US 10,482,927 B2Granted

Waterproof module and seal member thereof

AssigneeEtac Technology Corporation

InventorsTzu-Chiu Huang, Juei-Chi Chang

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Abstract

A waterproof module includes a housing, an optical disc drive and a seal member. The housing has an outer surface, an opening and an inner surface defining a receiving space. The opening penetrates the outer surface and communicates with the receiving space. The optical disc drive includes a disc tray and a body disposed in the receiving space. The disc tray includes a tray body and a cover plate disposed at one end of the tray body. The tray body is slidable relative to the body between a retracted position and an ejected position. The seal member includes a connecting portion and a resilient portion. The connecting portion is stacked on the cover plate. The resilient portion surrounds the connecting portion. When the disc tray moves from the ejected position to the retracted position, the resilient portion presses against the outer surface and seals the opening.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A module, comprising:

a housing having an opening, wherein the opening penetrates through an outer surface of the housing;
an inserting element adapted to enter and exit the housing through the opening;
and
a seal member comprising a connecting portion and a resilient portion, wherein the resilient portion surrounds and extends away from a periphery of the connecting portion, the connecting portion is fixed to the inserting element, the connecting portion is proportioned to fit in the opening, and the resilient portion and the connecting portion are proportioned and arranged such that when the inserting element is moved from an ejected position to a retracted position, the connecting portion at least partially enters into the opening, the resilient portion is pressed against the outer surface of the housing at a periphery of the opening, the resilient portion is deformed at a junction of the resilient portion and the connecting portion so as to bend away from the inserting element, and a waterproof seal is created between the resilient portion and the outer surface of the housing.

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Facts

Application: 16/031,169Filed 10 Jul 2018
Priority: TW 107104223 A7 Feb 2018
Published: US 2019/0244640 A18 Aug 2019
Granted: 19 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G11B 33/1453
Reducing contamination, e.g. by dust, debris: by moisture
G11B 25/043
Using flat record carriers, e.g. disc, card: using rotating discs
G11B 33/02
Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass: cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of…
G11B 33/14
Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass: reducing influence of physical parameters,…

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US 2019/0244640 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 Aug 2019
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