Electronic device and method of assembling the electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9791893-B2
Application number	US-201514725415-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2015
Priority date	Jul 10, 2014
Publication date	Oct 17, 2017
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017

Abstract

An electronic device includes a first housing component including a side wall portion surrounding an electronic component; a concave portion provided in the side wall portion of the first housing component; a second housing component whose edge portion is arranged on the side wall portion of the first housing component; a seal member which has elasticity and waterproofness and which is arranged between the side wall portion of the first housing component and the edge portion of the second housing component; and a fixing component which includes a first claw portion that comes into contact with an upper surface of the edge portion of the second housing component and a second claw portion that fits into the concave portion of the side wall portion of the first housing component and which fixes the second housing component onto the first housing component by the first claw portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing component including a side wall portion surrounding an electronic component;
a first concave portion provided in the side wall portion of the first housing component;
a second housing component whose edge portion is arranged on the side wall portion of the first housing component;
a seal member which has elasticity and waterproofness and which is arranged between the side wall portion of the first housing component and the edge portion of the second housing component; and
a fixing component which includes a first claw portion that comes into contact with an upper surface of the edge portion of the second housing component, and a second claw portion that fits into the first concave portion of the side wall portion of the first housing component and which fixes the second housing component onto the first housing component by the first claw portion and the second claw portion, sandwiching the edge portion of the second housing component and the side wall portion of the first housing component between the first claw portion and the second claw portion from an outside of the first housing component and the second housing component, and
wherein a lower surface of the edge portion of the second housing component is in contact with an upper surface of the side wall portion of the first housing component,
wherein an upper surface of the fixing component is not in contact with the second housing component and a lower surface of the fixing component are not in contact with the first housing component.

2. The device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fixing component is removable from the first housing component and the second housing component by applying pressure to the second housing component and compressing the seal member.

3. The device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the side wall portion includes a frame portion protruding laterally at an upper part of the side wall portion, and
wherein the first concave portion is provided on a lower side of the frame portion in such a manner that an opening of the first concave portion faces downward.

4. The device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the frame portion has a groove in which the seal member is arranged.

5. The device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the seal member is arranged in a ring shape along the side wall portion of the first housing component.

6. The device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fixing component further includes a cover portion which covers the side wall portion of the first housing component and which is connected to the first claw portion and the second claw portion.

7. A method of assembling an electronic device, the method comprising:
arranging a seal member having elasticity and waterproofness into a first concave portion provided on a side wall portion of a first housing component that includes the side wall portion surrounding an electronic component;
arranging a second housing component on the first housing component in such a manner that a lower surface of the second housing component covers the first concave portion and comes into contact with an upper surface of the first housing component around the first concave portion;
applying pressure to the second housing component and compressing the seal member;
using a fixing component including a first claw portion and a second claw portion, causing the first claw portion to come into contact with an upper surface of an edge portion of the second housing component, and arranging a tip portion of the second claw portion to a position corresponding to a second concave portion provided in the side wall portion of the first housing component;
fixing the second housing component onto the first housing component by the first claw portion and the second claw portion sandwiching the edge portion of the second housing component and the side wall portion of the first housing component between the first claw portion and the second claw portion from an outside of the first housing component and the second housing component; and
removing the pressure applied to the second housing component and fitting the tip portion of the second claw portion into the second concave portion by a repulsive force of the seal member in such a manner the first claw portion and the second claw portion sandwich the edge portion of the second housing component and the side wall portion of the first housing component,
wherein an upper surface of the fixing component is not in contact with the second housing component and a lower surface of the fixing component are not in contact with the first housing component.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
satisfying (t 2 +t 3 )<t 1 <(t 2 +t 3 +t 4 ) when a distance between the first claw portion and the second claw portion is t 1 , a distance from an upper surface of the side wall portion to the second concave portion is t 2 , a thickness of the edge portion of the second housing component is t 3 , and a protrusion amount of the seal member from the upper surface of the side wall portion is t 4 .

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first housing component includes a lower portion which extends from the side wall portion and is provided on a lower side of the first housing, and the edge portion of the second housing component is provided in such a manner that the edge portion comes into contact with an end surface of the side wall provided on an opposite side to the lower portion.

10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the second claw portion projects from a longitudinal surface of the fixing component and includes a claw which projects from a tip portion of the second claw portion along a surface of the side wall portion and fits into to the first concave portion.

11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing component includes a third claw portion which is provided on an opposite side to the first claw portion and fits into a second concave portion provided in the side wall portion on an opposite side to the first concave portion.

12. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the seal member is provided in a third concave portion which is provided in the side wall portion of the first housing component in such a manner that an opening of the third concave portion faces upward, the opening is covered by the lower surface of the edge portion of the second housing component and the fixing component does not come into contact with the seal member.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Yamaguchi Shingo
• Watanabe Satoshi
• Shida Hayato

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