Electronic device

• US 9,859,936 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2016
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, John-Gy, Yun, Yong-Sang
• Primary Examiner(s): Sawyer, Steven T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shrestha, Sagar
• Application Number:
  US15/170,073
• Publication Number:
  US 20160360632A1
• Time in Patent Office: 580 Days
• Field of Search: 36167931-67939, 361724-727
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1658 related to the mounting of internal components, e.g. disc drive or any other functional module
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 13/0806 using an arrangement for ejection of an inserted card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 13/0831 the ejection arrangement comprising a slide, carriage or drawer
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/077 Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3818 Arrangements for facilitating insertion or removal of identification devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/026 Details of the structure or mounting of specific components
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/18 Printed circuits structurally associated with non-printed electric components H05K1/0201, H05K1/023, H05K1/0243, and H05K1/16 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10151 Sensor
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10325 Sockets, i.e. female type connectors comprising metallic connector elements integrated in, or bonded to a common dielectric support

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a sensor disposed inside the housing, a tray for receiving a storage medium, the tray being detachably coupled to the inside of the housing, and a shared hole for providing a path for operating the tray to be discharged to the outside of the housing and for connecting the sensor to the outside of the housing.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a housing;

a sensor disposed inside the housing, wherein the sensor senses an environmental factor outside the housing;

a tray receiving a storage medium, the tray being detachably coupled to an inside of the housing;

an opening formed in at least one of the housing and the tray; and

a sensor connection part disposed inside the housing,

wherein the sensor connection part provides a first path for operating the tray to be discharged from the housing and a second path for providing the environmental factor flowing through the opening to the sensor.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, in a state in which the tray is coupled to the inside of the housing, one surface of the tray is located on the same plane as an outer surface of the housing.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises at least one of a microphone sensor, a temperature sensor, an atmospheric sensor, or a gas sensor.

4. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the housing comprises a third opening, and

wherein the tray is detachably coupled to the inside of the housing through the third opening.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the storage medium comprises at least one of a subscriber identification module (SIM) card, an authentication module or a memory card.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a circuit board mounted in the housing; and

a socket receiving the tray, the socket being mounted on a first surface of the circuit board.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising the sensor connection part mounted on the first surface of the circuit board adjacent to the socket and disposed between the opening and the sensor.

8. The electronic device of claim 7,

wherein the sensor is mounted on a second surface of the circuit board, and

wherein the circuit board comprises a sensor hole disposed between the sensor and the sensor connection part to connect the sensor and the sensor connection part to each other.

9. The electronic device of claim 7, further comprising a push bar

receiving a force from a rod inserted into the opening, and

transmitting the force to discharge the tray mounted to the socket from the housing.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, further comprising a lever

receiving a force from the push bar, and

applying, in response to the force from the push bar, a force to the tray to discharge the tray mounted to the socket from the housing.

11. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the sensor connection part comprises a connection hole configured to provide a path through which the rod is engaged with the push bar.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the connection hole is blocked by the push bar when not engaged by the rod.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the opening comprises:

a first opening portion formed in the tray; and

a second opening portion formed in the housing and corresponding to the first opening portion.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, further comprising:

a second groove formed on an inner wall of the first opening portion and extending along an insertion direction of the tray; and

a first groove formed on an inner wall of the tray and extending along a circumferential direction at an inner end of the first hole opening portion,

wherein the second groove slidably receives a protrusion at one end of a rod when inserted into the first opening portion, and

wherein the first groove captures the protrusion when the rod and protrusion are rotated after insertion into the first opening portion.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein in a state in which the tray is coupled to the inside of the housing, while the protrusion is captured by the first groove, the tray is discharged from the housing in response to a retraction of the rod.

16. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the opening comprises an inclined first opening portion formed in the tray, and

wherein the inclined first opening portion is captured by a rod during insertion of the rod in an inclined direction into the inclined first opening portion and forces the rod in a non-inclined direction.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein in a state in which the tray is coupled to the inside of the housing, while the rod is captured by the inclined first opening portion, the tray is discharged from the housing in response to a force of the rod in the non-inclined direction.