ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20120287592A1
• Filed: 03/22/2012
• Published: 11/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Lin, Wen-Tai, Lin, Cheng-Hung, Wang, Chih-Yi
• Granted Patent: US 8,705,241 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/807
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1658 related to the mounting of internal components, e.g. disc drive or any other functional module
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment

Abstract

An electronic device includes a casing and a battery module removably locked to the casing. The casing includes a connecting wall, two inner side walls connected to opposite ends of the connecting wall and having pillars protruding therefrom, and a first magnetic member disposed at the connecting wall. The battery module includes a first side wall to abut against the connecting wall, and two second side walls connected to two opposite ends of the first sidewall. A second magnetic member is disposed at the first side wall and has a magnetic attraction force with the first magnetic member. Each second side wall is formed with a guiding groove extending along an insertion direction of the battery module for engaging a corresponding pillar.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a casing including a connecting wall that has two opposite ends, two inner side walls that are connected to said opposite ends of said connecting wall respectively and that are spaced apart from one another, and at least one first magnetic member that is disposed at said connecting wall, said connecting wall and said inner side walls cooperatively defining a receiving space, each of said inner side walls having a pillar protruding therefrom; and

a battery module removably disposed in said receiving space and including a housing and at least one second magnetic member, said housing including a first side wall to abut against said connecting wall and that has two opposite ends, and two second side walls that are connected respectively to said opposite ends of said first side wall, said second magnetic member being disposed at said first side wall and having a magnetic attraction force with said first magnetic member, each of said second sidewalls being formed with a guiding groove, said guiding groove including a positioning portion that extends along an insertion direction of said battery module into said casing for engagement with said pillar on a corresponding one of said inner side walls, and an inclining portion that spatially communicates said positioning portion with an ambient space for guiding sliding movement of said pillar into said positioning portion.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inclining portion is adjacent to said first side wall and has a distal end away from said first side wall, and said positioning portion is in spatial communication with said distal end of said inclining portion.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said guiding groove further includes a communication portion that is in spatial communication with said positioning portion and the ambient space, said pillar being insertable into said positioning portion through one of said communication portion and said inclining portion.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said connecting wall further has an outer surface facing said receiving space and formed with an engaging socket in spatial communication with said receiving space, and said first side wall includes a protrusion that is fittingly disposed in and engaged with said engaging socket.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said connecting wall further has an inner surface opposite to said outer surface and formed with a slot which corresponds to said engaging socket in position and in which said first magnetic member is disposed, and said protrusion of said first side wall is formed with a receiving socket in which said second magnetic member is disposed.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said first magnetic member is one of a magnetic metal component and a magnet, and said second magnetic member is the other one of said magnetic metal component and said magnet.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein each of said first magnetic member and said second magnetic member is a magnet.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said connecting wall further has an outer surface facing said receiving space and formed with an engaging socket in spatial communication with said receiving space, and said first side wall includes a protrusion that is fittingly disposed in and engaged with said engaging socket.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 8, wherein said connecting wall further has an inner surface opposite to said outer surface and formed with a slot which corresponds to said engaging socket in position and in which said first magnetic member is disposed, and said protrusion of said first side wall is formed with a receiving socket in which said second magnetic member is disposed.

10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said casing includes a plurality of said first magnetic members disposed at said connecting wall, and said battery module includes a plurality of said second magnetic members disposed at said first side wall, each of said second magnetic members having a magnetic attraction force with a respective one of said first magnetic members.