Housing assembly for a portable electronic device

• US 8,199,466 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2010
• Issued: 06/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2009
• 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: Shen, Jun, Gao, Ping
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Hung
• Application Number:
  US12/765,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20110157782A1
• Time in Patent Office: 782 Days
• Field of Search: 439/660, 439/345, 439/607.1, 439/78, 439/159, 439/352, 361/752, 361/679.01, 361/679.05, 361/679.09, 361/679.21, 361/679.26, 361/679.27, 361/679.46, 361/679.2, 361/679.6, 361/679.3, 248/553, 248/286.1, 248/295.11, 248/678, 248/346.2, 174/254, 174/535, 174/119.R, 174/483, 174/347, 312/223.2, 312/208.4, 312/215, 312/242, 312/403, 312/259, 312/409, 165/200, 165/287
• US Class Current: 361/679.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0252 by means of a snap-on mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/23 Construction or mounting of dials or of equivalent devices; Means for facilitating the use thereof by improving visibility H04M1/22

Abstract

A housing assembly for a portable electronic device includes a shell including a supporting portion, a frame, and a latching member. The latching member includes a body portion, at least one positioning portion and at least one bent portion. The body portion is disposed on the shell. The positioning portion is secured in the shell. The bent portion engages the frame. The supporting portion of the shell resists the positioning portion of the latching member.

Claims

1. A housing assembly for portable electronic device, comprising:

a shell including a supporting portion;

a frame; and

a latching member including a body portion, at least one positioning portion and at least one bent portion;

wherein the body portion is disposed on the shell, the positioning portion is secured in the shell, the bent portion engages the frame, and the supporting portion of the shell resists the positioning portion of the latching member.

2. The housing assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positioning portion extends from the body portion, and the bent portion is bent from one end of the positioning portion.

3. The housing assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shell includes a bottom surface and two opposite sidewalls connected to the bottom surface;

wherein a positioning pole protrudes from each supporting portion and corresponds to the positioning portion.

4. The housing assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein a mounting edge is formed on an edge of the shell, and a matching portion extends from edges of the frame corresponding to the mounting edge.

5. The housing assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein a plurality of hooks protrudes from the frame, and each bent portion defines a latching hole in which each hook is correspondingly received.

6. The housing assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein the latching member further includes at least an extending portion extending from a connection of the positioning portions and the bent portions, and a plurality of blocks protrudes from the sidewalls of the shell, the extending portion positioned by the blocks.

7. The housing assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein a plurality of blocks protrudes from the sidewalls of the shell, and a block and a hook are both received in a corresponding latching hole at two opposite sides.

8. The housing assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the latching member is a keypad.

9. The housing assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the supporting portion is flexible material.