Housing mechanism and electronic device using the same

• US 7,891,994 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2007
• Issued: 02/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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: Shi, Zheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Duverne; Jean F
• Application Number:
  US11/833,947
• Publication Number:
  US 20080232041A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,299 Days
• Field of Search: 439/131, 439/719, 174/68.1, 174/68.3, 174/135, 361/825, 361/826
• US Class Current: 439/131
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0235 Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0274 for an electrical connector module
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/03 Covers

Abstract

A housing mechanism (100) includes a main body (10) and a shield (20). The main body includes a pair of guiding portions (142) and at least one port (146) defined through the sidewall (14) thereof. The shield includes a pair of guiding poles (242) provided on an inner surface (24) thereof. The shield cooperates with the main body. The guiding poles slide in the corresponding guiding portions and are selectively positionable/slidable between one of two ends of the respective guiding portions to allow the shield to cover/uncover the at least one port.

Claims

1. A housing mechanism for a portable electronic device, the housing mechanism comprising:

a main body including a pair of guiding portions and at least one port defined through a sidewall thereof; and

a shield including a pair of guiding poles provided on an inner surface thereof;

wherein the shield cooperates with the main body, the guiding poles slide in the corresponding guiding portions and are selectively positioned between two ends of the guiding portions to thereby permit the shield to selectably cover and uncover the port;

wherein each of the guiding portions has a groove and two recesses defined respectively in the two ends of the groove, and a first receiving hole and a second receiving hole are respectively provided in two ends of each the guiding portions and communicate with the groove and the recesses.

2. The housing mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pair of guiding portions are defined in parallel and respectively proximate to two opposite sides of the sidewall, and the at least one port is positioned between the pair of guiding portions.

3. The housing mechanism as claimed in claim 2, wherein the diameter of the first receiving hole and the second receiving hole is equal to the width of the groove;

each of the recesses is wedge-shaped and the width thereof grows narrower towards a respective one of the first receiving hole and the second receiving hole.

4. The housing mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guiding poles are configured for sliding within the guiding portions and being selectively receivable in the first receiving holes and the second receiving holes of the main body, each of the guiding poles including a pole body and an end portion.

5. The housing mechanism as claimed in claim 4, wherein the diameter of the pole body is identical to the width of the groove, the diameter of the end portion is slightly larger than that of the first receiving hole and the second receiving hole, the end portion being configured for snap-fitting through a respective one of the first receiving hole and the second receiving hole.

6. The housing mechanism as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a pair of latching notches defined through the sidewall of the main body, wherein the latching notches are spaced from the guiding portions and positioned proximate to the edge of the sidewall.

7. The housing mechanism as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a pair of latches initially extending perpendicularly from the inner surface of the shield, the latches being configured for cooperating with the latching notches to connect the shield with the main body.

8. The housing mechanism as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a flange formed proximate an edge of the sidewall, the flange having a pair of holding holes is defined therein.

9. The housing mechanism as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a recessed portion provided in center of a side of the shield, wherein the shape of the recessed portion matches that of the flange, the recessed portion having a pair of blocks extending therefrom, the pair of blocks being configured for respectively cooperating with the holding holes defined in the flange.

10. A housing mechanism for a portable electronic device, the housing mechanism comprising:

a main body having an upper surface and a sidewall extending substantially perpendicularly from the upper surface;

the main body defining a pair of guiding slots and at least one port through the sidewall, each of the guiding slots including a groove, two recesses defined respectively in the two ends of the groove, and a first receiving hole and a second receiving hole respectively provided in two ends of each guiding slots and communicating with the groove and the recesses; and

a shield including a pair of guiding poles provided on an inner surface thereof;

wherein the shield cooperates with the main body, the guiding poles slide in the corresponding grooves and being selectively receivable in the first receiving holes and the second receiving holes of the main body in a direction parallel to the sidewall and are selectively positioned between two ends of the guiding slots to thereby permit the shield to selectably cover and uncover the port.

11. The housing mechanism as claimed in claim 10, wherein, each of the guiding poles including a pole body and an end portion;

the diameter of the pole body is identical to the width of the groove and can slide in the groove;

the end portion is spheroid in shape and the diameter thereof is slightly larger than that of the first receiving hole and the second receiving hole, the end portion being configured for snap-fitting through a respective one of the first receiving hole and the second receiving hole.

12. The housing mechanism as claimed in claim 11, wherein, the main body further comprises a pair of latching notches defined through the sidewall thereof;

the shield further comprises a pair of latches initially extending perpendicularly from the inner surface of the shield, the latches being configured for cooperating with the latching notches to connect the shield with the main body.

13. The housing mechanism as claimed in claim 11, wherein, the main body further includes a display window and a plurality of holes for holding keypads defined in parallel rows and columns through the upper surface.