JPH10275035A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the information processor which enables sufficient heat radiation and is small-sized, felt large in stability, and excellently maintained. SOLUTION: The information processor is used in combination with an input device, an input device constituted independently of a display device, and the display device, and a housing part 10 which constitutes the outward appearance of the information processor is formed in a longitudinally long shape which is larger in horizontal sectional area at its lower part than at its upper part; and this housing part 10 consists of a support base part 16 which constitutes the lower part of the housing part 10 and an upper cover which is fitted detachably to the support base part 16 and is provided with a heat radiation opening 17 above a flank plate 11 constituting the flank of the cover and equipped with a substrate 222 which is supported at a longitudinal attitude on the support base part 16 inside the housing part 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a main unit such as a personal computer having a display unit, an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and a main unit separated from each other. The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus to be configured.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a personal computer or the like in which a display device, an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and a main body are separated from each other, an information processing device constituting the main body is a rectangular box type. When used as a display device stand or when the size of the display device becomes large, it is generally used standing up close to the display device.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a vertical type information processing apparatus constituting a main body of a personal computer or the like according to the prior art. In FIG. 10, 61
Denotes a housing, 62 denotes a floppy disk insertion port, 63 denotes a compact disk insertion port, and 64 denotes a heat radiation port.

[0004] The information processing apparatus according to the prior art shown in FIG. 10 has a housing 61 formed in a rectangular box shape, a radiator port 64 for dissipating heat generated in internal devices provided on an upper surface thereof, and a front surface thereof. On the side, a floppy disk insertion port 62 and a compact disk insertion port 63 as insertion ports for an external storage medium are provided. And the housing part 61
Inside, an arithmetic processing unit such as a CPU, an internal storage device, a power supply device, a hard disk device, a drive for an external storage device, and the like are installed.

[0005]

The information processing apparatus according to the prior art described above is provided with a heat radiating port on the upper surface of its housing, so that dust and the like can easily enter the inside, and the heat radiating port is provided. There is a problem that documents and the like may be loaded because the surface to be laid is flat, and in that case, heat is not sufficiently released.If a glass or the like containing water is placed on the May invade the inside of the housing.

Further, the information processing apparatus according to the above-mentioned prior art has a rectangular box-shaped housing and is used vertically so that there is no sense of stability. In addition, a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, etc. When used side by side with a thin display device, there is a problem that it looks large and the whole design cannot be well balanced.

Further, the above-described vertical information processing apparatus according to the prior art is designed so that the information processing apparatus which is originally used horizontally is installed vertically and used. The plate has a structure formed of a single metal plate such as an iron plate. For this reason, the information processing apparatus according to the related art has a problem that, when performing internal maintenance, the information processing apparatus must be once set to the horizontal position and the metal plate must be removed, resulting in poor workability. ing.

As another conventional information processing apparatus, there is known a structure in which an internal structure housed in a housing is pulled out from the back or front of the housing. However, this conventional technique has a problem that a new pull-out structure is required, which leads to an increase in cost and a large space for maintenance.

A first object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus which is capable of performing reliable heat radiation, is small, has a large sense of stability, and has good workability during maintenance.

A second object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus which is capable of performing reliable heat radiation, is small and has a high sense of stability.

[0011]

According to the present invention, the object is to provide an input device which is formed independently of an input device and a display device.
In an information processing device used in combination with a display device, this is achieved by forming a casing constituting the appearance of the information processing device such that a lower portion is wider than an upper portion and a heat radiation port is provided above a side surface of the casing. You.

More specifically, in order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that a casing constituting its external appearance is formed by lowering a horizontal cross-sectional area of an upper part to a horizontal sectional area of an upper part. A heat radiation port is provided above a side plate constituting a side surface of the housing, and a substrate in a vertical position is arranged inside the housing.

