion is bent, the engaging claw is released from the cover. The cover is easy to remove from the screw cover storing portion.

Portable electronic apparatus

A portable electronic apparatus includes a base having a and a tilt leg slidably connected to the base. The tilt leg is slideable between a tilting position for tilting the keyboard forwardly and an untilting position for storing the tilt leg in the base. The base has an external release switch having an internal projection for cooperating with a biased fixing member positioned on an opposite side of the tilt leg, releasing the tilt leg from the tilting position and the untilting position. The tilt leg includes a slot to provide clearance for the release switch projection during sliding movement of the leg. The tilt leg is compact because of the sliding construction.

Tiltable portable electronic apparatus with sliding tilt leg

An expanding apparatus includes an apparatus body containing expansion boards for expanding the functions of an electronic apparatus. The container or apparatus body has a supporter on which the rear portion of the electronic apparatus is mounted. The supporter has a fitting groove to which a stand of the electronic apparatus mounted on the supporter is fitted, so that the apparatus is positioned with respect to the container. A slide connector is attached to the container to be movable to a connecting position where the connector is connected to a connector of the positioned electronic apparatus.

Expanding apparatus for portable electronic apparatus

A portable apparatus comprises a handle-leg for supporting a body of the portable apparatus, a guide device for slidably and pivotably guiding the handle-leg with respect to the body of the portable apparatus, a first locking device for locking the handle-leg in a stored position in which the handle-leg is stored in the body of the portable apparatus when the handle-leg is slid, and a second locking device for locking the handle-leg in a supporting position in which the handle-leg supports the body of the portable apparatus after the handle-leg is pivoted.

Portable apparatus having an adjustable handle-leg member

Laptop computer apparatus includes a base housing, a display housing, a cable and a cable guide duct. The base includes a front upper surface having a keyboard. The display portable apparatus and a closed position for covering the keyboard. The cable is introduced from the base housing into the display housing through the cable guide duct. The cable guide duct includes a first surface and a second surface. When the display housing is rotated to the open position, the first surface is exposed. When the display housing is rotated to the closed position, the second surface is exposed.

Portable apparatus having a cable guide duct mounted between a base

A hinge mechanism is disclosed which couples the flat-panel display of a portable apparatus to the housing of the apparatus. The flat-panel display can be folded upon the housing, and the apparatus looks like an attache case. The hinge mechanism has a torsion bar. The torsion bar is fastened, at one end, to the hinge mechanism. The other end portion of the torsion bar is flat and held by a holder such that the torsion bar is prevented from rotating around its axis, but can move in its axial direction. The axis of the hinge mechanism is defined by hollow cylindrical bosses inserted in circular holes cut in the hinge mechanism. The force which the torsion bar generates when it is twisted comes into equilibrium with the force urging the display to fall down toward the housing when the display reaches a position close to the housing. Hence, the panel display stops at this position. The gap between the housing and the panel display held in this position is so broad that an operator never has his or her fingers pinched between the housing and display. Safety can thus be secured to the operator in case display suddenly falls down toward the housing. In addition, the risk of damages to the panel display and the housing can be minimized.

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Tokyo, Japan

Katumaru Sasaki