Title of Invention

"ELECTRONIC DEVICE"

Abstract An electronic device is disclosed. The device comprises: a main housing (10) formed in an approximately elliptical cylinder form, disposed such that a longitudinal direction thereof is approximately horizontal to a setting surface, and including a medium insertion port (14) for inserting a portable information storage medium; an approximately boxlike base portion (52) attached to a lower portion of the main housing, including front and back ends opposing one another in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, and having at least one terminal (74) provided on the front end of the base portion; and an overhang portion (69) of the main housing overhanging bom the front end of the base portion and the at least one terminal.
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TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to an electronic device or device, and particularly
relates to improvement in functionality of an outward shape of a household entertainment
device or other electronic devices.
BACKGROUND ART
In most electronic devices such as an entertainment device in the related art, for
example as disclosed in JP-A-2001 -77568, an operational panel is disposed on the front of
the instrument, and an operational button, a terminal for connecting a peripheral instrument
and the like are provided on the operational panel. According to such an outward shape, a
user can easily recognize a position of the operational button or the connection terminal,
and easily use the button or terminal, and consequently improve operability of a device.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is to provide an entertainment device or other electronic
device having an outward shape improved in functionality compared with that in the
related art.
An electronic device according to the invention is characterized by having a main
housing that is formed in an approximately elliptic cylinder form, and disposed in such a
manner that a longitudinal direction is approximately horizontal to a setting surface, and
has a medium insertion port for inserting a portable information storage medium, and an
approximately boxlike base portion attached to a lower portion of the main housing.
According to the electronic device according to the invention, the main housing is
formed in the approximately elliptic cylinder form, and disposed in such a manner that the
longitudinal direction of the housing (axial direction of the elliptic cylinder) is
approximately horizontal to the setting surface. Therefore, even if it is accommodated in

an accommodation rack such as an audio board, since a space is secured in an upper portion
of the main housing, cooling efficiency of the electronic device is increased. As a result,
functionality of the outward shape of the entertainment device is improved.
Moreover, the base portion may be attached to the lower portion of the main
housing in so as to be offset in at least one direction of the longitudinal direction and a
lateral direction with respect to the main housing in a plane view. According to diis aspect,
a space can also be secured in the lower portion of the main housing. The space is used,
for example, for cooling of the electronic device or by wiring in the electronic device.
The electronic device according to the another invention is characterized by
having an insertion port formation surface portion in which a medium insertion port for
inserting a portable information storage medium is formed, and a front board portion that is
disposed at a place lower man the medium insertion port and spreads approximately
horizontally on this side of at least the insertion port formation surface portion. The
electronic device is, for example, an entertainment device such as a household game
machine, and when the portable information storage medium is inserted therein,
information is read out from the medium. In the invention, the front board portion is
provided at a place lower than the medium insertion port for inserting the information
storage medium, and the front board portion spreads on the front side (a side opposite to an
insertion direction) of at least the medium insertion port. Therefore, when a user inserts
the information storage medium into the medium insertion port, or removes the
information storage medium from the medium insertion port, the medium is prevented
from direcdy falling to the floor, and consequently an electronic device having an outward
shape that is improved in functionality compared to mat in the related art is realized.
When area of the front board portion is made larger man that of the information
storage medium, falling of the information storage medium can be prevented more securely.
Moreover, the information storage medium to be inserted into the medium insertion port or