[0013] In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the casing constituting the exterior thereof has a vertically long shape in which the horizontal cross-sectional area of the lower portion is larger than the horizontal cross-sectional area of the upper portion. And a top housing part detachably attached to the support base. Then, the upper housing portion is constituted by a front plate, a back plate, and an upper cover including a side plate and an upper surface portion disposed between the front plate and the back plate.

Further, in order to achieve the second invention,
The information processing apparatus according to the present invention is configured to have a housing section in which functional devices for information processing are housed, installed in a direction in which a horizontal cross-sectional area is smaller than a vertical cross-sectional area in use, and a side surface in use. A heat radiation port is provided on the upper part of the side plate.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a door provided on a front surface is opened. The appearance of the information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a housing portion, 11 denotes a side plate, 12 front plates, 13 denotes a door, 14 denotes a rear plate, 15 denotes an upper surface portion, 16 denotes a support base, 17 denotes a radiator, 18
Is a power switch, 19 is an indicator, 20 is a cable, 21 is a floppy disk slot, and 22 is a CD-R.
An OM disk insertion slot, 23 is an opening, and 24 is an information processing device.

An information processing apparatus 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention
Reference numeral 4 denotes a main body of a personal computer or the like of a type separated from the display device 32 and the input device 33 (see FIG. 5), and as shown in FIGS. The body 10 includes a side plate 11, a front plate 12 on which a door 13 is formed, a back plate 14, and a support base 16 that supports the whole and internal devices.

The shape of the front plate 12 and the back plate 14 is such that the width on the lower side is larger than the width on the upper side, and is a vertically long, substantially trapezoidal shape. The front plate 12 having the shape of a vertically long trapezoid.
The slope of the back plate 14 may be formed in a straight line, but in the illustrated embodiment, the center of the back plate 14 is slightly drawn inward, and has a shape of a “<”. Further, between the front plate 12 and the rear plate 14, a side plate 11 and an upper surface 15 following the side plate 11 are provided along the outer edge of each trapezoid. Further, the left and right side plates 11 and the upper surface 15 are integrally formed as a whole.

The side plate 11 is composed of two planes, each of which has a boundary substantially at the center in the vertical direction.
The upper surface portion 15 is formed in a shape having a curved surface such as an arc shape that is convex upward. The two planes forming the side plate 11 have a shape such that the boundary is slightly drawn inward, and the side plate 11 is slightly shaped like a "" overall. A plurality of slits 17 are provided above the side plate 11, and an intake hole 223 is provided below the side plate 11. Although the heat radiating port 17 is shown as a corrugated slit in the illustrated example, it may have a linear shape or the like. Also, the side plate 11
Is easily and detachably attached to the support base 16 as described later with reference to FIGS. For this reason,
The information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention can improve workability at the time of maintenance and inspection of internal devices.

The back plate 14 is, as shown in FIG.
A notch is provided in the lower part thereof, and an opening 23 communicating with the support 16 is formed between the notch.
A cable 20 for connection to a display device 32, an input device 33, and the like, which will be described later, is passed through. A connector is provided at the position of the opening 23, and a display device,
An input device or the like may be connected. Also,
The back plate 14 is detachable from the support base 16 and the side plate 11, so that maintenance and inspection of internal devices can be performed with the back plate 14 removed.

The front plate 12 is, as shown in FIG.
A power switch 18 and an indicator 19 are provided at an upper part thereof, and a door 13 is attached to a lower part thereof so as to be opened and closed by a hinge 224. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the door 13 is opened. The main body with the door 13 opened has a floppy disk insertion slot 21 and a CD-ROM.
A disc insertion slot 22 is provided. In the embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the floppy disk insertion slot, a CD-RO
Although the M disk insertion port 22 is provided, it is also possible to provide an insertion port for inserting another storage medium such as an MO disk or ZIP, or to increase the number of insertion ports.

