US 12,382,215 B2
Vibration isolator and electronic apparatus
Kosei Kimura, Yokohama (JP); Takumi Imai, Yokohama (JP); Hironari Nishino, Yokohama (JP); and Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed by LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/174,078.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-078351 (JP), filed on May 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0370768 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 1/28 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/288 (2013.01) [H04R 1/026 (2013.01); G06F 1/1688 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vibration isolator for supporting a speaker box in a chassis of an electronic apparatus, the vibration isolator comprising:
a main body having a bar shape; and
an attachment piece having a plate shape, the attachment piece including a hole portion configured to enable a threaded screw therein to fix the vibration isolator to the speaker box, the attachment piece protruding from the main body, wherein:
the main body includes a central portion having a central thickness, a first end portion having a first end thickness, and a second end portion having a second end thickness, wherein the first and second end thicknesses are less than the central thickness;
the main body includes a longitudinally extending core and a rubber material covering a surface of the core spaced from the first and second end portions; and
the attachment piece is made of the rubber material.