Electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9304558-B2
Application number	US-201414248847-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 9, 2014
Priority date	Aug 30, 2013
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first housing and a second housing. The first housing includes a first wall, a second wall opposite to the first wall, and a third wall between the first wall and the second wall. The third wall faces the second housing when the second housing is raised from the first housing. The third wall includes an outmost portion of the third wall in a direction from a fan toward the third wall, a first area obliquely extending between the outmost portion and the first wall and including a first opening, and the second area obliquely extending between the outmost portion and the second wall and including a second opening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a first housing;
a fan in the first housing; and
a second housing rotatably attached to the first housing,
wherein the first housing comprises a first wall, a second wall opposite to the first wall, and a third wall between the first wall and the second wall, the third wall is configured to face the second housing when the second housing is raised from the first housing,
wherein the third wall comprises an outmost portion projecting in a direction from the fan toward the third wall, a first area obliquely extending between the outmost portion and the first wall and comprising a first opening, and a second area obliquely extending between the outmost portion and the second wall and comprising a second opening,
wherein the second housing is configured to face the first opening and to leave at least part of the second opening open at a first angle between the first housing and the second housing, and
wherein the second housing is configured to face the second opening at a second angle between the first housing and the second housing which is greater than the first angle, and a gap between the first opening and the second housing at the second angle is greater than a gap between the first opening and the second housing at the first angle.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the fan is configured to send air toward the third wall.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the first opening comprises first apertures,
the second opening comprises second apertures, and
the first apertures and the second apertures are mutually shifted to be alternately positioned in a longitudinal direction of the third wall.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 3 , wherein a number of the second apertures is greater than a number of the first exhaust apertures.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least part of the first opening does not face the fan in a direction from the fan toward the third wall.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the fan comprises a duct, the duct comprising a wall portion obliquely extending in a direction from the second wall toward the first wall in order to enlarge an air passage.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising:
a heat sink between the fan and the third wall, the heat sink comprising fins extending in a direction from the first wall toward the second wall,
wherein the heat sink is thicker than the fan and faces both the first opening and the second opening.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 7 , wherein
the heat sink comprises a first closing portion closing gaps between the fins, the first closing portion facing the first wall, and a second closing portion closing the gaps between the fins, the second closing portion facing the second wall, and
the first closing portion is smaller than the second closing portion.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Horii Yasuyuki
• Hirata Hikaru
• Tsukazawa Hisao

Classifications

• G06F1/203 Primary

  for portable computers, e.g. for laptops · CPC title

• H05K7/20145

  Means for directing air flow, e.g. ducts, deflectors, plenum or guides · CPC title

• G06F1/1616

  with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position · CPC title