IP Library Granted Patent US 9,345,153
Granted Patent B2
US 9,345,153 · App. 13/981,247 · Granted May 17, 2016

Electronic device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,345,153
App. No.
13/981,247
Granted
May 17, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

This smartphone ( 100 ) has a battery lid ( 60 ) attached to the smartphone main body, and a locking member ( 70 ) which is held so as to rotatable by the smartphone main body and which rotates in response to a force received from the battery lid ( 60 ) so as to engage the battery lid ( 60 ). As a result of the engaging of the battery lid ( 60 ) by the locking member ( 70 ), the battery lid ( 60 ) is locked to the smartphone main body via the locking member ( 70 ). When viewed in perspective view from the back side of the smartphone ( 100 ), it can be seen that a housing unit ( 43 ) for housing a battery pack ( 50 ) is provided upon a lower case assembly ( 40 ).

Claims (21)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a cover member that is attached to a body; and

a locking member that is rotatably held by the body, the locking member rotating in accordance with a force received from the cover member to engage with the cover member,

wherein the engagement of the locking member with the cover member allows the cover member to be locked to the body through the locking member,

the locking member extends in a longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction being perpendicular to a push-in direction of the cover member relative to the body, and

the locking member is rotatable around an axis, the axis being parallel to the longitudinal direction of the locking member.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the locking member includes a receiving portion that receives the force from the cover member and an engaging portion that engages with the cover member.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover member includes a pressing portion that applies the force to the locking member and an engaging portion that engages with the engaging portion of the locking member in accordance with the pressing portion abutting on the locking member.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the locking member includes a receiving portion that receives the force from the cover member and an engaging portion that engages with the cover member,

the locking member extends in its longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction being perpendicular to a push-in direction of the cover member relative to the body, and

the receiving portion and the engaging portion of the locking member are disposed in turn along the extending direction of the locking member.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the cover member includes a pressing portion that applies the force to the locking member and an engaging portion that engages with the engaging portion of the locking member in accordance with the pressing portion abutting on the locking member,

the locking member extends in its longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction being perpendicular to a push-in direction of the cover member relative to the body, and

the pressing portion and the engaging portion of the cover member are disposed in turn along the extending direction of the locking member.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a battery pack that is enclosed in a storage space in the body by the cover member, wherein the locking member rotates in a direction becoming away from the battery pack in accordance with contact with the cover member.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a battery pack that is enclosed in a storage space in the body by the cover member, wherein a height of the locking member along a push-in direction of the cover member of the body is smaller than a thickness of the battery pack along the push-in direction.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a battery pack that is enclosed in a storage space of the body by the cover member, wherein the locking member extends along an outer circumferential side face of the battery pack.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the locking member is rotatably held by the body at a plurality of points that are away from one another along an extending direction of the locking member.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the locking member is rotatably held by the body by being fitted into a space that is previously provided to the body.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2015
From: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036037/0476 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2015
From: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035866/0495 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2013
From: WATANABE, YOSHITAKA
To: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 030860/0404 →