Electronic device

• US 9,465,416 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2015
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Inventors: Shen, Chao-Di, Kuo, Yan-Lin
• Primary Examiner(s): LEA EDMONDS, LISA S
• Application Number:
  US14/788,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20160266617A1
• Time in Patent Office: 468 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1692 the I/O peripheral being a secondary touch screen used as control interface, e.g. virtual buttons or sliders
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface

Abstract

An electronic device including a first case, a first protrusion, a click pad and a frame is provided. The first case has an accommodating cavity, wherein the accommodating cavity is recessed from a surface of the first case and forms a bottom plate, first and second side walls which are erected on one pair of opposite sides of the bottom plate, and two third side walls which are erected on another pair of opposite sides of the bottom plate. The first protrusion is disposed on the bottom plate. The click pad has a switch. The frame is disposed between the first case and the clip pad, wherein the click pad is assembled in the accommodating cavity by the frame, and the switch directly faces to the first protrusion.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a first case, having an accommodating cavity, wherein the accommodating cavity is recessed from a surface of the first case and the accommodating cavity forms a bottom plate, a first side wall and a second side wall erected on one pair of opposite sides of the bottom plate, and two third side walls erected on another pair of opposite sides of the bottom plate;

a first protrusion, disposed on the bottom plate;

a click pad, having a switch; and

a frame, disposed between the first case and the click pad, wherein the click pad is assembled in the accommodating cavity by the frame, and the switch faces directly to the first protrusion.

2. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a second case and a bracket, wherein the second case is assembled to the first case so that the bracket is clamped between the first case and the second case, and the bracket is made by conductive materials, and the bracket and the click pad are electrically connected.

3. The electronic device as recited in claim 2, wherein the bracket has a resilient piece, the resilient piece leans against the click pad and the resilient piece is electrically connected with the bracket and the click pad.

4. The electronic device as recited in claim 2, wherein the frame has a bonding portion extended from the bottom of the frame, and the bonding portion is electrically conductive and leans against the bracket to be electrically connected with the bracket and the click pad.

5. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the frame has a resilient arm disposed on the bottom of the frame and the resilient arm leans against the bottom plate.

6. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the frame has a first hook and a second hook, and the first case further has a first opening and a second opening, the first hook and the second hook are located at two sides of the frame, the first opening is disposed on the first side wall, and the second opening is disposed on the bottom plate, the first hook is inserted into the first opening and leans against the bottom of the first side wall, the second hook is inserted into the second opening and the second hook engages with the bottom of the second side wall.

7. The electronic device as recited in claim 6, wherein the first case further has a platform disposed on the bottom of the first case, when the first hook is inserted into the first opening, the first hook contacts the platform, and the click pad is limited by the platform.

8. The electronic device as recited in claim 6, wherein the frame has a position limiting slot, and the first case further has a second protrusion disposed on the bottom plate, the position limiting slot is paralleled with the two third side walls and located between the first hook and the second hook, when the second protrusion is inserted into the position limiting slot, the click pad is limited by the second protrusion.

9. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a fastener, wherein the first case further has a first fastening hole disposed on the bottom plate, and the frame has a second fastening hole corresponding to a position of the first fastening hole, and the fastener is penetrated through the first fastening hole and the second fastening hole.

10. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the first case has at least one rib disposed in the accommodating cavity and the rib is connected to the bottom plate and the first protrusion.

11. The electronic device as recited in claim 10, wherein the rib extends and is connected to the first side wall from the bottom plate.

12. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, further comprising an adhesive tape located between the click pad and the frame.