In the above description, as will be described later, the side plate 11, the front plate 12, and the back plate 14 are removably mounted on a support 16 and have a top plate 15 and a front plate. The rear plate 12 and the rear plate 14 constitute an upper housing, and the side plate 11 having the upper surface 15 serves as an upper cover.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which a housing of the information processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention is expanded, and FIG. 4 is a view for explaining a structure in which a side plate is connected to a front plate and a back plate.
The details of the housing structure of the information processing device 24 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, reference numeral 200 denotes a mounting portion, 201 denotes a side plate mounting portion, 202 denotes a side plate mounting groove,
03 is an L-shaped mounting rib, 204 is a hole-shaped mounting portion, 205 is a screw mounting portion, 206 is a screw hole, 207 is a coupling portion, 208 is a fitting groove, 209 is an end portion, 210 is a step portion, 211 is a screw,
212 is a column mounting hole, 213 is a board mounting groove, 220
(220a, 220b) are pillars, 222 is a motherboard, 223 is an intake hole, and 224 is an opening / closing hinge.

Information processing apparatus 2 according to one embodiment of the present invention
Reference numeral 4 denotes a support base 16, a front plate 12, and a back plate 14, which are formed of a resin material capable of performing various forming processes.
5 is made of a material obtained by bending a metal plate such as a heat-resistant iron plate. As a result, the information processing device 24 according to the embodiment of the present invention is resistant to heat generated from the internal device and realizes a vertically long, substantially trapezoidal characteristic form. Of course, the side plate 11 may be formed of a heat-resistant resin molded product.

The support 16 has a plurality of mounting portions 2 on its upper surface.
00 is formed, and the housing unit 1 is
A side plate 11, a front plate 12, and a back plate 14, which make up the appearance of No. 0, are attached. In addition, the support 16 has a pillar 2 as a support forming a skeleton for mounting internal devices.
20 (220a, 220b), and a heavy power supply device and a disk drive among the internal devices are attached.

Information processing apparatus 2 according to one embodiment of the present invention
In 4, the side plate 11 has a lower portion bent inward in a stepped manner, and a side plate mounting portion 201 protruding downward at an end thereof. On the other hand, the support base 16 is provided with a side plate mounting groove 202, and by mounting the side plate mounting portion 201 in the side plate mounting groove 202, the side plate 11 is mounted.
Is mounted on the support base 16.

The rear plate 14 and the front plate 12 have L-shaped mounting ribs 203 at the lower part.
3 is inserted into a hole-shaped mounting portion 204 formed on the upper surface of the support 16, hooked on the support 16, and connected to a screw mounting portion 205 provided on the upper surface of the support 16 by a screw (not shown) via a screw hole 206. By doing so, the back plate 14 and the full surface plate 12 are attached to the support base 16.

As can be seen from FIG. 3, the back plate 14 and the front plate 12 are provided with flanges around them.
(A) As shown in FIG.
1 and a fitting groove 208 for fitting with the side plate 11 is formed at the tip end. With this structure,
The front and rear end portions 209 of the side plate 11 are supported by being engaged with the fitting grooves 208 of the rear plate 14 and the front plate 12, thereby maintaining the characteristic form described above and ensuring a certain strength. Can be obtained. And the side plate 11
It is mounted in the side plate mounting groove 202 of the support base 16, and further,
It is attached to the support 16 by the back plate 14 and the front plate 12. Thereby, the strength of the housing 10 can be obtained.

According to the structure of the housing 10, the rear plate 14 or the front plate 12 can be easily removed.
Since the front part or the rear part of the housing part 10 can be easily opened, internal maintenance can be easily performed. Further, according to the structure of the housing 10, the rear plate 14 is provided.
Alternatively, by removing one of the front plates 12, the side plate 11 can also be easily removed, and the inside of the housing 10 can be largely opened, so that maintenance of the inside can be performed more easily.

The structure in which the side plate 11 is connected to the back plate 14 and the front plate 12 shown in FIG.
And a flange-shaped coupling portion 2 provided around the front plate 12
A step 210 is provided at 07, and after attaching the rear plate 14 and the front plate 12 to the support 16, the side plate 11 having the upper surface 15 is attached so as to cover it. According to this example, the side plate 11 that covers the large portion of the housing unit 10 can be easily removed alone, so that the effect described with reference to FIG. 4A can be further enhanced.