the information storage medium removed from the medium insertion port can be
temporarily placed on the front board portion.
Moreover, the electronic device may further have a cover covering a part or more
of the front board portion. According to this aspect, accumulation of dust in the front
board portion can be prevented. In addition, even if the information storage medium
touches the front board portion, adhesion of dust to the medium is prevented.
In this aspect, the cover may be supported in such a manner that it can move
between a position of covering the part or more of the front board portion and a position of
exposing the part or more of the portion.
Moreover, the cover may cover the medium insertion port in addition to the part or
more of the front board portion. According to this aspect, entering of dust from the
medium insertion port into the electronic device can be prevented.
Moreover, it is acceptable for the electronic device to be formed in such a manner
that it can be placed both vertically and horizontally, and has a plurality of insertion port
formation surface portions, the cover covers the front board portion disposed in the lower
side of the medium insertion port formed in one of the plurality of insertion port formation
surface portions; the plurality of insertion port formation surface portions are disposed in a
manner of being arranged in a horizontal direction when the electronic device is placed
horizontally, and arranged in a vertical direction when it is vertically placed; and the one of
the plurality of insertion port formation surface portions is disposed to be situated at the
lowest side when the electronic device is vertically placed. According to this aspect,
when the electronic device is vertically placed, the front board portion
being nearest to a setting surface where dust tends to fly most significantly is covered by
the cover.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of
the invention;
Fig. 2 is a front view of the electronic device according to the embodiment of the
invention;
Fig. 3 is a left side view of the electronic device according to the invention;
Fig. 4 is a right side view of the electronic device according to the embodiment of
the invention;
Fig. 5 is a back view of the electronic device according to the embodiment of the
invention;
Fig. 6 is a top view of the electronic device according to the embodiment of the
invention;
Fig. 7 is a bottom view of the electronic device according to the embodiment of
the invention; and
Fig. 8 is a right side view of an electronic device according to another embodiment
of the invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention is described in detail according to
drawings.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to the embodiment,
Fig. 2 is a front view, Fig. 3 is a left side view, Fig. 4 is a right side view, Fig. 5 is a back
view, Fig. 6 is a top view, and Fig. 7 is a bottom view. The electronic device can be placed
both horizontally and vertically. The electronic device is configured by an approximately
elliptical cylinder-like main housing 10 that is disposed horizontally in a horizontal
placement condition of the electronic device, and an approximately boxlike base portion 52
which is attached to a lower portion of the main housing 10. The base portion 52 supports

the main housing 10 by sidewalk and the inside of the base portion 52 is communicated
with the inside of the main housing 10. The main housing 10 is arranged in such a manner
that a longitudinal direction of the housing is horizontal to a setting surface. An
information processing device, an information storage device, various medium drive
devices and the like of the electronic device are accommodated in one of the main housing
10 and the base portion 52, or accommodated in and over the two, respectively. In
particular, a rectangular circuit board and the like are efficiendy accommodated in the base
portion 52.
In the front of the base portion 52, a front skirt 64 is formed. The lower portion of
the front skirt 64 overhangs to the front, so that beauty of the electronic device and stability
when the electronic device is placed are improved. Moreover, a plurality of USB
terminals 74 are provided above the front skirt 64, and in a right side of each of the USB
terminals 74, a lamp 74a (for example, LED) is provided, which is turned on when the USB
terminal 74 is operated. Therefore a user is notified of the USB terminal 74 being in
operation. Moreover, the electronic device can charge an external device (for example, a
controller having a battery set therein) connected to the USB terminal 74 during operation
or sleep (on standby for operation). In addition, the lamp 74a is turned on in a color for
notifying the user of an on-charge state when the battery is charging, and when the battery
is fully charged, a lighting color of the lamp 74a is changed in order to notify the user of a
fact that the battery has been fully charged.
Lateral and longitudinal sizes of the base portion 52 are narrow compared with
those of the main housing 10. The base portion 52 is attached in a such manner that a left
side of the portion is approximately even witii a left side of the main housing 10.
Therefore, the base portion 52 is provided in such a manner that a front face, right side face,
and back face 109 of the portion are situated inside witii respect to edges of the main
housing 10, respectively.

As shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, a front-side overhanging portion 69 is provided in a
front side of the main housing 10, so that when the user looks down the electronic device
from above, they do not see the USB terminals 74. However, the front skirt 64 is formed
on the base portion 52 as described before, and the user can insert a terminal of a peripheral
device of the electronic device into the USB terminals 74 by viewing the front skirt 64.
Furthermore, the front-side overhanging portion 69 is situated above a connection portion
of the USB terminals 74 and thus protects the connection portion of the USB terminals 74.
A back-side overhanging portion 71 is provided in a back side (back face side) of the main
housing 10. As described later, various terminals for connection to the electronic device
are also provided on a back face 109 of the base portion 52 and a back face 111 of the main
housing 10. Connection portions for these terminals are protected by the back-side
overhanging portion 71 of the main housing 10. Moreover, as shown in Fig. 2, an
overhanging portion 68 is provided in a right side of the main housing 10.
The main housing 10 has a rectangular frame member 60 arranged horizontally to
the setting surface. The frame member 60 has an appropriate thickness for securing
stiffness of the electronic device. In a left edge portion of the frame member 60, an
upper-left side plate 110 having a shape of an elliptic plate that has been cut along a
longitudinal axis is attached in such a manner that the upper-left side plate 110 stands. Also,
a lower-left side plate 112 similarly having a shape of an elliptical plate that has been cut
along a longitudinal axis is attached in such a manner that the lower-left side plate 112 is
suspended. Similarly in a right edge portion, an upper-right side plate 116 having a shape
of an elliptical plate that has been cut along a longitudinal axis is attached in the standing
manner, and a lower-right side plate 118 similarly having a shape of an elliptic plate that
has been cut along a longitudinal axis is attached in the suspending manner.
A curved platelike aluminum cover 56 is attached along curved upper edge
portions of the upper-left side plate 110 and the upper right side plate 116, which covers a

