Slide structure and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10026034-B2
Application number	US-201715450331-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2017
Priority date	Mar 16, 2016
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

A slide structure comprises first and second members, a slider, a guide, and a first elastic part. The second member is movably supported by the first member. The slider is provided in one of the first member and the second member. The guide is provided in the other of the first member and the second member. The guide movably supports the slider among a first holding position, a slide section, and a second holding position. The first holding position is away or offset from a first position in a first direction. The slide section extends between the first position and a second position. The second position is distant from the first position in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The second holding position is away or offset from the second position in the first direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A slide structure comprising:
a first member;
a second member being inside of the first member and movably supported by the first member;
a slider provided in one of the first member and the second member;
a guide provided in the other of the first member and the second member, the guide movably supporting the slider among a first holding position, a slide section, and a second holding position, the first holding position being away or offset from a first position in a first direction, the slide section extending between the first position and a second position distant from the first position in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and the second holding position being away or offset from the second position in the first direction; and
a first elastic part being a part of the second member, the first elastic part which elastically deforms in accordance with a position of the second member relative to the first member, to be able to urge the slider in the first direction, wherein
the second member includes a first wall,
the first member includes a second wall that contacts with the first elastic part, and
the first elastic part protrudes from the first wall, and is elastically deformable between an end of the protruding first elastic part and the first wall while the second member is pressed into the first member and the first elastic part is pressed against the second wall.

2. The slide structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first elastic part includes an extension extending along the second wall.

3. The slide structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first member includes a third wall spaced apart from the second wall, the third wall being provided with an opening from which the first wall is exposed.

4. The slide structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a protrusion that protrudes from the first wall, facing the first member in the first direction, and restricts an elastic deformation of the first elastic part.

5. The slide structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a second elastic part being a part of the second member, the second elastic part which elastically deforms in accordance with the position of the second member relative to the first member to be able to urge the second member in a third direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction.

6. The slide structure according to claim 1 , wherein the guide includes a first contact face and the slider includes a second contact face facing the first contact face, the first contact face that guides the slider in the second holding position from the first holding position, the first contact face or the second contact face that extends further distantly from the first holding position while approaching the second position from the second holding position.

7. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a movable member that supports a circuit board on which an electronic component is mounted, the movable member being inside of the housing and movably supported by the housing;
a slider provided in one of the housing and the movable member;
a guide provided in the other of the housing and the movable member, the guide movably supporting the slider among a first holding position, a slide section, and a second holding position, the first holding position being away or offset from the first position in a first direction, the slide section extending between the first position and a second position distant from the first position in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and the second holding position being away or offset from the second position in the first direction; and
a first elastic part being a part of the movable member, the first elastic part which elastically deforms in accordance with a position of the movable member relative to the housing to be able to urge the slider in the first direction, wherein
the movable member includes a first wall,
the housing includes a second wall that contacts with the first elastic part, and
the first elastic part protrudes from the first wall, and is elastically deformable between an end of the protruding first elastic part and the first wall while the movable member is pressed into the housing and the end of the first elastic part is pressed against the second wall.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein
the movable member includes an elastic deforming part and a claw, the elastic deforming part provided in a position deviated from the circuit board in a third direction along a face of the circuit board, the claw that protrudes from the elastic deforming part and overlaps with the circuit board in a fourth direction intersecting with the third direction, and
the claw includes an inclined face that is inclined oppositely to a protruding direction of the claw as being distant away from the circuit board in the fourth direction.

9. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the movable member includes a support that supports the circuit board with a gap between the first wall and a face of the circuit board.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Adachi Kosuke
• Harashima Shiro
• Pan Shanying

Classifications

• G06K19/07732 Primary

  the record carrier having a housing or construction similar to well-known portable memory devices, such as SD cards, USB or memory sticks (housings for electrical equipment in general, see H05K5/02) · CPC title

• G06K19/00

  Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings · CPC title