PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20100142130A1
• Filed: 06/03/2009
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: TU, HSIAO-HUA, YANG, GANG, WANG, YING-ZHUO
• Granted Patent: US 7,898,801 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.10
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/005 integral with the apparatus or articles to be supported
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/041 for balancing rotational movement of the head
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/08 Foot or support base
• 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 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers

Abstract

A free-standing portable electronic device is described. The portable electronic device includes a cover member, a body member and a support assembly rotatably mounted to the cover member and is used to stand the personal electronic device in an upright manner.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a cover member;

a body member, the cover member being mounted to the body member;

a support assembly rotatably mounted to the cover member, the support assembly including a support board, an elastic member and two connecting sleeves, the two connecting sleeves being slidably mounted to the support board and compressing the elastic member therebetween, the two connecting sleeves being rotatably connected to the cover member.

2. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support board includes a first end and an opposite second end.

3. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the support board defines at least one mounting slit adjacent to the first end, at least one corresponding mounting rib protruding from a peripheral wall of each connecting sleeve, the mounting rib is slidably received in the mounting slit.

4. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support board defines a mounting cavity, the elastic member and the two connecting sleeves are received in the mounting cavity.

5. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting sleeve includes a main portion, a connecting block protrudes from an end surface of the main portion, the connecting block is received in one end of the elastic member.

6. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein a pivoting cavity is defined on the other end surface of the main portion of each connecting sleeve, the cover member arranges two pivoting columns, the pivoting columns being rotatably received in the pivoting cavities.

7. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the cover member defines a receiving space, the receiving space is used to receive the support board.

8. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein a bottom wall of the receiving space further defines a latching slot adjacent to the pivoting columns, the latching slot is configured to allow the support board to rotate for a predetermined angle.

9. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the cover member further defines an operation slot adjacent to the receiving space, the operation slot is used to facilitate users to catch the support board received in the receiving space.

10. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein a protrusion protrudes from a first wall of the receiving space, thus forming a clamping slot between the protrusion and a bottom wall of the receiving space, a clamping portion protrudes from the support board, the clamping portion latches into the clamping slot.

11. A support assembly used to support a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device including a body member and a cover member mounted to the body member, the support assembly comprising:

a support board;

an elastic member; and

two connecting sleeves, the two connecting sleeves being slidably mounted to the support board and compressing the elastic member therebetween, the two connecting sleeves being rotatably connected to the cover member.

12. The support assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein the support board includes a first end and an opposite second end.

13. The support assembly as claimed in claim 12, wherein the support board defines at least mounting slits adjacent to the first end, at least corresponding mounting ribs protruding from a peripheral wall of each connecting sleeve, the mounting ribs are slidably received in the mounting slits.

14. The support assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein the support board defines a mounting cavity, the elastic member and the two connecting sleeve are received in the mounting cavity.

15. The support assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein the connecting sleeve includes a main portion, a connecting block protrudes from an end surface of the main portion, the connecting block is received in one end of the elastic member.

16. The support assembly as claimed in claim 15, wherein a pivoting cavity is defined on the other end surface of the main portion of each connecting sleeve, the cover member arranges two pivoting columns, the pivoting columns being rotatably received in the pivoting cavities.

17. The support assembly as claimed in claim 16, wherein the cover member defines a receiving space, the receiving space is used to receive the support board.

18. The support assembly as claimed in claim 17, wherein a bottom wall of the receiving space further defines a latching slot adjacent to the pivoting columns, the latching slot is configured to allow the support board to rotate for a predetermined angle.

19. The support assembly as claimed in claim 17, wherein the cover member further defines an operation slot adjacent to the receiving space, the operation slot is used to facilitate users to catch the support board received in the receiving space.

20. The support assembly as claimed in claim 17, wherein a protrusion protrudes from a first wall of the receiving space, thus forming a clamping slot between the protrusion and a bottom wall of the receiving space, a clamping portion protrudes from the support board, the clamping portion latches into the clamping slot.