Electronic device housing and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12490398-B2
Application number	US-202218578886-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2022
Priority date	Sep 27, 2021
Publication date	Dec 2, 2025
Grant date	Dec 2, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed are an electronic device housing including a casing and a seal, and an electronic device. The casing has an interior provided with an accommodating cavity configured to accommodate electronic device components, and a casing wall provided with a mounting cavity configured to mount the seal. The casing includes first and second through holes. The first and second through holes communicates the mounting cavity with the accommodating cavity and an outside, respectively. The seal includes a sealing part and a fixing part connected thereto. The fixing part is fixed to the casing wall, and the sealing part blocks the first through hole. The sealing part has elasticity. When pressure in the accommodating cavity is greater than that of the outside, at least part of the sealing part is separated from the first through hole, such that the accommodating cavity communicates with the mounting cavity to communicate with the outside.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device housing, comprising a casing and a seal, wherein the casing has an interior provided with an accommodating cavity configured to accommodate electronic device components, and a casing wall provided with a mounting cavity configured to mount the seal;
wherein the casing is provided with a first through hole and a second through hole, wherein the first through hole communicates the mounting cavity with the accommodating cavity, and the second through hole communicates the mounting cavity with an outside; and wherein the seal comprises a sealing part and a fixing part connected with the sealing part, wherein the fixing part is fixed to the casing wall, and the sealing part blocks the first through hole, and wherein the sealing part has elasticity, and when pressure in the accommodating cavity is greater than that of the outside, at least part of the sealing part is separated from the first through hole, such that the accommodating cavity communicates with the mounting cavity to communicate with the outside.

2 . The electronic device housing of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the sealing part facing the first through hole has an arc-shaped portion that is concave towards a direction away from the first through hole.

3 . The electronic device housing of claim 2 , wherein the casing is provided with an arc-shaped protrusion that corresponds to a shape of the arc-shaped portion, and the first through hole is provided on the arc-shaped protrusion.

4 . The electronic device housing of claim 1 , wherein the fixing part abuts at least partially against two inner walls of the mounting cavity that are not located on the same plane.

5 . The electronic device housing of claim 1 , wherein the seal is made of hydrophobic material or coated with a hydrophobic layer on a surface thereof.

6 . The electronic device housing of claim 1 , wherein the casing comprises a front casing and a rear casing; and
wherein the rear casing is provided with an opening, and the front casing is mounted on the opening, with the seal interposed between the front casing and the rear casing.

7 . The electronic device housing of claim 6 , wherein the fixing part of the seal is configured to seal a connection between the front casing and the rear casing.

8 . The electronic device housing of claim 6 , wherein a flange is provided on a circumferential edge of an inner surface of the front casing, and the mounting cavity is formed between the circumferential edge of the front casing, the flange, and an inner wall of the rear casing; and wherein the first through hole is provided on the flange, and the second through hole is provided on a circumferential edge of the front casing.

9 . The electronic device housing of claim 8 , wherein a compression force is imposed between the sealing part and the flange and between the fixing part and the inner wall of the rear casing when the seal is mounted between the rear casing and the front casing.

10 . An electronic device, wherein the electronic device has the electronic device housing of claim 1 and components accommodated inside the casing.

Assignees

• Goertek Inc

Inventors

• Yang Shuo
• Du Zhiyuan
• Mi Bo

Classifications

• H05K5/10

  comprising several parts forming a closed casing · CPC title

• G06F1/1656

  Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203) · CPC title

• H05K5/06 Primary

  Hermetically-sealed casings {(specially adapted for small components H05K5/0095)} · CPC title

• G06F1/163 Primary

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title

• H05K5/0217 Primary

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