Housing structure and processing device equipped with housing structure
US11988987B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 6, 2021 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/1619
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A housing structure includes an upper housing at an upper side of a device housing, a lower housing at a lower side of the device housing, and a positioner that positions the upper housing on the lower housing. One side surface of the device housing has an opening extending astride the lower housing and the upper housing when the upper housing is positioned on the lower housing. The positioner includes a reference positioning element that is provided toward any one of four corners of a connection area between the lower housing and the upper housing and that has a reference hole provided in one of or each of the lower housing and the upper housing and a positioning reference pin fitted in the reference hole, an anti-rotation element that is provided toward another corner of the four corners excluding the corner near where the reference positioning element is provided and that has an anti-rotation pin provided at one of the lower housing and the upper housing and an anti-rotation hole that is provided in the other one of the lower housing and the upper housing, receives the anti-rotation pin, and suppresses rotation of the upper housing relative to the lower housing about the referen…
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