Electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9551890-B2
Application number	US-201414306671-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2014
Priority date	Dec 26, 2013
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

Abstract

Provided is an electronic apparatus having the waterproof structure. The electronic apparatus includes: a housing; a transparent panel which has an image display area; and a plurality of strip-shaped waterproof spacers fixed adherently between the housing and the transparent panel, and fixed adherently to an outer periphery of the image display area at the transparent panel side. A clearance between the waterproof spacers adjacent to each other is filled with a filler. In the electronic apparatus, a hole is formed in the housing such that the hole overlaps with the clearance and a portion of the waterproof spacer, and the hole is filled with the filler.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a transparent panel which has an image display area; and
a plurality of strip-shaped waterproof spacers fixed adherently between the housing and the transparent panel, and fixed adherently to an outer periphery of the image display area at the transparent panel side, wherein
a clearance between the waterproof spacers adjacent to each other is filled with a filler; and
a hole is formed in the housing such that the hole overlaps with the clearance and a portion of the waterproof spacer, and the hole is filled with the filler.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image display area has a rectangular shape, and four waterproof spacers are provided.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hole is formed of two holes both having a rectangular parallelepiped shape respectively, and areas of surfaces of the two holes which abut with each other differ from each other.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the waterproof spacer is formed of a double-sided tape.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the filler is an adhesive agent.

Assignees

• Panasonic Corp
• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamashita Shuji
• Wakiguchi Yukiharu
• Saitou Eiji
• Goto Kazutaka

Classifications

• G06F1/1601

  Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays (constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64) · CPC title

• G02F2001/133311

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F1/1609

  to support filters or lenses · CPC title

• G06F1/1656

  Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203) · CPC title

• G06F1/1607

  Arrangements to support accessories mechanically attached to the display housing (G06F1/1603, G06F1/1605 take precedence) · CPC title