Waterproof structure, electronic device, and waterproofing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9247663-B2
Application number	US-201214114871-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2012
Priority date	May 16, 2011
Publication date	Jan 26, 2016
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016

Abstract

A waterproof structure includes a package having an opening; a lid part which is slidable between a first position that makes the opening be open and a second position that is located closer to the innermost of the opening than the first position and closes the opening; and an elastic member provided on a surface of the lid part, said surface facing an inner side of the opening, in a manner such that the elastic member is incapable of contacting the package when the lid part is positioned at the first position, and that the elastic member is pressed into the opening when the lid part is positioned at the second position. It is possible to prevent insufficient pressing of the elastic member into the opening, and thereby the relevant waterproof performance can be improved.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A waterproof structure comprising:
a package having a box form that has a front surface with an opening towards an inside of the package to be connected to an external device and contains structural parts; to be connected to an external device and contains structural parts;
a plate-shaped lid part on the front surface of the package which is arranged by a sliding operation at any one of a first position that makes the opening be open and a second position that is located closer to an innermost of the opening than the first position and closes the opening; and an elastic member provided on a top surface of the lid part, said surface facing an inner side of the opening, in a manner such that the elastic member is incapable of contacting the package when the lid part is positioned at the first position, and that the elastic member is pressed into the opening when the lid part is positioned at the second position.

2. The waterproof structure in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising:
a guide part provided at the package over the first position and the second position in a manner such that a part corresponding to the first position is arranged more inner for the opening than a part corresponding to the second position; and
a guided part that is provided at the lid part and is engaged with the guide part so that the guided part is slidable in a direction in which the guide part extends.

3. An electronic device that comprises a waterproof structure in accordance with claim 2 .

4. An electronic device that comprises a waterproof structure in accordance with claim 1 .

5. A waterproofing method comprising:
arranging a plate-shaped lid part on a front surface of a package having a box form by a sliding operation at any one of a first position that makes an opening of the package be open and a second position that is located closer to an innermost of the opening than the first position and closes the opening, wherein the package contains structural parts and the opening is to be connected to an external device, wherein the opening is located on the front surface of the package and extends towards an inside of the package; and shifting the lid part from the first position to the second position, and pressing an elastic member into the opening, where the elastic member is provided on a top surface of the lid part, said surface facing an inner side of the opening.

Assignees

• Hirose Taro
• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Hirose Taro

Classifications

• H05K5/061 Primary

  sealed by a gasket held between a removable cover and a body, e.g. O-ring, packing · CPC title

• H05K5/06

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

• H01M2220/30

  Batteries in portable systems, e.g. mobile phone, laptop · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title