Display and housing thereof

• US 9,208,961 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Company Limited (Inventec Corporation), Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Company Limited (Inventec Corporation), Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Wu, Tsung Yao, Kao, Chien Hsiu
• Primary Examiner(s): Edmonds, Lisa Lea
• Application Number:
  US13/829,947
• Publication Number:
  US 20140043256A1
• Time in Patent Office: 999 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03 Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 9/02 Bases, casings, or covers accommodating more than one switch or a switch and another electrical component H02B1/26

Abstract

A display and housing thereof is disclosed. The housing is applied for assembling a touch panel, and comprises a first case, a buffering structure and a joint structure. The first case has an accommodating space at one side of the first case to accommodate the touch panel. The buffering structure is made of soft material, and the outer edge of the buffering structure connects the first case, and the inner edge of the buffering structure extends toward the accommodating space. The joint structure is made of hard material, and one side of the joint structure connects with one side of the buffering structure. The touch panel is connected with the first case, and the another side of the joint structure being opposite to the side connected with the buffering structure is connected to the touch panel upon the touch panel being accommodated in the accommodating space.

Claims

1. A housing applied for assembling a touch panel, comprising:

a first case, having an accommodating space at one side of the first case to accommodate the touch panel;

a buffering structure made of soft material, wherein an outer edge of the buffering structure connects the first case, and an inner edge of the buffering structure extends toward the accommodating space; and

a joint structure made of hard material, wherein one side of the joint structure connects with one side of the buffering structure;

wherein, the first case, the buffering structure and the joint structure are ring structures, the touch panel is connected with the first case, and another side of the joint structure being opposite to the one side connected with the buffering structure is connected to the touch panel upon the touch panel being accommodated in the accommodating space,

wherein the outer edge of the buffering structure connects to the first case and extends beneath a top lip of the first case, and one side of the joint structure connects with the inner edge of the buffering structure.

2. The housing of claim 1, wherein an interval is between the joint structure and the first case.

3. The housing of claim 1, wherein the hard material used to make the joint structure comprises plastic or metal.

4. The housing of claim 1, further comprising a second case, wherein one side of the second case being movably connected with the side of the first case is opposite to where the touch panel is accommodated.

5. The housing of claim 1, wherein the joint structure and the touch panel are connected by a joint glue.

6. The housing of claim 5, wherein the joint glue is a backside glue coated on the joint structure or the touch panel.

7. A display, comprising:

a touch panel; and

a housing, configured to assemble the touch panel and comprising;

a first case, having an accommodating space at one side of the first case to accommodate the touch panel;

a buffering structure made of soft material, wherein an outer edge of the buffering structure connects the first case, and an inner edge of the buffering structure extends toward the accommodating space;

a joint structure made of hard material, wherein one side of the joint structure connects with one side of the buffering structure; and

a second case, wherein one side of the second case being movably connected with the side of the first case is opposite to where the touch panel is accommodated;

wherein, the first case, the buffering structure and the joint structure are ring structures, the touch panel is connected with the first case, and another side of the joint structure being opposite to the one side connected with the buffering structure is connected to the touch panel upon the touch panel being accommodated in the accommodating space,

wherein the outer edge of the buffering structure connects to the first case and extends beneath a top lip of the first case, and one side of the joint structure connects with the inner edge of the buffering structure.

8. The display of claim 7, wherein an interval is between the joint structure and the first case.

9. The display of claim 7, wherein the hard material used to make the joint structure comprises plastic or metal.