JP2014013466A - Portable information processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable information processing apparatus that prevents a memory card from being damaged by being hit against persons including a user and objects.SOLUTION: In a foldable portable information processing apparatus, a battery pack is fixed inside a lower housing and has a plurality of rectangular secondary batteries arranged therein. The battery pack has level differences by a height of rubber legs between the secondary batteries located at rubber legs at a bottom face of a lower housing and other secondary batteries among the secondary batteries, and has an extension guide inserted between an insertion port of a slot for a memory card and a side face of the lower housing.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and more particularly to a portable information processing apparatus.

  As a foldable information processing device, a notebook personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a notebook computer) in which a keyboard is provided in a lower housing, a display portion is provided in an upper housing, and both are connected by a hinge is generally used. It is. A slot (also referred to as a connector) for detachably attaching a memory card is used in this type of notebook personal computer (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  The invention described in Patent Document 1 relates to a “memory card connector”. Specifically, “a part of an eject lever provided on a side surface of a housing for storing a memory card is connected to the housing of the housing. A hold down provided on the upper and lower surfaces and provided on the side surface of the housing is provided so that the printed circuit board is positioned approximately at the center in the longitudinal direction of the side surface of the housing and within the thickness range of the housing. It's something.

JP 2002-246109 A

  By the way, many notebook personal computers have a slot for using a memory card. When a memory card is inserted, if the memory card is placed from the end of the slot to the end of the motherboard built into the laptop, this slot will protrude from the lower housing with the memory card inserted. The memory card to be played is too long. For this reason, there is a problem that the memory card is damaged by hitting a person or an object including the user.

  In order to cope with such a damage accident, if the memory card is pulled into the notebook computer, a gap is generated between the opening of the lower housing and the memory card. In such a case, the gap is filled by changing the thickness of the lower casing. However, if the sheet metal used for the lower casing is extremely thin, the thickness of the lower casing cannot be changed.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a portable information processing apparatus that prevents a memory card from being damaged by hitting a person or an object including a user.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the invention according to claim 1 is a foldable portable information processing apparatus having a keyboard in a lower housing and a display unit in the upper housing. An extension guide is inserted between the slot for the memory card slot provided in the slot and the slot.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a portable information processing apparatus that prevents a memory card from being damaged by hitting a person or an object including a user.

(A) is a top view of the lower casing of the notebook personal computer as the portable information processing apparatus 10, and (b) is an external view of the notebook personal computer having the lower casing shown in (a) as viewed from the front. (C) is a right side view of (a). It is a bottom view which shows the positional relationship when the lower housing | casing shown to Fig.1 (a) is seen from the back (bottom plate) side. (A) is a conceptual diagram for demonstrating the positional relationship when it sees from the battery pack 31 in the lower housing | casing 11, (b) is IIIb- of the lower housing | casing 11 shown to (a). It is a IIIb line sectional view, and (c) is a IIIc-IIIc line sectional view of the battery pack shown in (a). (A) is an external perspective view showing a state before the memory card 40 is inserted into the slot 41 of the notebook computer shown in FIG. 1 (a), and (b) shows the memory card 40 shown in (a). FIG. 4 is an external perspective view showing a state after being inserted into a slot 41.

[Constitution]
FIG. 1A is a top view of a lower casing of a notebook personal computer as the portable information processing apparatus 10, and FIG. 1B shows a notebook personal computer having the lower casing shown in FIG. It is the external view seen from the front, FIG.1 (c) is a right view of Fig.1 (a). For convenience of explanation, the upper housing is omitted in FIG. Moreover, in FIG.1 (b), the upper housing | casing and the lower housing | casing have shown the closed state.

A keyboard 12 is arranged in a substantially horizontally long region extending from the center of the upper surface of the lower housing 11 made of a sheet metal (for example, LA141: magnesium / lithium alloy) shown in FIG. A touch pad 13 is arranged in the center of the remaining half of the area from the center of the upper surface of the lower housing 11 to the front surface. A power switch 16 is disposed near the back side of the keyboard 12 of the lower housing 11.
For example, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port is arranged on one side (for example, the right side) of the lower housing 11.
For example, a slot 41 for an SD (Secure Digital) memory card (hereinafter referred to as “memory card”) 40 and an exhaust port are disposed on the other side (in this case, the left side) of the lower housing 11. .
A pair of speakers 25L and 25R and an LED (Light Emitting Diode) indicator are arranged on the front surface of the lower housing 11.
On the right side of the lower housing 11, a power source (DC: Direct Current) input connector is arranged. The arrangement of these components is not limited.
The upper housing 14 has a display unit and is connected to the lower housing 11 so as to be freely opened and closed by a hinge provided on the back side of the lower housing 11.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view showing a positional relationship when the lower housing shown in FIG. 1A is viewed from the back (bottom plate) side.
A cooling fan 22 is disposed in the right rear of the lower housing 11 illustrated in FIG. 2, and a slot 41 is disposed in the vicinity of the cooling fan 22. A motherboard (not shown) is disposed in the left region of the cooling fan 22 of the lower housing 11. An SSD (Solid State Drive) 21 is disposed at the left center of the lower housing 11. The SSD 21 is a storage medium having a large capacity (for example, several to several tens GB) of storage capacity like an HDD (Hard Disk Drive).
A substantially rectangular area 24 on the front surface side of the lower housing 11 is an area for making surface contact with a bottom surface of a battery pack 31 to be described later.

