Unified retractable casing system for mobile devices

• US 9,729,684 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2015
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kingston Digital, Inc. (Kingston Technology Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kingston Digital, Inc. (Kingston Technology Corporation)
• Inventors: Chen, Ben Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): DOAN, PHUOC HUU
• Application Number:
  US14/876,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20170099372A1
• Time in Patent Office: 672 Days
• Field of Search: 4555758, 4555753, 455 16, 455250, 37943313, 16250, 429 96
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• 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 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/185 Improving the rigidity of the casing or resistance to shocks

Abstract

The present invention provides for, in one or more embodiments, a casing system for a mobile device. The system includes an upper cover, a lower cover and a hinge mechanism providing for both axial movement and radial movement of the upper cover in relation to the lower cover. The system enables a user to have improved protection of the mobile device while also being able to better insert, remove and secure their mobile device in the present invention. The present invention provides for a unified retractable casing system which is easier to use, provides improved protection and yields a unified structure.

Claims

1. A casing system for a mobile device comprising:

an upper cover, comprising;

an outer upper cover, and

an inner upper cover;

a lower cover; and

a hinge mechanism providing for axial movement and radial movement of the upper cover in relation to the lower cover, the hinge mechanism including;

a first assembly configured for an interior portion of the upper cover, the first assembly comprising;

a slider hinge, and

a plurality of guide rails configured on the outer upper cover, and

a second assembly configured on a first edge of the lower cover, the second assembly comprising;

a hinge joint being dimensionally configured to be in mechanical communication with the slider hinge and to receive a locking bar,

wherein the first assembly and the second assembly are dimensionally arranged for the second assembly to be received by the first assembly and secured with the locking bar.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the lower cover comprises:

an outer lower cover; and

an inner lower cover.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the slider hinge further includes a fixed axis bar and two apertures for receiving a hinge bar.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the slider hinge includes a first protuberance opposite a second protuberance and is dimensionally arranged with a plurality of sliding rails on the first assembly.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the slider hinge is in mechanical communication with the sliding rails while the outer upper cover is affixed over the hinge mechanism and the lower upper cover.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the first assembly is securably in mechanical communication with the second assembly via the locking bar.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the hinge joint and the slider hinge are securably arranged and in communication via the locking bar.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the upper cover and lower cover are in communication with each other, and the hinge mechanism provides for adjusting the upper cover both axially away from a minimum position to a maximum position and towards the lower cover from a maximum position to a minimum position.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the hinge mechanism further provides for adjusting the upper cover both radially away from a close position to a maximum radial position and towards the lower cover from a maximum radial position to a close position.

10. The system of claim 9,

wherein the close position is where a first edge of the upper cover is parallel and planar with the first edge of the lower cover, and

wherein the maximum radial position is determined as a distance the upper cover rotationally traverses in relation to the hinge joint of the locking mechanism.

11. The system of claim 7,

wherein the minimum position is where a first edge of the upper cover is in contact with the first edge of the lower cover, and

wherein the maximum position is determined as a distance the plurality of protuberances traverse across their respective sliding rails.

12. A protective enclosure for a mobile device comprising:

an upper cover,

a lower cover

wherein the upper cover and the lower cover are in mechanical communication with each other; and

a hinge mechanism providing both for axial movement bidirectionally of the upper cover in relation to the lower cover and radial rotational movement of the upper cover in relation to the lower cover, the hinge mechanism comprising;

an upper cover assembly comprising;

a slidable locking mechanism,

a plurality of rails for the slidable locking mechanism to slide on, and

an outer upper cover positioned over the slidable locking mechanism; and

a lower cover hinge joint affixed to the lower cover and in communication with the slidable locking mechanism by a locking bar.

13. The enclosure of claim 12, wherein the enclosure further includes one or more grooves configured within the lower cover and the upper cover to provide for seating of a mobile device therein.

14. The enclosure of claim 13, wherein the enclosure further includes a plurality of magnets configured in the upper cover and lower cover for providing improved operations of the upper cover in relation to the lower cover when inserting or removing a mobile device.

15. The enclosure of claim 14 further including a mobile device.

16. A mobile device protection system comprising:

an upper cover having an inner upper cover and an outer upper cover,

a lower cover; and

a hinge mechanism providing for axial movement and rotational movement of the upper cover in relation to the lower cover, the hinge mechanism comprising;

a first assembly positioned on the inner upper cover, and

a second assembly comprising a hinge joint arranged to receive a locking bar affixed to a first edge of the lower cover proximate to a first edge of the upper cover,

wherein the first assembly and the second assembly are dimensionally arranged for the second assembly to be received by the first assembly, rotatably joined and in mechanical communication by the locking bar, and

wherein the hinge mechanism includes a slidable lock of the first assembly moveably positioned with a plurality of rails under the outer upper cover providing for axial movement of the upper cover.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein a compartment space inside the mobile device protection system accommodates any of a battery, charging electronics, a communication device, a networking device, a computing device, a health care device, sensors, a gaming device, and a storage device.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein any of one or more components are nested, integrated, combined or co-located with the mobile device.