Patent ID: 8530070

Claim:
An electronic apparatus comprising: a battery unit that comprises a plurality of cells, and a case accommodating the plurality of cells, the case comprises (i) a first part which contains at least one cell, (ii) a second part which contains at least one cell different from the at least one cell contained in the first part, and (iii) a third part which is located between the first part and the second part, the third part containing none of the plurality of cells and having a thickness less than (a) a thickness of the first part, (b) a thickness of the second part and (c) a thickness of any of the plurality of cells; a housing that comprises (i) a first wall, (ii) a second wall including a palm rest and a keyboard mounting part, and (iii) a battery receptacle located between the first wall and the second wall, the battery receptacle being formed inside the housing beneath the palm rest to open at a bottom face of the housing to receive the battery unit; and a holding unit provided in the housing and adapted to support an electronic component, the holding unit extending from the second wall into the battery receptacle and at least partially overlapping a portion of the third part of the case in a direction along a thickness of the case.