US 12,339,716 B2
Information processing apparatus
Tsuyoshi Sanada, Susono Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/326,036.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-202939 (JP), filed on Dec. 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0201760 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/20 (2013.01) [G06F 1/26 (2013.01); H05K 7/20136 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a housing comprising a front surface portion and a back surface portion;
one or more input and output terminals provided on the back surface portion and configured to allow connection to an external device;
an accommodation portion provided in the housing and configured to removably accommodate a power supply adapter, the power supply adapter comprising a primary-side cable connectable to a commercial power supply and a secondary-side cable configured to supply electric power;
a connector provided in the accommodation portion and connectable to the secondary-side cable of the power supply adapter accommodated in the accommodation portion;
a circuit configured to perform various processes upon receiving supply of electric power from the power supply adapter whose secondary-side cable is connected to the connector;
a hole formed in the housing and configured to lead the primary-side cable of the power supply adapter to outside of the housing; and
a fan configured to generate airflow between the accommodation portion and a heat sink plate configured to dissipate heat generated from the circuit, wherein
the accommodation portion is provided in the housing on a front surface portion side, and
the power supply adapter accommodated in the accommodation portion and the circuit are cooled by the airflow generated by the fan.