Housing and electronic device

• US 8,982,544 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2012
• Issued: 03/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Liang, Yan, Zhao, Jian-Zhou
• Primary Examiner(s): HAUGHTON, ANTHONY MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US13/531,396
• Publication Number:
  US 20130120914A1
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.3, 361/679.21, 361/679.22, 361/679.26
• US Class Current: 361/679.21
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]

Abstract

A housing includes a base housing and a reinforcing frame fixed with the base housing. The base housing includes a base plate, a peripheral sidewall extending outward from a peripheral edge of the base plate, and an inclined supporting peripheral wall extending inward from a distal end of the peripheral side wall toward a central portion of the base plate. The reinforcing frame is securely mounted on the inclined supporting peripheral wall of the base housing. The reinforcing frame includes a mounting portion having an inclined bottom surface resisting against and fixing with the corresponding inclined supporting peripheral wall of the base housing. An electronic device using the housing is also provided.

Claims

1. A housing comprising:

a base housing comprising a base plate, a peripheral sidewall extending outward from a peripheral edge of the base plate, and an inclined supporting peripheral wall extending inward from a distal end of the peripheral side wall toward a central portion of the base plate; and

a reinforcing frame fixedly mounted on the inclined supporting peripheral wall of the base housing;

wherein, the reinforcing frame comprises a mounting portion having an inclined bottom surface parallel to the inclined supporting peripheral wall of the base housing, and the inclined bottom surface resists against and fixes with one surface of the inclined supporting peripheral wall away from the base housing.

2. The housing of claim 1, wherein the inclined supporting peripheral wall comprises a plurality of mounting holes defined through the inclined supporting peripheral wall along a peripheral direction of the inclined supporting peripheral wall, separately, the housing further comprises a plurality of rivets, the rivets pass through the mounting holes of the reinforcing frame and fixed with the base housing.

3. The housing of claim 1, wherein the peripheral sidewall and the base plate cooperatively define an obtuse angle, the inclined supporting peripheral wall forms a substantially acute angle with the peripheral side wall.

4. The housing of claim 2, wherein the base housing and the reinforcing frame are both formed by stamping process.

5. The housing of claim 3, wherein a conjunction portion of the peripheral sidewall and the base plate is substantially arc-shaped, the base plate, the peripheral side wall, and the inclined supporting peripheral wall cooperatively define a receiving space.

6. The housing of claim 4, wherein the base plate is made of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, titanium alloy, or stainless steel.

7. The housing of claim 6, wherein, the reinforcing frame is substantially hollow ring-shaped, and comprises a first mounting portion, a second mounting portion, a third mounting portion, and a fourth mounting portion connected together in that order.

8. The housing of claim 7, wherein the first mounting portion is positioned parallel to the third mounting portion, the second mounting portion is parallel to the fourth mounting portion.

9. The housing of claim 7, wherein the first mounting portion comprises a top surface, a side surface, the inclined bottom surface connecting with the top surface and the side surface, the side surface is substantially perpendicular to the top surface, the top surface defines a mounting groove recessing from the top surface, the mounting groove having a fixing inclined surface parallel to the inclined bottom surface, and the top surface further defines a plurality of the fixing holes on the fixing inclined surface corresponding to the mounting holes of the base housing;

the rivets pass through the fixing holes of the reinforcing frame and the mounting holes of the base housing, thereby fixing the reinforcing frame and the base housing together;

the second mounting portion, the third mounting portion and the fourth mounting portion each have substantially the same shape as that of the first mounting portion.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a housing comprising;

a base housing comprising a base plate, a peripheral sidewall extending outward from a peripheral edge of the base plate, and an inclined supporting peripheral wall extending inward from a distal end of the peripheral side wall toward a central portion of the base plate; and

a reinforcing frame fixedly mounted on the inclined supporting peripheral wall of the base housing;

wherein, the reinforcing frame comprises a mounting portion having an inclined bottom surface parallel to the inclined supporting peripheral wall of the base housing, and the inclined bottom surface resists against and fixes with one surface of the inclined supporting peripheral wall away from the base housing; and

a display screen fixedly mounted on the top surface of the reinforcing frame and resisting against the top portion of the side surface.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the display screen is coplanar with the top portion of the reinforcing frame.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the inclined supporting peripheral wall comprises a plurality of mounting holes defined through the inclined supporting peripheral wall along a peripheral direction of the inclined supporting peripheral wall, separately, the housing further comprises a plurality of rivets, the rivets pass through the mounting holes of the reinforcing frame and fixed with the base housing.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the peripheral sidewall and the base plate cooperatively define an obtuse angle, the inclined supporting peripheral wall forms a substantially acute angle with the peripheral side wall.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein a conjunction portion of the peripheral sidewall and the base plate is substantially arc-shaped, the base plate, the peripheral side wall, and the inclined supporting peripheral wall cooperatively define a receiving space.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the reinforcing frame is substantially hollow ring-shaped, and comprises a first mounting portion, a second mounting portion, a third mounting portion, and a fourth mounting portion connected together in that order.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the first mounting portion comprises a top surface, a side surface, the inclined bottom surface connecting with the top surface and the side surface, the side surface is substantially perpendicular to the top surface, the top surface defines a mounting groove recessing from the top surface, the mounting groove having a fixing inclined surface parallel to the inclined bottom surface, and the top surface further defines a plurality of the fixing holes on the fixing inclined surface corresponding to the mounting holes of the base housing;

the rivets pass through the fixing holes of the reinforcing frame and the mounting holes of the base housing, thereby fixing the reinforcing frame and the base housing together;

the second mounting portion, the third mounting portion and the fourth mounting portion each have substantially the same shape as that of the first mounting portion.