MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20090117957A1
• Filed: 10/20/2008
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Matsuda, Hiroaki, Sotodate, Manabu, Hattori, Ryo, Murata, Wataru, Matsumoto, Yoshiya, ARAKI, Tatsuhito, Shoji, Ken
• Granted Patent: US 8,024,015 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/575.800
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 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 Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/18 Telephone sets specially adapted for use in ships, mines, or other places exposed to adverse environment H04M1/19 takes precedence

Abstract

A mobile device having a housing and operating on power supplied from the battery loaded in the battery chamber including: a pair of walls of the housing having hook receiving portions formed a groove; a battery lid covering the battery chamber so as to be freely detached; a pair of positioning hooks serving to position the battery lid by entering the grooves of the corresponding hook receiving portions; overhanging edges serving to regulate position of the cover lid; and a waterproof gasket fixed to the battery chamber side of the cover lid so as to be in contact with all sides of the battery chamber.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

a housing defining a battery chamber in which a battery is loaded; and

a battery lid for covering the battery chamber so as to be freely detached, the mobile device running on power supplied from the battery loaded in the battery chamber,

wherein the housing includes;

a bottom defining a bottom face for the battery chamber;

a pair of left and right upright walls extending upright from the left and right edges of the bottom face such that the internal wall faces of the upright walls define left and right wall faces for the battery chamber, and having hook receiving portions formed in external wall faces of the upright walls and near the fronts of these external wall faces, each of the hook receiving portions being formed from a groove that has an open upper edge and curves downwards and forwards from this opening;

a front wall extending upright from the front edge of the bottom face, thereby defining a front wall face for the battery chamber, and defining seating extending forward from the upper edge of the wall face so as to be parallel to the bottom face; and

a rear wall extending from the rear edge of the bottom face, thereby defining a rear wall face of the battery chamber, and

the battery lid includes;

a cover plate covering the battery chamber;

a pair of left and right positioning hooks bent near the fronts of the left and right edges of the cover plate, curving downwards and forwards, and serving to position the battery lid by entering the grooves of the corresponding hook receiving portions;

overhanging lower edges bent from the front edge of the cover plate and serving to regulate upward or downward position of the cover lid by coming into contact with the seating when the battery lid is moved forward obliquely downward; and

a waterproof gasket fixed to the battery chamber side of the cover plate so as to be in contact with all sides of the battery chamber.

2. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the rear wall defines a rear wall face for the battery chamber and has, behind the rear wall face, a fastening portion for fastening the battery, and the battery lid further includes a fixable portion continuous with the rear edge of the cover plate and fixed to the fastening portion.

3. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the battery lid further includes a pair of left and right fixing hooks bent from the left and right edges of the cover plate and behind the corresponding positioning hooks, serving to fix the battery lid while sandwiching the external wall faces of the pair of left and right upright walls.

4. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the overhanging lower edges are shaped so as to be separated from the seating while the battery lid is attached.

5. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the overhanging lower edges are formed in two places on the front edge of the cover plate:

one near the left side of the front edge, the other near the right side thereof.

6. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the battery lid is formed by sheet metal working of a single metal plate.

7. The mobile device according to claim 2, wherein the fixable portion is fastened to the fastening portion by means of a special screw.

8. The mobile device according to claim 2, wherein the fastening portion and the fixable portion are formed only in one place.

9. The mobile device according to claim 2, wherein the fixable portion has two projections defining a semicircular recess between them.

10. The mobile device according to claim 1, further comprising a cover member covering the battery lid and forming part of the outer shape of the mobile device.

11. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone that has a radio communication function.

12. A mobile device having a housing and operating on power supplied from the battery loaded in the battery chamber comprising:

a pair of walls of the housing having hook receiving portions formed a groove;

a battery lid covering the battery chamber so as to be freely detached;

a pair of positioning hooks serving to position the battery lid by entering the grooves of the corresponding hook receiving portions;

overhanging edges serving to regulate position of the cover lid; and

a waterproof gasket fixed to the battery chamber side of the cover lid so as to be in contact with all sides of the battery chamber.