That is, in the example shown in FIG. 4B, the connecting portion 207 of the back plate 14 and the front plate 12 with the side plate 11 has:
A concave step 210 having a thickness of about the thickness of the side plate 11 is formed, and the rear plate 14 and the front plate 12 are attached to the support base 16 in a structure similar to that described with reference to FIG. The face plate 11 is attached to the support 16 via screws 211 and the like below the side plate 11. According to such a structure, the side plate 11 can be removed simply by removing the screw 211.

Since the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention has the above-described structure, the side plate 11 can be easily removed. It is advantageous.

Referring again to FIG. 3, the pillars 220 (220a, 22a) forming the skeleton for mounting the internal equipment are provided.
0b) is a pillar mounting hole 2 formed on the upper surface of the support base 16.
12 is attached. The pillar 220 of this embodiment is:
The cross section is formed of an L-shaped rod-shaped metal material,
Although two (220a, 220b) are provided before and after the support base, if necessary, one more pillar is provided between the two pillars 220a, 220b to increase the strength. You can also.

The two pillars 220a, 220
b, a motherboard 222 is attached using the pillars 220a and 220b as support members. On the motherboard 222, various devices constituting an information processing device are mounted on one or both sides of one board. In addition, a motherboard 222 with various devices mounted on one side of the board
Are prepared, and two motherboards are used to form the pillars 220a,
Two motherboards may be attached so as to sandwich 20b. The lower part of the motherboard 222 is supported by being engaged with a board mounting groove 213 provided in the support base 16. The board mounting groove 213 is convenient for determining the position when the motherboard 222 is mounted, and can further increase the overall strength. However, the board mounting groove 213 need not be provided if sufficient strength can be obtained by the pillar.

The housing structure according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention employs a bar having an L-shaped cross section for the column 220 in order to mount the motherboard 222 from the side. A mother material 222 may be inserted from above by using a bar having a certain cross-sectional shape. Further, the pillar 220 is not limited to a rod shape, and may have a function of attaching the motherboard 222 to the support base 16. Therefore, the column 220 is
The support member 16 may be a gate-shaped or square-shaped support member, and a stronger structure may be provided on the support base 16, and a front plate and a back plate may be attached to the support base together with the mother boat.

According to the embodiment of the present invention having the above-described structure, since the motherboard 222 can be easily exposed by removing the side plate 11, maintenance can be easily performed.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a view illustrating an arrangement of internal devices of the information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a view for explaining another example of the arrangement of internal devices of the information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 8 is a view showing a state of the information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an effect of the information processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. Next, with reference to FIGS. The arrangement and usage will be described. 5, 31 is a CPU, 32 is a display device, 3
3 is an input device, 34 is a hard disk device, 35 is an internal memory, 36 is a floppy disk or CD-ROM.
Disk drive 221 is a power supply unit.

Information processing apparatus 2 according to one embodiment of the present invention
4 is used together with a display device 32 composed of a CRT, a liquid crystal, a plasma panel and the like, and an input device 33 having a keyboard, a mouse and the like.
For example, as shown in FIG. 5, a CPU 31 for controlling the processing of the entire apparatus, a hard disk drive 34 for storing data and the like necessary for the processing, and an
S, application programs, etc.
1 for storing the internal memory 35 used for the processing operation, a disk drive 36 for a floppy disk and a CD-ROM disk for taking in data from outside or outputting data to the outside, and a power supply unit 221. It is composed. Note that the functional configuration of these internal devices is not limited to the configuration described above, and any configuration may be used as long as it functions as an information processing device.

