Storage structure, electronic system having the same and housing for electronic device

• US 10,462,918 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2016
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wu, Tzu-Peng, Huang, Wei-Hsiang, Kuo, Chien-Tsun
• Primary Examiner(s): Thaker, Nidhi
• Application Number:
  US15/361,024
• Publication Number:
  US 20170150625A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,069 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/08 Waterproof bodies or housings
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1628 Carrying enclosures containing additional elements, e.g. case for a laptop and a printer
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0217 Mechanical details of casings covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0221 Locks; Latches
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0226 Hinges
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0247 Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/03 Covers

Abstract

A storage structure includes a cover, a main body, and a movable element. The main body includes a first board and a cavity. The first board has a first opening. The cover connects to the main body. The movable element is accommodated in the cavity and selectively disposed in the first opening.

Claims

1. A storage structure comprising:

a main body forming a cavity and comprising a first board, the first board accommodated in the cavity and having a first opening;

a movable element accommodated in the cavity and rotatable relative to the first board on a rotational axis substantially parallel to the first opening, a first portion of the movable element selectively disposed in the first opening; and

a cover connecting to the main body, the cover touching the movable element while being disposed on the main body, and the cover separating from the movable element while not being disposed on the main body.

2. The storage structure according to claim 1, wherein the movable element further comprises a plurality of contacts and an abutting portion, the contacts or the abutting portion is disposed in the first portion of the movable element.

3. The storage structure according to claim 1, wherein the movable element comprises a plurality of contacts and an abutting portion, the contacts and the abutting portion are disposed in the first portion and a second portion of the movable element, respectively.

4. The storage structure according to claim 3, wherein the cover comprises a protrusion, when the protrusion connects to the abutting portion, the contacts are disposed in the first opening.

5. The storage structure according to claim 3, wherein the main body comprises a second board, the second board is accommodated in the cavity and has a second opening, an angle is formed between the first board and the second board, the movable element is disposed between the first board and the second board.

6. The storage structure according to claim 5, wherein the main body further comprises an elastic element disposed between the first board and the movable element, the abutting portion is disposed in the second opening in accordance with the elastic element, and the contacts are detached from the first opening.

7. The storage structure according to claim 1, wherein the storage structure is further used for an electronic device, the movable element comprises a plurality of contacts disposed in the first portion of the movable element, when the contacts are disposed in the first opening, the movable element is electrically connected to the electronic device with the contacts.

8. An electronic system comprising:

an electronic device; and

the storage structure according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is accommodated in the cavity, the movable element is selectively electrically connected to the electronic device.

9. A storage structure comprising:

a main body forming a cavity and comprising a first board, the first board accommodated in the cavity and having a first opening;

a movable element accommodated in the cavity and rotatable relative to the first board on a rotational axis substantially parallel to the first opening, a first portion of the movable element exposed from the first opening, or the first portion of the movable element detached from the first opening; and

a cover connecting to the main body, the cover touching the movable element while being disposed on the main body, and the cover separating from the movable element while not being disposed on the main body.

10. The storage structure according to claim 9, wherein the movable element further comprises a plurality of contacts and an abutting portion, the contacts or the abutting portion is disposed in the first portion of the movable element.

11. The storage structure according to claim 9, wherein the movable element comprises a plurality of contacts and an abutting portion, the contacts and the abutting portion are disposed in the first portion and a second portion of the movable element, respectively.

12. The storage structure according to claim 11, wherein the cover comprises a protrusion, when the protrusion connects to the abutting portion, the contacts are exposed from the first opening.

13. The storage structure according to claim 11, wherein the main body comprises a second board, the second board is accommodated in the cavity and has a second opening, an angle is formed between the first board and the second board, the movable element is disposed between the first board and the second board.

14. The storage structure according to claim 13, wherein the main body further comprises an elastic element disposed between the first board and the movable element, the abutting portion is exposed from the second opening in accordance with the elastic element, and the contacts are detached from the first opening.

15. A housing for an electronic device comprising:

a main body forming a cavity and comprising a first board, the first board accommodated in the cavity and having a first opening;

a movable element accommodated in the cavity and rotatable relative to the first board on a rotational axis substantially parallel to the first opening, a first portion of the movable element disposed in the first opening; and

a cover connecting to the main body, the cover touching the movable element while being disposed on the main body, and the cover separating from the movable element while not being disposed on the main body.

16. The housing according to claim 15, wherein the movable element further comprises a plurality of contacts and an abutting portion, and the contacts or the abutting portion is disposed in the first portion of the movable element.

17. The housing according to claim 15, wherein the movable element comprises a plurality of contacts and an abutting portion, the contacts and the abutting portion are disposed in the first portion and a second portion of the movable element, respectively.

18. The housing according to claim 17, wherein the cover comprises a protrusion, the protrusion connects to the abutting portion.

19. The housing according to claim 17, wherein the main body comprises a second board, the second board is accommodated in the cavity and having a second opening, an angle is formed between the first board and the second board, the movable element is disposed between the first board and the second board.

20. The housing according to claim 15, wherein the main body further comprises a plurality of contacts, the contacts are disposed in the first portion of the movable element.