Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9345153-B2
Application number	US-201213981247-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 13, 2012
Priority date	Feb 24, 2011
Publication date	May 17, 2016
Grant date	May 17, 2016

Abstract

This smartphone ( 100 ) has a battery lid ( 60 ) attached to the smartphone main body, and a locking member ( 70 ) which is held so as to rotatable by the smartphone main body and which rotates in response to a force received from the battery lid ( 60 ) so as to engage the battery lid ( 60 ). As a result of the engaging of the battery lid ( 60 ) by the locking member ( 70 ), the battery lid ( 60 ) is locked to the smartphone main body via the locking member ( 70 ). When viewed in perspective view from the back side of the smartphone ( 100 ), it can be seen that a housing unit ( 43 ) for housing a battery pack ( 50 ) is provided upon a lower case assembly ( 40 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a cover member that is attached to a body; and
a locking member that is rotatably held by the body, the locking member rotating in accordance with a force received from the cover member to engage with the cover member,
wherein the engagement of the locking member with the cover member allows the cover member to be locked to the body through the locking member,
the locking member extends in a longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction being perpendicular to a push-in direction of the cover member relative to the body, and
the locking member is rotatable around an axis, the axis being parallel to the longitudinal direction of the locking member.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the locking member includes a receiving portion that receives the force from the cover member and an engaging portion that engages with the cover member.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover member includes a pressing portion that applies the force to the locking member and an engaging portion that engages with the engaging portion of the locking member in accordance with the pressing portion abutting on the locking member.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the locking member includes a receiving portion that receives the force from the cover member and an engaging portion that engages with the cover member,
the locking member extends in its longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction being perpendicular to a push-in direction of the cover member relative to the body, and
the receiving portion and the engaging portion of the locking member are disposed in turn along the extending direction of the locking member.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the cover member includes a pressing portion that applies the force to the locking member and an engaging portion that engages with the engaging portion of the locking member in accordance with the pressing portion abutting on the locking member,
the locking member extends in its longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction being perpendicular to a push-in direction of the cover member relative to the body, and
the pressing portion and the engaging portion of the cover member are disposed in turn along the extending direction of the locking member.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a battery pack that is enclosed in a storage space in the body by the cover member, wherein the locking member rotates in a direction becoming away from the battery pack in accordance with contact with the cover member.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a battery pack that is enclosed in a storage space in the body by the cover member, wherein a height of the locking member along a push-in direction of the cover member of the body is smaller than a thickness of the battery pack along the push-in direction.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a battery pack that is enclosed in a storage space of the body by the cover member, wherein the locking member extends along an outer circumferential side face of the battery pack.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the locking member is rotatably held by the body at a plurality of points that are away from one another along an extending direction of the locking member.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the locking member is rotatably held by the body by being fitted into a space that is previously provided to the body.

Assignees

• Watanabe Yoshitaka
• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Watanabe Yoshitaka

Classifications

• H04M1/0214

  Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position (combined with translation movement H04M1/0235) · CPC title

• H05K5/0221 Primary

  Locks; Latches · CPC title

• H01M2/1066

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05K5/03

  Covers · CPC title

• H04M1/0262 Primary

  for a battery compartment · CPC title