Patent ID: 7184273

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a printed circuit board; a housing in which said printed circuit board is accommodated, said housing having a first opposite pair of a first and a second side wall and a second opposite pair of a third and a fourth side wall, said housing also having an end wall and an end opening opposite to the end wall; a cover having an aperture formed therein, said cover also having at least a portion of an outer periphery thereof fit in the end opening of said housing to cover the end opening; a connector disposed on said printed circuit board, said connector having an opposite pair of a first side face facing the first side wall of said housing and a second side face abutting said printed circuit board, said connector also having another opposite pair of a first end exposed through the aperture of said cover outside said housing and a second end facing the end wall of said housing; and at least one protrusion formed on an inner face of the first side wall of said housing to enhance a rigidity of said housing, said at least one protrusion facing the first side face of said connector in a direction from the first side wall to the second side wall of said housing.