IP Library Granted Patent US 7,925,316
Granted Patent B2
US 7,925,316 · App. 11/870,745 · Granted Apr 12, 2011

Water-shielding type mobile terminal apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,925,316
App. No.
11/870,745
Granted
Apr 12, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The mobile terminal apparatus of the present invention includes a housing having an opening section in which an accommodated object is fitted; a lid covering the opening section, the lid having a protrusion which surrounds the opening section and shields the accommodated object from water, on a surface facing the accommodated object; and a cover covering the lid, the cover being attached to the housing to press the lid onto the housing. When the cover is attached to the housing, the protrusion of the lid surrounds the opening section and is pressed onto the housing by the cover, so that the accommodated object can be reliably shielded from water.

Claims (17)

1. A mobile terminal apparatus comprising:

a housing having an opening section in which an accommodated object is fitted;

a lid covering the opening section, the lid comprising a protrusion which surrounds the opening section and shields the accommodated object from water, the protrusion being disposed on a surface facing the accommodated object; and

a cover covering the lid, the cover being attached to the housing and thereby pressing the lid onto the housing, wherein

the housing comprises a guide extending in a predetermined direction,

the cover is slid along the guide and thereby attached to the housing, and

the lid opens and closes around a rotating shaft extending in a direction in which the cover is slid.

2. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion of the lid is elastic.

3. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises a protrusion which abuts the lid and presses the lid onto the housing, the protrusion being disposed on a surface facing the lid.

4. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the lid rotates around a shaft to open and close the opening section, and

the housing comprises a shaft receiving section which receives the shaft in a rotatable manner, the shaft being removably attached to the shaft receiving section.

5. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the housing has a groove formed in a portion corresponding to the cover, and

the cover comprises a lock mechanism which engages with the groove and thereby is locked to the housing.

6. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the accommodated object is a battery.

7. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a surface opposite to the facing surface of the lid is non-permeable to water.

8. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the facing surface of the lid is elastic.

9. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the lid comprises an auxiliary protrusion in an inner region of the facing surface which is surrounded by the protrusion.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2024
From: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 066909/0359 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: FCNT LIMITED
To: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066854/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
To: FCNT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066832/0399 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2018
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 047609/0349 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2007
From: HONGO, MANABU; HIZUKA, HIDEHIKO; ARAKI, TATSUHITO; KOBAYASHI, HIDEKATSU; MATSUDA, HIROAKI; SUDO, SATOSHI; MURATA, WATARU; SUZUKI, TAKASHI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 019954/0973 →