ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH LATCHING MODULE

• US 20120099253A1
• Filed: 04/11/2011
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: TANG, ZI-MING, HUANG, QIONG
• Granted Patent: US 8,625,301 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly

Abstract

An electronic device includes a housing, a connecting sheet, a display panel and a fixing module. The display panel is fixed on the connecting sheet. The fixing module includes a first latching member formed on the housing and a second latching member formed on the connecting sheet. The first latching member is detachably latched with the second latching member, such that the connecting sheet adhered to the display panel is detachably fixed on the housing.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a housing;

a connecting sheet;

a display panel fixed on the connecting sheet; and

a fixing module, the fixing module comprising a first latching member formed on the housing and a second latching member formed on the connecting sheet, wherein the first latching member is detachably latched with the second latching member, such that the connecting sheet adhered to the display panel is detachably fixed on the housing.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first latching member comprises a latching slot defined in the housing, and the second latching member is a projection engaged with the latching slot.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the first latching member further comprises two first latching portions around the latching slot and aligned opposite each other, each first latching portion comprises a base body, and a latching arm extending from one end of the base body and toward the housing.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein each first latching portion employs a cantilever structure, and the latching arm is elastic.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the housing comprises a support frame, the support frame comprises a plurality of support walls, and the two first latching portions extend from one support wall toward the housing.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the first latching member defines a narrow opening between the two latching arms, and the second latching member is bulbous and flexible, and latches in the narrow opening of the first latching member.

7. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the second latching member comprises two connecting ends, two second latching portions extending respectively from one end of the two connecting ends and a V-Shaped guide portion;

two ends of the V-shaped guide portion are connected to the free ends of the two second latching portions respectively, and the two second latching portions are engaged in the latching slot.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second latching member is formed on the connecting sheet via adhesive or welding.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a bottom housing and a support frame fixed in the bottom housing, the connecting sheet is positioned securely on the support frame, the first latching member is formed on the support frame, and the outer sides of the support frame contacts tightly with the inner sides of the bottom housing.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the support frame comprises a plurality of support walls, a stepped surface is formed along an inner part of a top surface of the support frame, the stepped surface and the support walls defines a space to receive and support the connecting sheet and the display panel.

11. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the support frame is fixed in the bottom housing via adhesive or welding, or the support frame is integrally formed with the bottom housing.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the display panel is a touch panel, and the top surface of the display panel and the support frame are coplanar with the top surface of the bottom housing.