Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10983548-B2
Application number	US-201716301714-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 16, 2017
Priority date	May 25, 2016
Publication date	Apr 20, 2021
Grant date	Apr 20, 2021

Abstract

An electronic device includes a housing, and an operation member mounted on an inner surface of the housing. The housing includes a projection inwardly projected from a main surface of the housing and a wall erected on the main surface and having a light guide hole through which light passes. The operation member includes a holding part extending along the main surface from the projection to the wall, an erecting part erected from the holding part along the wall, a transmission part engaged with peripheral edges of the light guide hole while being fitted into the light guide hole and configured to transmit the light, and a receiving part configured to receive a user's operation from an outside of the housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing; and
an operation member mounted on an inner surface of the housing,
wherein the housing includes:
a projection inwardly projected from a main surface of the housing; and
a wall erected on the main surface and having a light guide hole through which light passes, and

wherein the operation member includes:
a holding part extending along the main surface from the projection to the wall;
an erecting part erected from the holding part along the wall;
a transmission part engaged with peripheral edges of the light guide hole while being fitted into the light guide hole and configured to transmit the light; and
a receiving part configured to receive an operation by a user from an outside of the housing, wherein the receiving part is located in a receiving hole in the main surface of the housing.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the projection and an end of the holding part that comes into contact with the projection includes a regulation part configured to restrict relative movement of the projection and the holding part in a direction intersecting a contact direction on a plane along the main surface.

3. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing; and
an operation member mounted on an inner surface of the housing,
wherein the housing includes:
a projection inwardly projected from a main surface of the housing; and
a wall erected on the main surface and having a light guide hole through which light passes,

wherein the operation member includes:
a holding part extending along the main surface from the projection to the wall;
an erecting part erected from the holding part along the wall;
a transmission part engaged with peripheral edges of the light guide hole while being fitted into the light guide hole and configured to transmit the light; and
a receiving part configured to receive an operation by a user from an outside of the housing, and

wherein the operation member includes a rotation prevention part that is disposed on a side opposite to the holding part across the transmission part, and extends along the wall to prevent a situation in which the operation member mounted on the housing rotates and falls out of the housing.

4. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing; and
an operation member mounted on an inner surface of the housing,
wherein the housing includes:
a projection inwardly projected from a main surface of the housing; and
a wall erected on the main surface and having a light guide hole through which light passes,

wherein the operation member includes:
a holding part extending along the main surface from the projection to the wall;
an erecting part erected from the holding part along the wall;
a transmission part engaged with peripheral edges of the light guide hole while being fitted into the light guide hole and configured to transmit the light; and
a receiving part configured to receive an operation by a user from an outside of the housing, and

wherein the light guide hole includes at an edge of the peripheral edges of the light guide hole,
a parallel portion that is parallel to the main surface; and
a tapered portion formed to be gradually distant from the main surface as extending inward from the parallel portion, wherein the edge on which the parallel portion and the tapered portion are provided is farther from the main surface than other edges of the peripheral edges.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Morikawa Hiroya
• Saitou Eiji

Classifications

• G06F1/183 Primary

  Internal mounting support structures, e.g. for supporting printed circuit boards · CPC title

• H05K7/12

  Resilient or clamping means for holding component to structure · CPC title

• G05G23/00

  Means for ensuring the correct positioning of parts of control mechanisms, e.g. for taking-up play · CPC title

• G05G1/02 Primary

  Controlling members for hand actuation by linear movement, e.g. push buttons · CPC title

• H05K5/0217

  Mechanical details of casings (covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03) · CPC title