ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING WATERPROOF BUTTON

• US 20120067711A1
• Filed: 12/03/2010
• Published: 03/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: YANG, SONG-LING
• Application Number:
  US12/960,351
• Publication Number:
  US 20120067711A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 200/341
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 13/86 characterised by the casing, e.g. sealed casings or casings reducible in size
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2223/002 sealed
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2225/028 perpendicular to base of keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2237/004 Cantilever
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/069 Other details of the casing, e.g. wall structure, passage for a connector, a cable, a shaft

Abstract

An electronic device includes a housing and a button assembly. The housing defines a through hole. The button assembly includes a button, a first sealing frame, a second sealing frame, and a sticking layer. The button includes a button body and a plate. The button body is attached to the plate, extending through the through hole and external to the housing. The plate provides a rebounding force to return the button body. The first sealing frame, the second sealing frame and the sticking layer are made of waterproof material. The first sealing frame seals the housing defining the through hole and the plate, the second sealing frame seals the plate and the sticking layer, the sticking layer covers the through hole and prevents water from entering the housing through the through hole.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing defining a through hole; and

a button assembly comprising a button, a first sealing frame, a second sealing frame, and a sticking layer, the button comprising a button body and a plate, the button body being attached to the plate, the button body extending through the through hole and being exposed outside the housing, the plate being configured to provide a rebounding force to the button body, the first sealing frame, the second sealing frame and the sticking layer being made of waterproof material, the first sealing frame sealing a portion of the housing defining the through hole and the plate, the second sealing frame sealing the plate and the sticking layer, the sticking layer covering the through hole and preventing moisture penetrating the housing through the through hole.

2. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein the plate is made of elastic material.

3. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein the plate comprises a base plate, a connecting member, and a positioning member, one end of the connecting member is attached to the base plate, the opposite end of the connecting member is attached to the positioning member, the positioning member is cantilevered to the base plate, the keypad is attached to the positioning member.

4. The electronic device as described in claim 3, wherein the base plate defines a through hole receiving the connecting member and the positioning member, and the connecting member extends from an edge of the though hole of the base plate.

5. The electronic device as described in claim 1, further comprising a switch and a PCB, wherein the switch is stuck to the PCB by the sticking layer, the switch comprises a plurality of contacts, the PCB comprises an inner pad, the inner pad is covered with conductive material, the contacts are spaced from the inner pad in a default position, when the switch is pushed by the button assembly, the contacts are connected to the inner pad.

6. The electronic device as described in claim 5, wherein the switch is metal dome-shaped.

7. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein the sticking layer is made of Mylar material.

8. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein the first sealing frame and the second sealing frame have the same structure, the first sealing frame and the second sealing frame are double-faced adhesive tapes.