top of the electronic device 10. Moreover, a curved aluminum cover 108 is attached along
curved lower edge portions of the lower-left side plate 112 and the lower-right side plate
118, and the aluminum cover 108 and the base portion 52 cover a bottom of the main
housing 10.
Thus, the aluminum covers 56 and 108 comprise elliptical side panels of the main
housing 10 in the approximately elliptical cylinder form, the upper-left side plate 110 and
the lower-left side plate 112 comprise one end-face portion of the main housing 10, and the
upper-right side plate 116 and the lower-right side plate 118 comprise another end-face
portion. The aluminum covers 56 and 108 are curved respectively, thereby improving
beauty of the main housing 10 and securing spaces outward in a radial direction of the main
housing 10, that is, spaces above and below the main housing 10. This improves cooling
efficiency of the electronic device. The aluminum covers 56 and 108, upper-left side plate
110, lower-left side plate 112, upper-right side plate 116 and lower-right side plate 118 are
formed, for example, by extrusion of aluminum.
The main housing 10 has a shape having a notch in the front of the housing in the
elliptical cylinder form in a horizontal placement condition of the electronic device. The
notch portion is comprised of a front face of a panel member 12 arranged in a front edge
portion of the aluminum cover 56 comprising a top of the main housing 10, and front board
portions 20 and 22 which spreads from a lower edge portion of the front face of the panel
member 12 to the front, and is provided horizontally to the setting surface of the electronic
device. The panel member 12 has insertion port formation surface portions 18, 24 in an
inclined front face thereof. The front board portions 20 and 22 will be described in detail
later.
An insertion port formation surface portion 18 is provided in a right side of the
electronic device. An insertion port, which is for inserting a main storage medium that
stores an operation program of the electronic device, is formed in the insertion port

formation surface portion 18. Specifically, the operation program is stored in an optical
disk, and an optical disk insertion port 14 for inserting the optical disk is formed in the
insertion port formation surface portion 18. In the back of the optical disk insertion port
14, an automatic loading mechanism is provided. Thus, when the user inserts part of the
optical disk into the optical disk insertion port 14, the optical disk is automatically moved
through a disk path 82 (refer to Fig. 4) parallel to the setting surface in the horizontal
placement condition of the electronic device, and then the optical disk as a whole is loaded
into the electronic device (refer to Fig. 4).
As shown in Fig. 8, a disk path 82a not parallel to the setting surface may be
provided. At that time, the disk path 82a is provided approximately perpendicular to the
insertion port formation surface portion 18, as a result of which a user's eye direction is
approximately parallel to the disk path 82a when the electronic device is horizontally
placed, and consequently an electronic device having better functionality is realized. On
the other hand, the insertion port formation surface portion 24 is provided in a left side of
the electronic device, and an insertion port, which is for inserting a medium that stores data
used in the operation program of the electronic device is formed. Specifically, in the
insertion port formation surface portion 24, a memory stick (trademark) insertion port 26,
an SD (trademark) card insertion port 28, and a compact flash (trademark) card insertion
port 30 are formed in this order from the left in a direction approximately parallel to a
longitudinal direction of the main housing 10.
A lower end of the insertion port formation surface portion 18 is connected to a top
of the frame member 60. The flat front board portion 20 formed inside the frame member
60 spreads from a lower edge of the insertion port formation surface portion 18 to the front,
and parallel to the setting surface in the horizontal placement condition of the electronic
device. Similarly, the lower end of the insertion port formation surface portion 24 is
connected to the top of the frame member 60. The flat front board portion 22 formed

