Electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9767971-B2
Application number	US-201615183275-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2016
Priority date	Nov 27, 2015
Publication date	Sep 19, 2017
Grant date	Sep 19, 2017

Abstract

An electronic apparatus is disclosed. An electronic apparatus comprises a housing, a press switch, a push button, and a cable. The press switch is located in the housing. The push button is a button for pressing the press switch. The cable connects a first electronic part located in the push button to a second electronic part located closer to the inside than the first electronic part and located in the housing. The cable has a fixed portion that is part of the cable between the first electronic part and the second electronic part and that is fixed to the housing. The push button does not face the fixed portion in a direction in which the push button moves by being pushed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a housing;
a press switch located in the housing;
a push button for pressing the press switch; and
a cable connecting a first electronic part located in the push button to a second electronic part located closer to an inside than the first electronic part and located in the housing,
wherein
the cable has a fixed portion that is part of the cable between the first electronic part and the second electronic part and is fixed to the housing,
the push button does not face the fixed portion in a direction in which the push button moves by being pushed,
the housing has a through hole,
the press switch has a press surface facing the through hole,
the electronic apparatus further comprises a bonding member that is directly bonded to an entire external circumference of an external opening of the through hole and comprises a member located between the press switch and the push button and bonded to the housing with the bonding member, such that the member blocks the external opening, and
the push button presses the press surface with the member between the press surface and the push button.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the cable passes through the through hole,
the first electronic part is located closer to an outside with respect to the through hole,
the second electronic part is located closer to the inside with respect to the through hole, and
the fixed portion is fixed in the through hole.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the cable penetrates the member and is fixed in the through hole.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a middle member located between the push button and the press switch and located in the through hole, wherein the push button presses the press surface with the member and the middle member between the press surface and the push button.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the member is located between the push button and the middle member.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first electronic part comprises a fingerprint sensor.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cable comprises a flexible printed wiring board.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Hisano Shuhei

Classifications

• H01H13/14 Primary

  Operating parts, e.g. push-button · CPC title

• H01H13/06 Primary

  Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof or flameproof casings · CPC title

• G06V40/13

  Sensors therefor · CPC title

• H01R12/592

  connections to contact elements · CPC title

• H05K1/028

  Bending or folding regions of flexible printed circuits (H05K1/0283 takes precedence) · CPC title