Portable electronic device

• US 8,229,295 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2010
• Issued: 07/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wu, Cheng-Shiun
• Primary Examiner(s): Blackman, Rochelle-Ann J
• Application Number:
  US12/965,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20120076487A1
• Time in Patent Office: 590 Days
• Field of Search: 396/533, 396/529, 348/340, 348/373, 348/375, 348/376, 359/829
• US Class Current: 396/533
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/14 interchangeably
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/566 Accessory clips, holders, shoes to attach accessories to camera if integral part of camera body G03B17/02

Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a case, a camera lens module, and a support. The case has a lens hole. The camera lens is received in the case and corresponding to the lens hole. The lens hole has a first connection portion. The first connection portion is engaged with a second connection portion of an external device accessory. Therefore, the external device accessory can be configured on the case and work with the camera lens module. The support is connected to the case, and positioned on the periphery of the lens hole. The support is configured for supporting the external device accessory on the case.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a case having a lens hole, the lens hole having a first connection portion that is engaged with a second connection portion of an external device accessory, the first connection portion being an internal thread, and the second connection portion of the external device accessory being an external thread corresponding to the internal thread;

a camera lens module arranged in the case and corresponding to the lens hole, the optical axis of the camera lens module being coaxial with a center axis of the lens hole and a center axis of the external device accessory; and

a support holding the external device accessory, wherein the support connects to the case by a pivot.

2. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the case further includes a receiving cavity for receiving the support, the receiving cavity near one end of the lens hole has an axle hole corresponding to the pivot, and the support connects to the case by the pivot and the axle hole.

3. The portable electronic device of claim 2, further comprising two springs respectively provided on the two ends of the pivot.

4. The portable electronic device of claim 3, wherein the support is received in the receiving cavity by a fastener.

5. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the length of the support exceeds the shortest distance between the lens hole and the pivot.

6. The portable electronic device of claim 5, wherein the supporting end of the support has a matching portion engaged with the shape of the external device accessory.

7. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a case having a lens hole, the lens hole having a first connection portion that is engaged with a second connection portion of an external device accessory;

a camera lens module arranged in the case and corresponding to the lens hole; and

a support holding the external device accessory and being connected to the case by a pivot.

8. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the optical axis of the camera lens module is coaxial with a center axis of the lens hole and a center axis of the external device accessory.

9. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the first connection portion is an internal thread, and the second connection portion of the external device accessory is an external thread corresponding to the internal thread.

10. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the length of the support exceeds the shortest distance between the lens hole and the pivot.

11. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the supporting end of the support has a matching portion engaged with the shape of the external device accessory.

12. An electronic device, comprising:

a case comprising a lens hole, the lens hole being configured for the case to be removably engaged with an external device accessory at the lens hole;

a camera lens module arranged in the case, the camera lens module being disposed corresponding to the lens hole; and

a support for holding the external device accessory, the support being engaged with the case by a pivot.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the optical axis of the camera lens module is coaxial with a center axis of the lens hole and a center axis of the external device accessory.

14. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the lens hole comprises a first connection portion that is engaged with a second connection portion of the external device accessory.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the first connection portion of the lens hole is an internal thread, and the second connection portion of the external device accessory is an external thread corresponding to the internal thread.

16. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the case further comprises a receiving cavity for receiving the support.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein an axle hole is formed at an end of the receiving cavity adjacent to the lens hole, and the axle hole is configured for receiving the pivot.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, further comprising a pair of springs respectively provided on two opposite ends of the pivot.

19. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the support is received in the receiving cavity by at least one fastener.

20. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the case is a case of a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or an MP3 player.