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Assembly structure for information inputting apparatus

Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1992-07-23
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Granted: 1994-04-05
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Expires: 2012-07-23
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Abstract

Abstract Assembly structure for an information inputting apparatus is disclosed which comprises an upper cabinet 1, a lower cabinet 2, a keyboard 3 having a plurality of keys arranged thereon, and a cover 5 on which a liquid crystal display 4 is mounted. The upper cabinet has tab portions provided thereon for contacting with a lower face of the keyboard to effect positioning and holding of the keyboard, the lower cabinet has a fitting hole or/and a fitting recessed portion for the keyboard provided at an end thereof and has a first mounting hole 2b provided at the other end thereof for placing the keyboard thereon, the keyboard has a fitting convex portion 3a provided at an end thereof for fitting with the fitting hole or/and fitting recessed portion of the lower cabinet and has a second mounting hole 3b provided at the other end thereof and held between the lower cabinet and the cover, and the cover has a female screw 5a provided therein into which a male screw 6 is fixed by way of the first mounting hole of the lower cabinet and the second mounting hole of the keyboard.

Inventors

  • 👤 Ryosuke Akahane

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 02:12
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F1/00; G06F1/16; G06F1/1613; G06F1/1615; G06F1/1616; G06F1/1633; G06F1/1656

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 150 words
An information inputting apparatus comprising an upper cabinet, a lower cabinet, a keyboard having a plurality of keys arranged thereon, and a cover, said upper cabinet having tab portions provided thereon for contacting with a lower face of said keyboard to effect positioning and holding of said keyboard, said lower cabinet having fitting holes and fitting recessed portions for said keyboard and having first mounting holes for placing said keyboard thereon said keyboard having fitting projected portions provided at an end thereof for fitting with said fitting holes and fitting recessed portions of said lower cabinet and having second mounting holes provided at the other end thereof and having held between said lower cabinet and said cover, and said cover having female screws provided therein into which male screws having fixed by way of said first mounting holes of said lower cabinet and said second mounting holes of said keyboard.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 150 words
An information inputting apparatus comprising an upper cabinet, a lower cabinet, a keyboard having a plurality of keys arranged thereon, and a cover, said upper cabinet having tab portions provided thereon for contacting with a lower face of said keyboard to effect positioning and holding of said keyboard, said lower cabinet having fitting holes and fitting recessed portions for said keyboard and having first mounting holes for placing said keyboard thereon said keyboard having fitting projected portions provided at an end thereof for fitting with said fitting holes and fitting recessed portions of said lower cabinet and having second mounting holes provided at the other end thereof and having held between said lower cabinet and said cover, and said cover having female screws provided therein into which male screws having fixed by way of said first mounting holes of said lower cabinet and said second mounting holes of said keyboard.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 25 words
An information inputting apparatus according to claim 1, each of said upper cabinet and said lower cabinet has catching portions which engages with each other.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 21 words
An information inputting apparatus according to claim 1, said cover is provided with a display panel rotatably mounted on said cover.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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