CUSHION OF FOLDING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WATERPROOF STRUCTURE OF FOLDING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20130020747A1
• Filed: 04/28/2011
• Published: 01/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Kumagai, Keiichirou
• Granted Patent: US 8,939,284 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 267/141
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• 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 1/18 Telephone sets specially adapted for use in ships, mines, or other places exposed to adverse environment H04M1/19 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/185 Improving the rigidity of the casing or resistance to shocks

Abstract

There is disclosed a cushion of a folding portable electronic device which can prevent the increase of manufacturing cost, prevent the permeation of water into cases and prevent the cases from being damaged at a folding operation. A cushion 107 includes a projecting part 107a which is disposed in one case 110 and projects from one surface to come in contact with the other case in a closed state; and a body part 107b having a side surface sandwiched between an outer surface of a frame constituent member 101 which constitutes a frame of the one surface and an inner surface of a back surface constituent member 102 to cover a back surface which is the surface on a side opposite to the one surface of the one case, whereby the body part closely comes in contact therewith.

Claims

1. A cushion of a folding portable electronic device comprising one case and the other case and being settable to a closed state where one surface of the one case is covered with the other case and an opened state where the one surface is opened,

the cushion including:

a projecting part which is disposed in the one case and projects from the one surface to come in contact with the other case in the closed state; and

a body part having a side surface sandwiched between an outer surface of a frame constituent member which constitutes a frame of the one surface and an inner surface of a back surface constituent member to cover a back surface which is the surface on a side opposite to the one surface of the one case, whereby the body part closely comes in contact therewith.

2. The cushion of the folding portable electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein on the outer surface of the frame constituent member of the one case, there are disposed fitting portions having a convex shape and provided with upper surfaces which abut on bottom surfaces of claw portions having a convex shape and disposed on the inner surface of the back surface constituent member,

the cushion including:

through holes through which the fitting portions of the frame constituent member pass, so that the upper surfaces of the fitting portions abut on the bottom surface of the back surface constituent member.

3. The cushion of the folding portable electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the lower side of the projecting part is provided with a projecting lower surface which abuts on an end of the frame constituent member on the side of the one surface, the lower side of the body part is provided with a hem part which abuts on the bottom surface of the frame constituent member, and the end of the frame constituent member is held by the projecting lower surface, and the side surface of the body part and the hem part.

4. The cushion of the folding portable electronic device according to claim 1,

which is disposed in the one case provided with a display section.

5. The cushion of the folding portable electronic device according to claim 1,

which is formed into such a U-shape as to cover three surfaces which are perpendicular to the surface of the frame constituent member having a rectangular parallelepiped outer shape on the side of the one surface and to the surface thereof on the side of the back surface and which are not provided with any connecting portions to be connected to the other case.

6. A waterproof structure of a folding portable electronic device comprising one case and the other case and being settable to a closed state where one surface of the one case is covered with the other case and an opened state where the one surface is opened,

the waterproof structure comprising:

a cushion including;

a projecting part which is disposed in the one case and projects from the one surface to come in contact with the other case in the closed state; and

a body part having a side surface sandwiched between an outer surface of a frame constituent member which constitutes a frame of the one surface and an inner surface of a back surface constituent member to cover a back surface which is the surface on a side opposite to the one surface of the one case, whereby the body part closely comes in contact therewith.

7. The waterproof structure of the folding portable electronic device according to claim 6,

wherein on the outer surface of the frame constituent member of the one case, there are disposed fitting portions having a convex shape and provided with upper surfaces which abut on bottom surfaces of claw portions having a convex shape and disposed on the inner surface of the back surface constituent member, and

the cushion includes through holes through which the fitting portions of the frame constituent member pass, so that the upper surfaces of the fitting portions abut on the bottom surface of the back surface constituent member.