When the above-described internal device is housed in the casing 10, a heavy object such as a power supply is attached to the support base 16 at the lower portion of the casing, so that the front shape is vertically long. The information processing device 24 can be placed on a desk or the like with a sense of stability in combination with the shape in which the lower portion is configured to be broader in a substantially trapezoidal shape. Further, other internal devices may be configured on a circuit board or the like which is installed vertically inside the housing.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show specific examples of the arrangement of the internal devices. In FIG. 6, a front plate 12 is attached to the front left side, and a back plate 14 is attached to the rear right side. The example shown in FIG. 6 is an example in which internal devices are arranged around a motherboard 222 arranged at the center of the support base 16. The motherboard 222 is arranged at the center so as to divide the internal storage space of the deep housing unit 10 into left and right parts. A disk drive 36a of a floppy disk is provided at a front portion and a power supply portion 221 is provided at a rear portion on a lower portion on a right side (front side in the drawing) of the motherboard 222.
A disk drive 36b of a CD-ROM disk is provided on the left side (rear side in the drawing) of the motherboard 222,
A hard disk drive 34 (not shown) is provided at the rear.

The storage device and the power supply 221 may be attached to the support 16 via screws or the like. Also,
A fan 225, a CPU 31, an internal memory 35 attached to a plurality of memory sockets, a plurality of PCMCIA-compliant card slots 226, and the like are provided on the right side (front side in the drawing) of the motherboard 222. A card slot 226 similar to that on the right side is provided on the back side of the drawing).

In the example shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of card slots 226 to which an expansion card can be attached are provided instead of a normally provided expansion board, thereby realizing miniaturization without impairing expandability. can do.

Further, an opening 227 for exhaust is formed in the motherboard 222 so that the internal storage space divided into left and right by the motherboard 222 can be ventilated. Instead of this opening 227, the motherboard 22
2 may be divided into upper and lower portions and attached to the column 220 so as to form a gap between the upper and lower motherboards, and the gap may be used as an opening. Also, the fan 22
5 may be provided on the left and right of the motherboard 222.
This makes it possible to improve the exhaust inside the housing. Further, in the illustrated example, the CPU 3 that generates the most heat is
Since the first element and the like are arranged above, the efficiency of exhausting heat generated inside the housing can be improved.

According to the arrangement example shown in FIG. 6, since a heavy and occupying device occupying a large volume is mounted on the strong support 16, a sense of stability as the device can be obtained. On the other hand, a light-weight and thin-sized device is mounted on the motherboard 222 that is not so strong. Thereby, the arrangement of the internal device can be a mounting structure in which the lower portion is thicker and the upper portion is thinner, and the mounting efficiency of the internal device can be improved also by the characteristic form of the housing 10 as described above. it can. In addition, according to this arrangement, the motherboard 222 and the heavy internal equipment can be largely exposed by removing the side plate 11 of the housing portion 10. Further, by removing the front plate 12 and the back plate 14, Since the internal device can be completely exposed as shown in FIG. 6, maintenance can be easily performed. In addition, since the devices attached to the motherboard 222 are disposed above and close to the operator's eyes, workability can be improved.

According to the arrangement example shown in FIG. 6, at the time of manufacturing and assembling, a heavy device is first mounted on the support base 16, and then the motherboard 2 on which the device is mounted in advance.
The workability can be improved by attaching the cable 22 and assembling the entire connection and the casing 10.
In the above-described process, the motherboard 222 may be attached to the support 16 and then a heavy device may be attached.

The arrangement example shown in FIG.
This is an example in which is mounted on the support base 16 offset from the center of the support base 16 and the internal devices are arranged around this motherboard. The motherboard 222 arranges the deep internal storage space of the housing unit 10 toward one side of the housing internal space, for example, so that the left side (rear side in the drawing) is narrow and the right side (front side in the drawing) is wide. Is done. And
A power supply unit 221 having a reduced height is disposed below a wide space on the right side (front side of the drawing) of the motherboard 222, and a CD is formed on a front side below the narrow space on the left side (back side of the drawing) of the motherboard 222. A disk drive 36b for a ROM disk is provided, and a hard disk device 34 is provided at the rear.

