HOUSING FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20100085691A1
• Filed: 09/30/2009
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Tseng, Tien-Chung, YEH, Chih-Feng
• Granted Patent: US 8,763,832 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0249 Details of the mechanical connection between the housing parts or relating to the method of assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment

Abstract

A housing for an electronic device includes a housing body and a cover. The housing body includes a base wall and a first surrounding wall projecting from the base wall. The first surrounding wall has an end face that is a first inclined surface of a surrounding shape. The cover covers the housing body, and includes a cover plate and a second surrounding wall projecting from the cover plate. The second surrounding wall has an end face that is a second inclined surface of a surrounding shape in tight engagement with the first inclined surface so that the second surrounding wall and the first surrounding wall cooperatively define an airtight space. At least one of the first and second surrounding walls is a water-proof component made of an elastic material.

Claims

1. A housing for an electronic device, comprising:

a housing body including a base wall and a first surrounding wall projecting from said base wall, said first surrounding wall having an end face that is a first inclined surface of a surrounding shape; and

a cover covering said housing body, and including a cover plate and a second surrounding wall projecting from said cover plate, said second surrounding wall having an end face that is a second inclined surface of a surrounding shape in tight engagement with said first inclined surface so that said second surrounding wall and said first surrounding wall cooperatively define an airtight space, at least one of said first and second surrounding walls being a water-proof component made of an elastic material.

2. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cover is slidable relative to said housing body along an assembling direction so as to be coupled to said housing body such that said second inclined surface and said first inclined surface are tightly engaged with each other.

3. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said base wall has a first end and a second end opposite to said first end, said first inclined surface extending slantingly from a point proximate to said first end to a point proximate to said second end to be gradually away from said base wall, said cover plate having a first end and a second end respectively corresponding in position to said first end and said second end of said base wall, said second inclined surface extending slantingly from a point proximate to said second end of said cover plate to a point proximate to said first end of said cover plate to be gradually away from said cover plate.

4. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said cover is slidable from said first end of said base wall toward said second end of said base wall along an assembling direction so as to be coupled to said housing body.

5. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first surrounding wall is a water-proof component, and is made of a material selected from the group consisting of rubber, silicone, thermoplastic elastomer, and thermosetting elastomer.

6. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second surrounding wall is a water-proof component, and is made of a material selected from the group consisting of rubber, silicone, thermoplastic elastomer, and thermosetting elastomer.

7. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first and second surrounding walls are water-proof components, and are made of a material selected from the group consisting of rubber, silicone, thermoplastic elastomer, and thermosetting elastomer.

8. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said housing body further includes a plurality of engaging grooves disposed in an outer periphery of said first surrounding wall, said cover further including a plurality of engaging hooks disposed at an outer periphery of said second surrounding wall for engaging said engaging grooves, respectively.

9. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 8, wherein each of said engaging grooves is elongate in shape, and includes an alignment groove portion for aligning with a corresponding one of said engaging hooks, and a retaining groove portion for retaining the corresponding one of said engaging hooks.

10. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said housing body further includes a through hole, said cover further including a passage hole corresponding in position to said through hole, said housing further comprising a locking member extending through said through hole and said passage hole so as to lock said cover to said housing body.

11. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said housing body further includes a plurality of engaging grooves disposed in an outer periphery of said first surrounding wall, said cover further including a plurality of engaging hooks disposed at an outer periphery of said second surrounding wall for engaging said engaging grooves, respectively.

12. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of said engaging grooves is elongate in shape, and includes an alignment groove portion for aligning with a corresponding one of said engaging hooks, and a retaining groove portion for retaining the corresponding one of said engaging hooks.

13. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 12, wherein said housing body further includes a through hole, said cover further including a passage hole corresponding in position to said through hole, said housing further comprising a locking member extending through said through hole and said passage hole so as to lock said cover to said housing body.

14. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said housing body further includes a plurality of engaging grooves disposed in an outer periphery of said first surrounding wall, said cover further including a plurality of engaging hooks disposed at an outer periphery of said second surrounding wall for engaging said engaging grooves, respectively.

15. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein each of said engaging grooves is elongate in shape, and includes an alignment groove portion proximate to said first end of said base wall for aligning with a corresponding one of said engaging hooks, and a retaining groove portion proximate to said second end of said base wall for retaining the corresponding one of said engaging hooks.

16. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 15, wherein said housing body further includes a through hole, said cover further including a passage hole corresponding in position to said through hole, said housing further comprising a locking member extending through said through hole and said passage hole so as to lock said cover to said housing body.

17. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said housing body further includes a plurality of engaging grooves disposed in an outer periphery of said first surrounding wall, said cover further including a plurality of engaging hooks disposed at an outer periphery of said second surrounding wall for engaging said engaging grooves, respectively.

18. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 17, wherein each of said engaging grooves is elongate in shape, and includes an alignment groove portion proximate to said first end of said base wall for aligning with a corresponding one of said engaging hooks, and a retaining groove portion proximate to said second end of said base wall for retaining the corresponding one of said engaging hooks.

19. The housing for an electronic device as claimed in claim 18, wherein said housing body further includes a through hole, said cover further including a passage hole corresponding in position to said through hole, said housing further comprising a locking member extending through said through hole and said passage hole so as to lock said cover to said housing body.