Portable apparatus and positioning device thereof

• US 8,068,337 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2009
• Issued: 11/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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: Tang, Xue-Dong, Liu, Jin-Feng, Yao, Guo-Ping, Xie, Qia-Kai, Peng, Ke-Hui, Guo, Shi-Kun
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Jinhee
• Assistant Examiner(s): Edwards; Anthony Q
• Application Number:
  US12/494,306
• Publication Number:
  US 20100008027A1
• Time in Patent Office: 882 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.43, 361/679.58
• US Class Current: 361/679.43
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0204 Mounting supporting structures on the outside of casings

Abstract

A portable apparatus includes an electronic device defining a locking slot and a positioning device for detachably attached to the electronic device. The positioning device includes a cover defining an opening and a through hole; a supporting member comprising a hook protruding from the through hole to insert in the locking slot to lock in the electronic device and a supporting portion protruding from the opening of the cover to support the electronic device; and a dampening member fixed to the supporting member in the cover.

Claims

1. A portable apparatus comprising:

an electronic device defining a locking slot; and

a positioning device detachably attached to the electronic device, the positioning device comprising;

a cover defining an opening and a through hole;

a supporting member comprising a hook protruding from the through hole to insert in the locking slot to lock in the electronic device and a supporting portion protruding from the opening of the cover to support the electronic device; and

a dampening member fixed to the supporting member in the cover, the dampening member comprising two end portions and a middle portion disposed connecting the two end portions, the two end portions being resisted against the cover, and the middle portion being fixed on the supporting member.

2. The portable apparatus in claim 1, wherein the two end portions and the middle portion are cylindrical-shaped, a maximum diameter of each end portion is larger than that of the middle portion.

3. The portable apparatus in claim 1, wherein the dampening member defines a fixing hole, and a fixing post is disposed on the cover for inserting into the fixing hole.

4. The portable apparatus in claim 3, wherein the fixing hole is through the middle portion and the two end portions.

5. The portable apparatus in claim 1, wherein the supporting member defines a mounting hole to receive the middle portion.

6. The portable apparatus in claim 5, wherein a diameter of the mounting hole is smaller than that of each of the end portions.

7. The portable apparatus in claim 5, wherein the supporting member further defines a gap communicating with the mounting hole to allow the middle portion slide into the mounting hole.

8. The portable apparatus in claim 1, wherein the dampening member is made of elastomeric material.

9. The portable apparatus in claim 1, wherein the dampening member is made of rubber.

10. A positioning device for detachably positioned to an electronic device, the positioning device comprising:

a cover defining an opening;

dampening members fixed in the cover; and

a supporting member mounted on the dampening members, the supporting member comprising supporting portions protrudable from the opening for resisting against the electronic device;

wherein each of the dampening members comprises two end portions and a middle portion connect with the two end portions, the two end portions are fixed on the cover correspondingly, and the middle portions are fixed on the supporting member correspondingly.

11. The positioning device in claim 10, wherein a fixing hole is defined in each of the end portions, and a plurality of fixing posts are disposed on the cover for inserting into the fixing holes correspondingly.

12. The positioning device in claim 10, wherein the supporting member defines a plurality of mounting holes in the middle portions correspondingly.

13. The positioning device in claim 12, wherein the supporting member further defines a gap communicating with the mounting hole to allow the middle portion slide into the mounting hole.

14. The positioning device in claim 10, wherein each of the dampening members is made of rubber.

15. The positioning device in claim 10, wherein each of the dampening members is made of elastomeric material.