inside the frame member 60 spreads from the lower edge of the insertion port formation
surface portion 24 to the front, and parallel to the setting surface in the horizontal
placement condition of the electronic device. In the electronic device, upper surface of
the front board portions 20, 22 spread in a lower side of the insertion port of each
information storage medium in the horizontal placement condition of the electronic device.
Therefore, when a user inserts the medium into the insertion port, or removes it from the
insertion port, even if a medium slips from the hand, the medium is put on the front board
portions 20 and 22 and thus prevented from falling off to the floor. Moreover, the front
board portion 22 is formed wide compared with the area of the memory stick or the SD
card. Therefore, when the medium is exchanged, the user can temporarily place it on the
front board portion 22, resulting in improvement in convenience. Furthermore, since the
insertion direction of each medium is approximately parallel to the front board portions 20
and 22, the user can use the front board portions 20 and 22 as guides when each medium is
inserted.
The front board portion 22 and the insertion port formation surface portion 24 are
covered witii an opening-and-closing cover 76. The opening-and-closing cover 76
includes a curved platelike aluminum cover 32 formed by extrusion of aluminum. The
aluminum cover 32 is attached to a cover support member 36 formed, for example, from
plastic. The cover support member 36 includes a flat plate portion to be adhered to a back
face of the aluminum cover 32. Hinge arms 36L, 36R are attached to both ends of one side
of the cover support member 36. The hinge arms 36L, 36R are inserted into the inside of
the electronic device from openings formed in left and right sides of insertion port
formation surface portion 24. Ends of the hinge arms 36L, 36R are rotatably pivoted by
an opening-and-closing shaft 78 (refer to Fig. 3). Moreover, stoppers 40, 38 are vertically
arranged in left and right sides of the front board portion 22, and when the
opening-and-closing cover 76 is closed, they are contacted to both ends of the aluminum

cover 32. The stopper 40 spreads to the front in the lower side of the insertion port
formation surface portion 24 in the vertical placement condition of the electronic device.
Thus, the user can temporarily place various media on the stopper 40, leading to
improvement in convenience.
The upper-left side plate 110 is vertically arranged in a further lateral side of the
stopper 40. Moreover, a partition board 62 is vertically arranged in a further lateral side of
the stopper 38. The partition board 62 is formed by extrusion of aluminum. The
partition board 62 separates between the insertion port formation surface portions 18 and
24, and separates between the front board portions 20 and 22. When the
opening-and-closing cover 76 is disposed in a closing position, a left side of the
opening-and-closing cover 76 is closed by the left side plate 110, and a right side is closed
by the partition board 62. On a top surface of the aluminum cover 32, an anti-slip
protrusion 34 is formed in an edge portion in a front side. The user can easily open or
close the opening-and-closing cover 76 by putting a hand on the anti-slip protrusion 34.
According to the electronic device, the opening-and-closing cover 76 is attached
in such a manner that it can move between a closing position (position shown by a broken
line in Fig. 3) where the front board portion 22 and the insertion port formation surface
portion 24 are covered and an opening position (position shown by a two-dot chain line in
Fig. 3) where they are exposed. Therefore, when the user does not insert or remove the
memory stick, SD card, or compact flash, the opening-and-closing cover 76 is set to the
closing position, thus preventing accumulation of dust in the front board portion 22 or the
stopper 40, or entering of dust into the memory stick insertion port 26, SD card insertion
port 28, and compact flash card insertion port 30. Moreover, in the event that the
electronic device is mainly used for reproduction and execution of various digital contents
recorded in the optical disk, only the optical disk insertion port 14 necessary for using the
optical disk is exposed, and insertion ports for other media are normally closed by the

opening-and-closing cover 76. Thus, even a beginner can easily understand how to use
the unit.
Next, the left and right side faces of the main housing 10 are described. The
upper-left side plate 110 arranged on the left side face of the main housing 10 has an
extended interface cover 58 attached. The user removes the extended interface cover 58,
so that they can connect an information storage medium such as a hard disk or a ROM
cartridge, or a peripheral instrument such as a communication module or a sensor, to the
electronic device (refer to Fig. 3). A mounting position of the peripheral instrument,
which is covered with the extended interface cover 58, is provided near a central position
of the left side face of the main housing 10. Thus, me electronic device is mounted with 3
the peripheral instrument. Also when the electronic device is placed vertically, the center of
the gravity of the electronic device is concentrated to a further lower side, and
consequendy the electronic device is set stably.
Moreover, a protrusion (for example, made of rubber) for vertical placement is
provided on the left side face of the main housing 10, so mat when the electronic device is
placed vertically, the electronic device is set stably, and a cooling effect of the electronic
device is increased by setting the electronic device so as not to contact the setting surface.
In particular, a protrusion 46 is provided on an upper edge portion of the upper-left side
plate 110. Moreover, two protrusions 42, 44 are also provided on a portion of the frame
member 60 that is beyond the left side end face of the main housing 10. Furthermore, two
protrusions 48, 50 are also provided on a left side end face of the base portion 52 attached
on the lower portion of the main housing 10. The electronic device is supported by the
protrusions 42, 44, 46, 48 and 50 in the vertical placement. In particular, since the frame
member 60 is attached with the protrusions 42, 44, the electronic device is stably placed in
a vertical direction.
Moreover, as shown in Fig. 7, protrusions 70, 72, 80 and 84 are attached to a

