Standable portable electronic device

• US 8,247,102 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2009
• Issued: 08/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hua, Wei-Bin
• Primary Examiner(s): Gupta, Yogendra
• Assistant Examiner(s): Luk, Emmanuel S
• Application Number:
  US12/409,035
• Publication Number:
  US 20090291357A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,247 Days
• Field of Search: 368/278, 368/316, 368/317, 455/575.1, 455/575.4, 455/575.8, 429/100, 429/96, 429/97, 429/98, 224/902
• US Class Current: 429/96
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0252 by means of a snap-on mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers

Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a main body and a battery cover. The main body defines a recess for receiving a battery therein. The battery cover is installed on the main body to cover the recess when the portable electronic device is in a first use mode, and the battery cover is detached from the main body, placed flatly, and used to stand the main body erectly thereon when the portable electronic device is in a second use mode.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a main body defining a recess for receiving a battery and at least one gap therein, the main body including at least one retaining pin; and

a battery cover including at least one retainer, wherein in a first use mode, the battery cover is installed on the main body and substantially parallel to the main body to cover the recess, and the retainer is received in the gap; and

in a second use mode, the battery cover is detached from the main body, placed flatly and substantially perpendicular to the main body, and the retaining pin is inserted in the retainer to erectly stand the main body on the battery cover.

2. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main body includes a top wall, a bottom wall and two side walls surrounding the recess, and the battery cover has an inner shape corresponding to the outer shapes of the top wall, the bottom wall and the side walls such that the battery cover engages with the main body to cover the recess.

3. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the retainer is formed in an inner surface of the battery cover and at least one side wall defines a gap therein, the retainer being received in the gap when the portable electronic device is in the first use mode.

4. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the main body further includes at least one retaining pin protruding from an outer surface of the bottom wall.

5. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the retainer defines a retaining aperture corresponding to the retaining pin therein, and the retaining pin being erectly inserted into the retaining aperture to stand the main body on the battery cover placed flatly when the portable electronic device is in the second use mode.

6. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein each retainer includes a connecting wall and two retaining walls, the connecting wall and the two retaining walls are all perpendicularly connected to the inner surface of the battery cover, and the two retaining walls are both connected to a same side of the connecting wall, thereby forming the retaining aperture between the two retaining walls.

7. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a main body defining a recess for receiving a battery and at least one gap therein;

a battery cover detachably installed on the main body to cover the recess and including at least one retainer corresponding to the gap; and

at least one retaining pin protruding from the main body and also corresponding to the retainer;

wherein the retainer is received in the gap when the battery cover is placed substantially parallel to the main body and covers the recess, and the main body is placed substantially perpendicularly to the detached battery cover when the retaining pin is held by the retainer.

8. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the main body includes a top wall, a bottom wall and two side walls surrounding the recess, and the battery cover has an inner shape corresponding to the outer shapes of the top wall, the bottom wall and the side walls such that the battery cover engages with the main body to cover the recess.

9. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the gap is defined in either of the two side walls.

10. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the retainer defines a retaining aperture corresponding to the retaining pin therein, and the main body is stood on the battery cover placed flatly when the retaining pin is erectly inserted into the retaining aperture.

11. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein each retainer includes a connecting wall and two retaining walls, the connecting wall and the two retaining walls are all perpendicularly connected to a same surface of the battery cover, and the two retaining walls are both connected to a same side of the connecting wall, thereby forming the retaining aperture between the two retaining walls.