The motherboard 222 has a disk drive 36a of a floppy disk, a fan 31, a CPU 31, an internal memory 35 attached to a plurality of memory sockets on one side (front side in the drawing) facing a wide space.
An extension board 228 and the like are provided. In the example shown in FIG. 7, since the weight of the motherboard 222 is larger than that of the example in which the motherboard described in FIG. 6 is disposed at the center, the column 220 having a strong H section is used. It is recommended that reinforcement be provided.

According to the arrangement example shown in FIG. 7, since the internal devices are centrally arranged on one side, the maintainability can be improved, and the space occupies a relatively large volume. A commercially available expansion board 228 can be employed.

Information processing apparatus 2 according to one embodiment of the present invention
4 is applied to, for example, a personal computer, and the above-described functional components are housed in the housing 10, the size of which is, for example, that of the front panel 12 and the rear panel 1.
4, the lower width is 90 mm, the upper width is 40 mm, the depth (the length between the front plate 12 and the rear plate 14) is 210 mm,
The height is 310 mm, and the total length of the support stand is about 250 mm.
However, this size can be arbitrarily changed depending on the equipment housed inside.

Information processing apparatus 2 according to one embodiment of the present invention
As shown in FIG. 8, the display device 4 is used with a display device 32 using a liquid crystal or plasma panel, a keyboard 331 and a mouse 332 as input devices 33. Further, the information processing device 24 can be arranged and used on the rear side of the display device 32.

As can be seen from FIG. 8, the information processing apparatus 24 according to one embodiment of the present invention has a narrow shape at the top and is used in a vertical type, so that it is installed in a small space with a sense of stability. In addition, since the entire information processing device 24 is formed in a small size, the overall arrangement state is well-balanced even when the information processing device 24 is installed and used alongside the display device 32, the keyboard 331, and the mouse 332. It can be. Further, even when the information processing device 24 is disposed on the back side of the display device 32, the information processing device 24 can be installed so as not to have a large dimension in the depth direction.

Since the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above is used in a vertical type, the housing section 10 has a CRT like a box-type housing that can also be used horizontally.
Since it does not require the strength assuming that a display device such as is mounted, it can be configured at a low cost, and since the shape from the front to the depth direction is a vertically long substantially trapezoidal shape, In addition, they can be arranged with a sense of stability in practice.

In one embodiment of the present invention as described above, the casing 10 is formed so that the horizontal cross-sectional area of the upper portion is smaller than the horizontal cross-sectional area of the lower portion. Since the air intake port is provided at the upper part and the heat radiation port is provided at the upper part, the heat generated from the internal equipment can be efficiently exhausted by the chimney effect. Further, since the heat radiating port 17 is provided on the upper portion of the side plate 11 constituting the wide surface of the housing portion 10, the heat radiating port 17 can have a larger total area than when the heat radiating port is provided on the upper surface portion. As compared with the case where a heat radiating port is provided, a greater heat radiating efficiency can be obtained, and intrusion of dust and the like can be prevented.

Further, in one embodiment of the present invention, the upper surface 1
5 is formed in the shape of an arc that is convex upward, so that objects, for example, a cup filled with water, cannot be placed thereon, so that the cup can always be used without clutter. It is also possible to prevent water such as from being spilled by mistake on the upper surface of the housing portion 10 and to prevent water from entering the inside through the heat radiation port 17.

Further, in the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention described above, the side plate 11 is formed into a "C" shape in which the center portion is slightly concave inward due to the two planes. As shown in FIG. 9, even when a document, a file, or the like is leaned along the casing 10, the surface on which the heat radiation port 17 is provided and the surface of the document, etc. Since there is no complete overlap, the heat radiation port 17 is not blocked, and sufficient heat radiation can always be performed.

