Electronic device with support member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9564699-B1
Application number	US-201514969808-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 15, 2015
Priority date	Nov 30, 2015
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

An electronic device includes at least one cover, a shell removably coupled to the cover, a circuit board, a support member, and a plurality of connectors. The circuit board is received between the cover and the shell, and a plurality of groups signal terminals are mounted on the circuit board. The support member is mounted on the circuit board and coupled to the cover, and the support member defines a slanted portion. The plurality of connectors are located on the slanted portion and include a plurality of first type connectors and a plurality of second type connectors coupled to the corresponding plurality of the groups of signal terminals through the support member and positioned in a proper order. When the cover is detached from the shell, the plurality of first type connectors and second type connectors slide down along the slanted portion, fall off the slanted portion and become mixed up. An unauthorized user might not be able to replace them in the proper order and therefor tampering may be prevented.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
at least one cover;
a shell removably coupled to the at least one cover;
a circuit board received between the at least one cover and the shell;
a plurality of groups of signal terminals mounted on the circuit board;
a support member mounted on the circuit board and coupled to the at least one cover, the support member having a slanted portioned portion; and
a plurality of connectors located on the slanted portioned portion of the support member and comprising a plurality of first type connectors and a plurality of second type connectors coupled to the corresponding plurality of groups of signal terminals through the support member, the plurality of connectors and the plurality of groups of signal terminals coupled to the plurality of connectors producing a first sequence signal, and the first sequence signal controlling the electronic device working on;
wherein in event that the at least one cover is detached from the shell, the support member, the plurality of first type connectors and second type connectors are detached from the corresponding plurality of groups of signal terminals, and the plurality of first type connectors and second type connectors slide down along the slanted portion.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the support member comprises a base and two connecting pieces extending up from two sides of the base, the slanted portion is defined on a top surface, and the two connecting pieces are locked to the cover.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein a shelter is coupled to an inside of the at least one cover, the shelter comprises four fixed plates extending from the inside of the cover, and the four fixed plates cooperatively define a square receiving space to receive the support member.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein a locking portion protrudes from a peak of each of the connecting pieces, the two opposite fixed plates of the four fixed plates respectively define an opening to lock the locking portion.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein each of the locking portions comprises an abutting surface, a block protrudes from one side of each opening and is adjacent to an opening of the receiving space, and the block abuts the abutting surface.

6. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein an abutting portion is mounted in a middle portion of the receiving space, and the abutting portion abuts the connectors.

7. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein a positioning block protrudes from the circuit board, a bottom side of the base defines a groove to receive the positioning block, the plurality of groups of signal terminals are mounted to the positioning block, and when the cover is detached from the shell, the positioning block is detached from the groove.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the slanted portion defines a plurality of through holes connected to the groove, each group of the signal terminals across the corresponding through holes and are received in the corresponding connectors.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein each group of signal terminal comprises two conductive terminals, each of the first type connectors defines two slots to receive the conductive terminals, each of the second type connectors defines a slot to receive the conductive terminals, and when the cover is detached from the shell, the conductive terminals are detached from the corresponding slots of the first type connectors and the second type connectors.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first type connectors are conductive jumpers, and the second type connectors are insulating jumpers.

Assignees

• Nanning Fugui Prec Ind Co Ltd
• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ma cheng-hua

Classifications

• H01R12/716

  Coupling device provided on the PCB · CPC title

• H01R13/6397

  with means for preventing unauthorised use · CPC title

• H01R31/08 Primary

  Short-circuiting members for bridging contacts in a counterpart · CPC title

• H01R12/7076 Primary

  for connection between PCB and component, e.g. display · CPC title