bottom of the base portion 52. In horizontal placement of the electronic device, the
electronic device is supported by the protrusions 70, 72, 80 and 84.
On the right side face of the main housing 10 of the main electronic device, the
upper-right side plate 116 and the lower-right side plate 118 are provided as described
before. Among them, many vent holes 66 are opened in the lower right side plate 118
(refer to Fig. 2 and Fig. 4). Not-shown fans are provided within the vent holes 66 for
cooling the electronic device. The vent holes 66 are situated in the lower side in the
horizontal placement condition, and at a place near the setting surface such as a floor, the
number of the vent holes 66 is small, in addition, the size (opening area) of the holes is
reduced. Specifically, the vent holes 66 are formed on a plurality of arrays provided
approximately parallel to the setting surface. The vent holes 66 are formed in such a
manner that the number or size of the vent holes 66 disposed on the arrays is varied
depending on a distance from the setting surface. According to such a composition, when
air is exhausted through the vent holes 66, dust accumulated on the setting surface is hardly
disturbed by the air. When air is introduced through the vent holes 66 conversely, it is still
hard for the dust accumulated on the setting surface to be drawn in.
In the electronic device, an overhanging portion 68 is provided in the right side of
the main housing 10, in which the vent holes 66 are formed, in addition to the overhanging
portions 69, 71 in the front side and a rear side of the main housing 10 (refer to Fig. 2). In
particularly, the right side face in which the vent holes 66 are formed and a right side face
of the base portion 52 are not formed in the same plane, and the right side face of the base
portion 52 is formed inside with respect to the right side face of the main housing 10. A
lower side of the right side portion of the main housing 10 is not attached with the base
portion 52, and the right side portion is in a floating condition in the air. Thus, a space is
secured in a downward direction of the vent holes 66 in addition to upward, left and right
directions of them, and consequently the electronic device is efficiently cooled.

Finally, a back face of the electronic device is described. In the back face,
various connection terminals and switches are disposed in two lines. Terminals disposed
in a lower line in the various connection terminals and the like are two HDMI (High
Definition Multimedia Interface) terminals 96, an AV terminal 100, a light digital terminal
102, a main power switch 104, and a power cable terminal 106. These are provided in this
order from the left on a back face 109 of the base portion 52. Terminals disposed in an
upper line in the various connection terminals and the like are two USB terminals 86 and
three Ethernet ports 90. These are provided in this order from the left over the back face
109 of the base portion 52 and the planar back face 111 of me main housing 10. As shown
in Fig. 3, the planar back face 111 is situated in a fore side of a rearmost end face of the
main housing 10. Moreover, as described before, the backside overhanging portion 71 is
provided at the backside of me main housing 10. Thus, the connection portions of various
connection terminals of peripheral equipment connected to the back side of the electronic
device are protected by the main housing 10.
According to the electronic device as described hereinbefore, the main housing 10
is formed in the approximately elliptical cylinder form, and disposed in such a manner that
the longitudinal direction of me housing (axial direction of the elliptic cylinder) is
approximately horizontal to the setting surface. Therefore, even if the instrument is
accommodated in an accommodation rack such as an audio board, since a space is secured
in the upper portion of the main housing 10, cooling efficiency of me electronic device is
increased. Moreover, the front board portions 20, 22 are formed in me front of the optical
disk insertion port 14, memory-stick insertion port 26, SD card insertion port 28, and
compact-flash insertion port 30. Thus, while handling various media, the media are
prevented from directly falling to the floor, leading to improvement in convenience of the
electronic device.
The invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and it will be apparent to

those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made, and the modifications are
also included in the scope of the invention.

