WATERPROOF CASING

• US 20090260844A1
• Filed: 01/27/2009
• Published: 10/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Tseng, Tien-Chung
• Application Number:
  US12/360,395
• Publication Number:
  US 20090260844A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 174/50.500
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/08 Waterproof bodies or housings
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/069 Other details of the casing, e.g. wall structure, passage for a connector, a cable, a shaft

Abstract

A waterproof casing is adapted for enclosing an electronic device therein. The electronic device includes at least one operating portion. The waterproof casing includes a casing unit and at least one pliable transparent film. The casing unit includes first and second casing halves that are coupled together and that cooperatively define an internal receiving space for accommodating the electronic device. The casing unit is formed with at least one opening that corresponds in size and position to the at least one operating portion of the electronic device. The film corresponds in number to the opening, and is connected to a peripheral edge of the opening. The waterproof casing allows a user to press the operating portion through the film when operating the electronic device under water.

Claims

1. A waterproof casing adapted to enclose an electronic device therein, the electronic device including at least one operating portion, said waterproof casing comprising:

a casing unit formed with at least one opening that is adapted to correspond in position and size to the operating portion of the electronic device and that has a peripheral edge; and

at least one pliable transparent film that corresponds in number to said at least one opening and that is connected to said peripheral edge of said at least one opening.

2. The waterproof casing according to claim 1, wherein said film has a thickness ranging from about 0.1 mm to about 0.2 mm.

3. The waterproof casing according to claim 2, wherein said casing unit includes a first casing half and a second casing half that are coupled together and that cooperatively define an internal receiving space adapted for accommodating the electronic device, said first and second casing halves being formed from a rigid material.

4. The waterproof casing according to claim 3, wherein at least one of said first and second casing halves is recessed at a junction therebetween so that said first and second casing halves cooperatively form an annular groove, said waterproof casing further comprising an annular waterproofing strip, said waterproofing strip being received in said groove and being fittingly disposed between said first and second casing halves.

5. The waterproof casing according to claim 4, wherein said waterproofing strip has a cross-sectional area slightly larger than that of said groove.

6. The waterproof casing according to claim 4, wherein said first casing half is a flat plate, and said second casing half includes a base wall spaced apart from said first casing half, and a surrounding wall extending from said base wall toward said first casing half.

7. The waterproof casing according to claim 6, wherein said surrounding wall of said second casing half has an end edge which is proximate to said first casing half and which is formed with a plurality of screw holes extending toward said base wall, said first casing half being formed with a plurality of through holes corresponding to said screw holes for passage of a plurality of bolts therethrough to engage said screw holes so as to fasten said first casing half to said second casing half.

8. The waterproof casing according to claim 6, wherein said base wall of said second casing half is formed with one said opening, and said surrounding wall of said second casing half is formed with a plurality of said openings.

9. The waterproof casing according to claim 6, wherein said groove is formed in said end edge of said surrounding wall of said second casing half that is proximate to said first casing half.

10. The waterproof casing according to claim 6, wherein said film is adhered to said peripheral edge of said opening using a waterproofing adhesive.

11. The waterproof casing according to claim 6, wherein said film is secured to said peripheral edge of said opening using high frequency welding.

12. The waterproof casing according to claim 1, wherein said film is adhered to said peripheral edge of said opening using a waterproofing adhesive.

13. The waterproof casing according to claim 1, wherein said film is secured to said peripheral edge of said opening using high frequency welding.