Further, the left and right side plates 11 and the upper surface portion 15 in the above-described embodiment of the present invention are formed as one whole.
Since it can be formed as a single member, and having the above-mentioned shape, it can be formed very easily and inexpensively. Further, the member constituted by the side plate 11 and the upper surface 15 configured as described above can be made removable from the support base 16 while the front plate 12 and the rear plate 14 are left. By adopting such a configuration, by removing a member integrated by the side plate 11 and the upper surface portion 15, it is possible to perform maintenance and inspection of internal devices more easily than when the rear plate 14 is removed. Becomes Moreover, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the work can be performed in a space open to one side or both sides without taking a large work space at the time of maintenance inspection or extension.

[0057]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an information processing apparatus which can reliably discharge heat, is small, has a large sense of stability, and is excellent in design. Further, maintenance can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a door provided on a front surface of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is opened.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state where a housing of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is expanded.

FIG. 4 is a housing structure diagram of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an arrangement of internal devices of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating another example of the arrangement of internal devices of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a use state of the information processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining an effect of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a vertical type information processing apparatus constituting a main body of a personal computer or the like according to a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Housing part 11 Side plate 12 Front plate 13 Door 14 Back plate 15 Upper surface part 16 Support base 17 Heat radiating port 18 Power switch 19 Indicator 20 Cable 21 Floppy disk insertion port 22 CDROM disk insertion port 23 Opening 24 Information processing device 31 CPU Reference Signs List 32 display device 33 input device 34 hard disk device 35 internal memory 36 disk drive for floppy disk or CD-ROM 200 mounting portion 201 side plate mounting portion 202 side plate mounting groove 203 L-shaped mounting rib 204 hole-shaped mounting portion 205 screw mounting portion 206 Screw hole 207 Joint part 208 Fitting groove 209 End part 210 Step part 211 Screw 212 Column mounting hole 213 Board mounting groove 220 (220a, 220b) Column 222 Motherboard 223 Intake hole 224 Opening hinge

Claims (11)

[Claims] In an information processing apparatus used in combination with an input device and a display device which are configured independently of an input device and a display device, a housing constituting an external appearance of the processing device is provided with a lower horizontal portion. The cross-sectional area is a vertically long shape larger than the horizontal cross-sectional area of the upper part, a heat radiation port is provided above a side plate constituting the side surface of the housing part, and a substrate in a vertical posture is arranged inside the housing part. An information processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. An information processing apparatus used in combination with an input device and a display device which are configured independently of the input device and the display device, wherein a housing constituting the external appearance of the processing device is provided with a lower horizontal portion. The casing has a vertically long shape having a cross-sectional area larger than the horizontal cross-sectional area of the upper part, and the housing part includes a support base part constituting a lower part of the housing part, and an upper housing part detachably attached to the support base part. And a radiator port is provided above a side plate constituting a side surface of the upper housing portion,
An information processing apparatus comprising: a substrate supported in a vertical posture on the support base inside the upper housing. 3. The upper housing portion includes a front plate, a back plate, and an upper cover including a side plate and a top surface disposed between the front plate and the back plate. The information processing device according to claim 2. 4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the support base includes a support for supporting the substrate, and a functional device for information processing is attached to the support base or the support. Information processing device. 5. An information processing device used in combination with an input device and a display device which are configured independently of the input device and the display device, the device having a housing section in which functional devices for information processing are housed. An information processing apparatus, which is installed in a direction in which a horizontal cross-sectional area is smaller than a vertical cross-sectional area during use, and has a heat radiating port above a side plate serving as a side surface during use. 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a horizontal sectional area of an upper part of the information processing apparatus is smaller than a horizontal sectional area of a lower part of the information processing apparatus. 7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the side plate having the heat radiating port of the information processing apparatus is constituted by two planes having a boundary substantially at the center in the vertical direction. . 8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the side plate formed by the two planes is formed to be depressed inward at a boundary between the two planes. 9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a heavy object such as a power supply is disposed at a lower part in the housing. 10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein an upper surface of the housing section has a curved surface that is convex upward. 11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the external storage media is disposed in the housing.