Electronic device and waterproof touch module thereof

• US 9,310,913 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2014
• Issued: 04/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Getac Technology Company Limited (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Getac Technology Company Limited (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Li, Chun-Hsing, Chiang, Cheng-Hung
• Primary Examiner(s): Merkoulova, Olga
• Application Number:
  US14/474,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20150293619A1
• Time in Patent Office: 592 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04103 Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means

Abstract

Disclosed are an electronic device and a waterproof touch module of the electronic device. The electronic device includes a casing and the waterproof touch module, and an installing portion is formed on a surface of the casing. The waterproof touch module includes a touch unit, an adhesive and a waterproof plate, and the touch unit is installed at the installing portion, and the waterproof plate is attached onto a surface of the casing through the adhesive and covered onto the touch unit, so that the touch unit is sealed in the installing portion to achieve a good waterproof effect.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a casing, having an installing portion formed on a surface of the casing, wherein the installing portion comprises a surface having an accommodating slot formed therein; and

a waterproof touch module, comprising;

a touch unit, installed in the accommodating slot, the touch unit comprising a slide area and a press area, wherein the press area is disposed on a side of the slide area;

an adhesive layer disposed over the surface of the casing and the slide area of the touch unit, wherein the adhesive layer comprises a hollow area comprising a first through groove exposing the press area of the touch unit; and

a waterproof plate, attached onto the surface of the casing and the touch unit by the adhesive layer, the waterproof plate covering the touch unit such that the touch unit is sealed in the installing portion.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the touch unit is embedded and fixed into the accommodating slot.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the casing has a recess area formed thereon, and the installing portion is disposed at a middle position of the recess area, and the waterproof plate is attached onto the bottom of the recess area by the adhesive layer.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a surface of the waterproof plate has a slide block, and the slide block is shaped to correspond to the slide area, and a surface of the waterproof plate has a press block, and the press block is shaped to correspond to the press area.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the first through groove is shaped to correspond to the press block.

6. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the hollow area further comprises a pair of second through grooves respectively extending from ends of the first through groove.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the first through groove is shaped to correspond to the press block.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the pair of second through grooves are disposed on sides of the slide block respectively.

9. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the first through groove and the pair of second through grooves substantially form a U-shape.

10. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the first through groove is substantially in a rectangular shape.

11. A waterproof touch module, applied in an electronic device having a casing, comprising:

an installing portion, disposed on a surface of the casing, wherein the installing portion comprises a surface having an accommodating slot formed therein;

a touch unit, installed in the accommodating slot, the touch unit comprising a slide area and a press area, wherein the press area is disposed on a side of the slide area;

an adhesive layer disposed over the surface of the casing and the slide area of the touch unit, wherein the adhesive layer comprises a hollow area comprising a first through groove exposing the press area of the touch unit; and

a waterproof plate, attached onto the surface of the casing and the touch unit by the adhesive layer, the waterproof plate covering the touch unit such that the touch unit is sealed in the installing portion.

12. The waterproof touch module of claim 11, wherein the touch unit is embedded and fixed into the accommodating slot.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein a surface of the waterproof plate has a slide block, and the slide block is shaped to correspond to the slide area, and a surface of the waterproof plate has a press block, and the press block is shaped to correspond to the press area.

14. The waterproof touch module of claim 13, wherein the first through groove is shaped to correspond to the press block.

15. The waterproof touch module of claim 13, wherein the hollow area further comprises a pair of second through grooves respectively extending from ends of the first through groove.

16. The waterproof touch module of claim 15, wherein the first through groove is shaped to correspond to the press block.

17. The waterproof touch module of claim 16, wherein the pair of second through grooves are shaped to correspond to sides of the slide block respectively.

18. The waterproof touch module of claim 15, wherein the first through groove and the pair of second through grooves substantially form a U-shape.

19. The waterproof touch module of claim 15, wherein the first through groove is substantially in a rectangular shape.