Cover opening/closing apparatus for portable communication device

• US 8,958,205 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Issued: 02/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Jae-Hong, Kim, Young-Suk, Go, Jung-Hee, Cho, Byung-Hun, Lee, Seung-Ha
• Primary Examiner(s): Haughton, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): WRIGHT, INGRID D
• Application Number:
  US12/915,184
• Publication Number:
  US 20110157791A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,572 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.01, 361/679.02, 361/679.55, 361/679.56, 361/679.57, 361/679.58, 361/679.3, 4555751-5754, 37943311-43313
• US Class Current: 361/679.58
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0274 for an electrical connector module
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0221 Locks; Latches

Abstract

Disclosed is a cover system for a portable communication device which is latched or separated according to pulling or pushing a cover unit so as to open/close a slot entrance of a portable communication device. The cover opening/closing apparatus includes a slot entrance formed on a body of the portable communication device; a cover unit for opening/closing the slot entrance, the cover unit being assembled with the slot entrance and latched to or separated from the slot entrance according to pulling or pushing the cover unit; a plurality of assembly units formed on the slot entrance; and a plurality of latching units formed on the cover unit, assembled to be inserted into and withdrawn from the assembly units, and latched to or separated from the assembly units according to pulling and pushing or lifting the cover unit.

Claims

1. A cover system for a portable communication device, comprising:

a slot entrance formed on a body of the portable communication device;

a cover unit for opening and closing the slot entrance;

a pair of assembly units, each assembly unit comprising a first groove and a second groove that is smaller than the first groove, the first groove being formed on the slot entrance and the second groove being formed at a location adjacent to the slot entrance; and

a pair of latching units formed on the cover unit and protruding from a first end and a second end of a back side of the cover unit, wherein each of the latching units is inserted in a different one of the assembly units, so that;

(i) when the slot entrance is open, the latching unit is latched into the second groove and (ii) when the cover unit is closed, the latching unit is separated from the second groove and inserted into the first groove.

2. The cover system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the latching units comprises an anti-separation jaw so as to prevent the latching unit from being separated from the latching unit'"'"'s respective assembly unit.

3. The cover system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover unit is made of a shape memory alloy or rubber material so that the cover unit is easily opened and closed when an external connection terminal is inserted into and separated from the slot entrance.