Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Yohei Kodera

Genichi Yamada

Kazuya Honda

Naohiro Matsumoto

An electronic device includes a device body and a stand supporting the device body. The stand includes: a base; a suction member facing the lower surface of base, including a suction surface that adheres to the placement surface by negative pressure generated in a gap between the placement surface and the suction surface, and including a ventilation hole in fluid communication with the gap; and a slide valve, located between the base and the suction member, that slides along the lower surface of the base between opened and closed positions where the ventilation hole is opened and closed to let and interrupt air into the gap, respectively.

Electronic device and stand

An electronic device includes a device main body and a stand that is placed on a sucked surface and supports the device main body. The stand includes a base portion and an elastic body that is disposed on a lower surface of the base portion and has a suction surface that is attached by suction to the sucked surface with negative pressure generated in a gap between the suction surface and the sucked surface. The elastic body generates no negative pressure in the gap when no external force is exerted on the stand in a direction to separate from the sucked surface while the stand is placed on the sucked surface. The elastic body generates negative pressure in the gap by being elastically deformed in the direction to separate from the sucked surface when the external force is exerted on the stand while the stand is placed on the sucked surface.

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Osaka, Japan

Yohei Kodera