Personal digital assistant apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9678533-B2
Application number	US-201313751713-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 28, 2013
Priority date	Feb 14, 2012
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

An information processing apparatus including a display portion, and a casing including an inner circumference wall portion that faces a side wall of the display portion and an inner circumference bottom plane portion that faces a rear surface of the display portion. The display portion is secured to the inner circumference wall portion and the inner circumference bottom plane portion of the casing with an adhesive agent.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a display portion;
a casing including an inner circumference wall portion that faces a side wall of the display portion and an inner circumference bottom plane portion that faces a rear surface of the display portion, the inner circumference wall portion including walls that oppose each other and are parallel to each other; and
a humidity hardening adhesive agent that maintains elasticity after hardening securing the display portion to the inner circumference wall portion and the inner circumference bottom plane portion of the casing, the adhesive agent being applied to the walls,
wherein each of the walls and a corresponding portion of the inner circumference bottom plane portion define a plurality of surfaces arranged in a staircase shape, and wherein, with regard to each of the walls and the corresponding portion of the inner circumference bottom plane portion at least five of the surfaces are in contact with the humidity hardening adhesive agent.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the casing is formed from a metallic material.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the casing is formed from one of Acrylonitrile, Butadiene, Styrene and PolyEthylene Terephthalate.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
an adhesive agent holding unit formed on the walls configured to hold the applied adhesive agent.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a groove portion consecutively provided along the walls configured to hold the applied adhesive agent.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of groove portions intermittently provided along the walls configured to hold the applied adhesive agent.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the inner circumference wall portion of the casing is rectangular shaped.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising:
a plurality of groove portions consecutively provided along the walls configured to hold the applied adhesive agent.

9. The information processing apparatus of claim 8 , wherein
the plurality of groove portions gradually deepen from a transverse side portion of each of the walls to a center of said each of the walls.

10. The information processing apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising:
a plurality of groove portions intermittently provided along the walls configured to hold the applied adhesive agent.

11. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a groove portion having a depth along a thickness direction of the casing consecutively provided along the walls configured to hold the applied adhesive agent.

12. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a groove portion having a depth along a thickness direction of the casing intermittently provided along the walls configured to hold the applied adhesive agent.

13. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
a first planar surface of the inner circumference wall portion and a second planar surface of the inner circumference bottom plane portion form an acute angle.

14. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
a first planar surface of the inner circumference wall portion and a second planar surface of the inner circumference bottom plane portion form an obtuse angle.

15. The information processing apparatus of claim 14 , wherein
an outer circumference surface of the display portion has a planar surface that is parallel to the first planar surface of the inner circumference wall portion.

Assignees

• Sony Mobile Communications Inc
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Takashima Kouichiro
• Kato Kazuhiro
• Yagi Takao

Classifications

• G06F1/1656 Primary

  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

• G06F1/1601 Primary

  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