  FIG. 3A is a conceptual diagram for explaining the positional relationship when viewed from above the battery pack 31 in the lower housing 11, and FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating the lower part shown in FIG. FIG. 3C is a sectional view taken along the line IIIb-IIIb of the housing 11, and FIG. 3C is a sectional view taken along the line IIIc-IIIc of the battery pack shown in FIG. For convenience of explanation, the battery pack is described as being thicker and larger than actual.

As shown in FIG. 3A, a memory card slot 41 is disposed on the right side surface of the lower housing 11. The slot 41 is fixed to a motherboard (not shown).
A battery pack 31 is disposed at the lower left of the slot 41.
The battery pack 31 will be described in the case of 6 cells. In the case of the battery pack 31, rectangular (eg, tile or sheet) secondary batteries 32c, 32b, 32d, and 32e are arranged in two rows and two columns in the center, and on both sides of the lower secondary battery column. The secondary batteries 32a and 32f are arranged one cell at a time and are stored in a convex planar shape. This is to reduce the thickness of the lower housing 11.

Here, the case of the battery pack 31 is formed in a gull wing shape as shown in FIG. That is, the secondary batteries 32a and 32f on both sides are arranged in the case so as to be higher than the central secondary batteries 32b to 32e (having a step h). This level difference h is set in accordance with the height of the accommodating portion (a concave portion when viewed from the bottom and a convex portion when viewed from the inside) of the rubber legs 15 disposed at the four corners of the bottom surface of the lower housing 11. Yes.
The rubber legs 15 are attached to the four corners (not limited) of the lower housing 11 with an adhesive from the outside to the inside.

  The battery pack 31 has a lower surface corresponding to the secondary batteries 32 b to 32 e of the case in surface contact with the bottom surface 11 b of the lower housing 11, and a lower surface corresponding to the secondary batteries 32 a and 32 f of the case accommodates the rubber legs 15. The upper surface of the case corresponding to the secondary batteries 32a and 32f is partly in surface contact with the top plate 11a of the lower housing 11, and the side surface on the front side is in contact with and pressed by the speakers 25R and 25L. It is like that. The back side of the battery pack 31 is arranged adjacent to a mother board, SSD, and each component (not shown). The battery pack 31 is connected to the mother board through lead wires and slots (not shown) so that power can be supplied.

  Here, a motherboard (not shown) is disposed below the keyboard 12 in the lower housing 11, and a battery pack 31 is disposed between the motherboard and the side wall on the front side of the lower housing 11. This is to avoid discomfort by keeping heating parts such as the CPU and cooling fan away from the operator side.

  The secondary batteries 32a to 32f are preferably lithium ion polymer batteries. This is because the portable information processing device can be configured to be thinner and lighter than when a cylindrical secondary battery is used.

  4 (a) is an external perspective view showing a state before the memory card 40 is inserted into the slot 41 of the notebook computer shown in FIG. 1 (a), and FIG. 4 (b) is shown in FIG. 4 (a). FIG. 4 is an external perspective view showing a state after the shown memory card 40 is inserted into a slot 41.

  The slot 41 includes a slot 43 and an extension guide 42 inserted between the opening of the slot body 43 and the side surface of the lower housing 11. The slot main body 43 may be a normal commercially available slot, and preferably has a mechanism that locks when the memory card 40 is inserted and unlocks when the memory card 40 is pressed again. The extension guide 42 is a cylindrical member having a horizontally long rectangular cross-sectional shape, and is made of a synthetic resin such as a thermoplastic resin or an engineering plastic.

  The length LG of the extension guide 42 is such that the length LO of the portion where the memory card 41 is exposed from the side surface of the lower housing 11 when the memory card 40 is inserted into the slot 41 having the length LS is within a predetermined range. That's fine. The length LO is preferably such that when the notebook computer is used with the memory card 40 inserted into the slot 41, the length LO is not damaged by people or objects including the user, for example, about 2 mm to 5 mm.

[Function and effect]
Using a commercially available slot for a memory card as a slot body, using a notebook computer with the memory card inserted into the slot by inserting an extension guide between the slot body opening and the lower housing opening Even so, the exposed area of the memory card is only a few millimeters, and the risk of contact with external people and objects is greatly reduced, so the memory card can be prevented from being damaged by hitting people or objects including the user. Provision of a type information processing apparatus can be realized.

  The above-described embodiment shows an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. is there.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Portable information processing apparatus 11 Lower case 11a Top plate 11b Bottom plate 12 Keyboard 13 Touch pad 14 Upper case 15 Rubber leg 16 Power switch 21 SSD
22 Cooling fan 25L, 25R Speaker 31 Battery pack 32a to 32f Secondary battery 40 SD memory card (memory card)
41 Slot 42 Extension guide 43 Slot body h Step

Claims (6)

A folding portable information processing apparatus having a keyboard in a lower housing and a display in an upper housing,
A portable information processing apparatus, wherein an extension guide is inserted between a slot for a memory card slot provided on a side surface of the lower housing and the slot.   The portable information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the extension guide is a tube having a horizontally long rectangular cross section.   The portable information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the extension guide is made of resin.   The portable battery according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the battery pack is disposed in the lower housing so as to be in partial surface contact with a bottom plate and a top plate of the lower housing. Information processing device.   The lower casing includes a motherboard disposed below the keyboard, and the battery pack is disposed between the motherboard and a front side wall of the lower casing. Item 5. The portable information processing device according to any one of Items 1 to 4.   When the number of secondary batteries is 6 cells, the battery pack is arranged in 2 rows and 2 columns in the center, 1 cell is arranged on both sides of the lower secondary battery column, and is housed in a convex-shaped case. The portable information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the portable information processing apparatus is provided.

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