Electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9713274-B2
Application number	US-201414477947-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2014
Priority date	Sep 18, 2013
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

Electronic apparatus includes a housing configured to have an inner layer portion forming an inner surface and an outer layer portion forming an outer surface. The inner layer portion and the outer layer portion are formed by two-color molding. The electronic apparatus includes one of a region in which the inner layer portion is not formed and a region in which the inner layer portion is thin. The one region is set in the inner surface of the housing. The electronic apparatus further includes a component configured to be housed in the housing and is disposed in the one region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a housing configured to have: (i) an inner layer portion having first and second spaced apart surfaces, the second surface of the inner layer portion forming an inner surface of the housing, and (ii) an outer layer portion having first and second spaced apart surfaces, the first surface of the outer layer portion forming an outer surface of the housing, wherein the inner layer portion and the outer layer portion are formed by primary and secondary molding steps such that the inner layer portion and the outer layer portion are in a multi-layer, configuration in which a substantial portion of the first surface of the inner layer portion is in contact with, and is adhered to, the second surface of the outer layer portion;
at least one recess disposed within the inner surface of the housing, the at least one recess characterized by a region in which the inner layer portion is one of not formed and thinner than other regions of the inner layer portion; and
a component disposed in the housing and located such that at least a portion thereof is located within the recess.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a circuit board is housed in the housing and the housing has an attachment protrusion to which a screw that fixes the circuit board to the housing is attached on the inner surface of the housing, and
the attachment protrusion is molded monolithically with the inner layer portion.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the housing has a first wall part and a second wall part connected to an edge of the first wall part,
each of the first wall part and the second wall part has the inner layer portion and the outer layer portion, and
the one region in which the component is disposed is set in the inner surface of one wall part of the first wall part and the second wall part.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the component is a connector to which a cable is connected,
the housing has a first wall part having the inner layer portion and the outer layer portion and a third wall part that is connected to an edge of the first wall part and has an opening for insertion of the cable connected to the connector, and the one region in which the connector is disposed is set in the inner surface of the first wall part,
the third wall part has the outer layer portion, and
the inner surface of the third wall part does not have the inner layer portion at a part opposed to the connector.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the inner layer portion is formed of a material having lower hardness than the outer layer portion.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the inner layer portion of the second wall part has a curved outer surface, and
the outer layer portion of the second wall part is curved along the outer surface of the inner layer portion of the second wall part.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a button member configured to have a pressed part that is exposed from an opening formed in the housing and is for being pressed in a first direction by a user, an elastic arm part that extends from the pressed part in a second direction intersecting the first direction and generates a reaction force when the pressed part is pressed in the first direction, and a base part that is formed at an end part of the elastic arm part and extends in the first direction, the pressed part, the elastic arm part, and the base part being monolithically molded; and
a support part configured to be provided inside the housing and be located in the first direction relative to the base part, the support part supporting the base part in an opposite direction to the first direction when the pressed part is pressed in the first direction.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the housing has a first wall part in which the opening is formed and a second wall part intersecting the first wall part, and
the support part is formed monolithically with the inner surface of the second wall part.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
a recess is formed in the inner surface of the second wall part, and
the base part is disposed in the recess.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein a member that is opposed to the second wall part with intermediary of the base part and restricts separation of the base part from the inner surface of the second wall part is disposed inside the housing.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inner layer portion and the outer layer portion are formed by a two color molding technique having the primary and secondary molding steps.

Assignees

• Sony Computer Entertainment Inc
• Sony Corp
• Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc

Inventors

• Takayuki Furubo
• Takeyama Shinichi
• Hirokuni Beppu
• Sugawara Nobuyuki

Classifications

• H01H2221/044

  Elastic part on actuator or casing · CPC title

• H01H13/14

  Operating parts, e.g. push-button · CPC title

• H05K5/0217 Primary

  Mechanical details of casings (covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03) · CPC title

• G06F1/1658

  related to the mounting of internal components, e.g. disc drive or any other functional module · CPC title

• H05K7/142

  Spacers not being card guides · CPC title