Electronic badge and housing for the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11317528-B2
Application number	US-201916445923-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2019
Priority date	Dec 18, 2018
Publication date	Apr 26, 2022
Grant date	Apr 26, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an electronic badge and a housing for the same. The housing includes: a rear case defining a main board cavity, and formed with a display opening in communication with the main board cavity and a profile card receiving slot located outside the main board cavity; and a front case detachably disposed on the rear case to enclose the profile card receiving slot or both the display opening and the profile card receiving slot, a portion of the front case opposite the profile card receiving slot or both the display opening and the profile card receiving slot being made of a transparent material.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A housing for an electronic badge, comprising:
a rear case defining a main board cavity, and formed with a display opening in communication with the main board cavity and a profile card receiving slot located outside the main board cavity; and
a front case detachably disposed on the rear case to enclose the profile card receiving slot or both the display opening and the profile card receiving slot, a portion of the front case opposite the profile card receiving slot or both the display opening and the profile card receiving slot being made of a transparent material, such that the profile card receiving slot or both the display opening and the profile card receiving slot are visible through the portion of the front case,
wherein the profile card receiving slot is located above the main board cavity in a top view of the rear case viewed in a direction from the front case to the rear case,
wherein the rear case comprises a rear case bottom plate, two first rear case sidewalls, and one second rear case sidewall, the first rear case sidewalls and the second rear case sidewall are both disposed on the rear case bottom plate, the two first rear case sidewalls are disposed oppositely and spaced apart, and the second rear case sidewall is connected to the two first rear case sidewalls,
the front case comprises a front case bottom plate, two first front case sidewalls and one second front case sidewall, the first front case sidewalls and the second front case sidewall are both disposed on the front case bottom plate, the two first front case sidewalls are disposed oppositely and spaced apart, and the second front case sidewall is connected to the two first front case sidewalls, and
in a case where the front case and the rear case are completely assembled, the two first front case sidewalls are respectively opposite to the two first rear case sidewalls, the second front case sidewall is opposite to the second rear case sidewall, and the front case bottom plate is opposite to the rear case bottom plate, so as to cover at least part of the rear case by the front case,
wherein the two first rear case sidewalls and the second rear case sidewall are each provided with a first magnetic member, the two first front case sidewalls and the second front case sidewall are each provided with a second magnetic member, and in a case where the front case and the rear case are completely assembled, the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member are attracted to each other, and
wherein at least one of the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member is provided with a flexible sealing film.

2. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the profile card receiving slot is a sinking slot.

3. The housing according to claim 2 , wherein the profile card receiving slot is located at a side of the main board cavity in a top view of the rear case viewed in a direction from the front case to the rear case.

4. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two first rear case sidewalls is formed with a chute on a surface thereof facing the first front case sidewall opposite the each of the two first rear case sidewalls, and the first front case sidewall is formed with a slider fitting the chute on a surface thereof facing the first rear case sidewall opposite the first front case sidewall.

5. The housing according to claim 4 , wherein the chute is formed with an opening at an end, through which the slider enters the chute so that the front case is slidable relative to the rear case.

6. The housing according to claim 4 , wherein the rear case further comprises a locking block disposed in the chute, the slider being slidable past the locking block.

7. The housing according to claim 4 , wherein the rear case further comprises a hanging part disposed opposite the second rear case sidewall, where a first surface of the hanging part protrudes from the rear case bottom plate to a position flush with a surface of the front case bottom plate facing away from the rear case bottom plate in a case where the front case and the rear case are completely assembled, and the hanging part is formed with a hanging through hole.

8. The housing according to claim 4 , wherein the second rear case sidewall is formed with an engaging recess on a surface thereof facing the second front case sidewall, the second front case sidewall is formed with an engaging protrusion on a surface thereof facing the second rear case sidewall, and in a case where the front case slides to a position where the second front case sidewall is attached to the second rear case sidewall, the engaging protrusion is engaged in the engaging recess.

9. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the two first rear case sidewalls and the second rear case sidewall are provided with a plurality of concave parts uniformly distributed, the two first front case sidewalls and the second front case sidewall are provided with a plurality of convex parts uniformly distributed, and in a case where the front case and the rear case are completely assembled, each of the plurality of convex parts is engaged in a corresponding concave part.

10. The housing according to claim 9 , wherein the convex part and the concave part have a smooth curved shape.

11. The housing according to claim 1 , further comprising a flexible sealing member disposed around at least one of the display opening and the profile card receiving slot.

12. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the front case is a one-piece member that covers the profile card receiving slot or both the display opening and the profile card receiving slot.

13. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the front case comprises a first front case member covering the profile card receiving slot and a second front case member covering the display opening.

14. The housing according to claim 13 , wherein the first front case member and the second front case member are independently and detachably disposed on the rear case.

15. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is formed with a charging hole and at least one button hole.

16. An electronic badge comprising a display panel and the housing according to claim 1 , the display panel being disposed in the main board cavity, and a display surface of the display panel being exposed from the display opening.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wei Jinggang
• Ren Yan
• Cao Lei
• Ni Pan

Classifications

• G06F21/31

  User authentication · CPC title

• G07F7/0853

  On-card keyboard means · CPC title

• G06F21/34

  involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards · CPC title

• G06F21/32

  using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints · CPC title

• G07F7/0826

  Embedded security module · CPC title