Housing of electronic device and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9740243-B2
Application number	US-201615190955-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 23, 2016
Priority date	Dec 25, 2013
Publication date	Aug 22, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017

Abstract

A holder includes stoppers that restrict movement of an operation member in a predetermined direction by an amount exceeding a predetermined amount by abutting against a projection of the operation member when the operation member is moved in the predetermined direction. The operation member is made from an elastic body to be movable between the first position and the second position, in a case where the operation member is present at a position either the first position or the second position, when a force is applied to the operation protrusion in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction, the main body is bent in the perpendicular direction and the projection moves over the stopper.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A housing of an electronic device to which a battery is detachably mounted, comprising:
an operation member; and
a holder that accommodates the operation member such that the operation member is movable in a predetermined direction between a first position and a second position, wherein
the operation member comprises:
a main body having a plate-like shape;
an operation protrusion that is formed at a middle position of the main body in a longitudinal direction thereof;
a projection that is formed at a middle position of the main body in the longitudinal direction thereof; and
protruded portions that are formed at both ends of the main body in the longitudinal direction thereof, the protruded portions being capable of engaging with recessed portions formed on a side portion of the battery, wherein

the operation member is configured such that, when the operation member is present at the first position, the protruded portions of the operation member and the recessed portions of the battery engage with each other and, when the operation member is present at the second position, the engagement between the protruded portions of the operation member and the recessed portions of the battery is released, wherein
the holder comprises stoppers that restrict movement of the operation member in the predetermined direction by an amount exceeding a predetermined amount by abutting against the projection of the operation member when the operation member is moved in the predetermined direction, wherein
the operation member is made from an elastic body to be movable between the first position and the second position, in a case where the operation member is present at a position either the first position or the second position, when a force is applied to the operation protrusion in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction, the main body is bent in the perpendicular direction and the projection moves over the stopper.

2. An electronic device comprising the housing of an electronic device of claim 1 .

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein
a guiding portion is disposed on the recessed portions of the battery, the guiding portion abutting against the protruded portion to cause the operation member to move to the second position when the battery is accommodated in an accommodating space in the state where the operation member is present at the first position.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Urimoto Tetsuya
• Iwamoto Akira
• Shindo Kenichi
• Mori Takeshi

Classifications

• H05K5/0017

  with operator interface units · CPC title

• G06F1/1635 Primary

  Details related to the integration of battery packs and other power supplies such as fuel cells or integrated AC adapter · 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

• H05K5/0221

  Locks; Latches · CPC title

• H05K5/0086

  portable, e.g. battery operated apparatus (casings for switching devices H01H9/02) · CPC title