WE CLAIM:
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a main housing formed in an approximately elliptical cylinder form, disposed such
that a longitudinal direction thereof is approximately horizontal to a setting surface, and
including a medium insertion port for inserting a portable information storage medium;
an approximately boxlike base portion attached to a lower portion of the main
housing, including front and back ends opposing one another in a direction transverse to
the longitudinal direction, and having at least one terminal provided on the front end of the
base portion; and
an overhang portion of the main housing overhanging both the front end of the base
portion and the at least one terminal.
2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base portion is attached to
the lower portion of the main housing while being offset in at least one direction of the
longitudinal direction and the direction transverse to the longitudinal direction in a plane
view.
3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the base portion comprises third and fourth ends opposing one another in the
longitudinal direction;
the main housing comprises first and second ends opposing one another in the
longitudinal direction; and
at least one of the first and second ends of the main housing overhangs at least one of
the third and fourth ends of the base portion.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the electronic device is formed
such that the longitudinal direction may be placed horizontally or vertically, such that
when placed vertically, the at least one of the first and second ends of the main housing
overhanging at least one of the third and fourth ends of the base portion is above the base
portion.
5. An electronic device, comprising:
a main housing formed in an approximately elliptical cylinder form, and
disposed such that a longitudinal direction thereof is approximately horizontal to a
setting surface;
an approximately boxlike base portion attached to a lower portion of the main
housing, and having front and back ends opposing one another in a direction
transverse to the longitudinal direction; and
an overhang portion of the main housing overhanging the front end of the base
portion, wherein
an upper surface of the overhang portion comprises
an insertion port formation surface portion facing forward,
a medium insertion port formed on the insertion port formation surface
portion for inserting a portable information storage medium, and
a front board portion disposed below the medium insertion port, and
extending approximately horizontally from a lower edge of the insertion port formation
surface portion to a front edge of the overhang portion, where the front board portion is
separate upward from a lower surface of the overhang portion.
6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5, comprising a cover covering at least one
part of the front board portion.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the cover is supported such that
it can move between a position at which the at least one part of the front board portion are
covered, and a position at which the at least one part of the portion are exposed.
8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the cover covers the medium
insertion port in addition to the at least one part of the front board portion.
9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein
the electronic device is formed so that it can be placed both vertically and
horizontally, and has a plurality of insertion port formation surface portions,
the cover covers a front board portion extending from a lower edge of one of the
plurality of insertion port formation surface portions,
the plurality of insertion port formation surface portions are arranged in a horizontal
direction when the electronic device is horizontally placed, and arranged in a vertical
direction when the front portion is vertically placed, and
the one of the plurality of insertion port formation surface portions is situated lower
than the other insertion port formation surface portion when the electronic device is
vertically placed.



ABSTRACT


ELECTRONIC DEVICE
An electronic device is disclosed. The device comprises: a main housing (10) formed
in an approximately elliptical cylinder form, disposed such that a longitudinal direction
thereof is approximately horizontal to a setting surface, and including a medium insertion
port (14) for inserting a portable information storage medium; an approximately boxlike
base portion (52) attached to a lower portion of the main housing, including front and back
ends opposing one another in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, and
having at least one terminal (74) provided on the front end of the base portion; and an
overhang portion (69) of the main housing overhanging bom the front end of the base
portion and the at least one terminal.

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Patent Number 258701
Indian Patent Application Number 3856/KOLNP/2006
PG Journal Number 06/2014
Publication Date 07-Feb-2014
Grant Date 31-Jan-2014
Date of Filing 20-Dec-2006
Name of Patentee SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.,
Applicant Address 2-6-21,MINAMI-AOYAMA MINATO-KU TOKYO 107-0062
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 KUTARAGI KEN C/O.SONY COMPUTER ENTERMENT INC. 2-6-21,MINAMI-AOYAMA MINATO-KU TOKYO 107-0062
2 GOTO TEIYU C/O.SONY CORPORATION 7-35 KITASHINAGAWA 6-CHOME SHINAGAWA-KU TOKYO 141-8680
PCT International Classification Number G06F1/16; G06F1/20
PCT International Application Number PCT/JP2005/309597
PCT International Filing date 2006-05-12
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 2005-143333 2005-05-16 Japan
2 2005-171591 2005-05-15 Japan