# US 11,444,650 B2 · Protection case assembly for handheld device

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- Number: US 11,444,650 B2
- Document ID: US11444650B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/927,870
- Filed: 2020-07-13
- Published: 2021-09-23
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2020-03-23
- Assignees: Evolutive Labs Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Evolutive Labs Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Ching-Fu Wang; Sheng-Che Su; Po-Wen Hsiao; Chia-Ho Lin
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11444650B2

## CPC

- H04B 1/3888: Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
- H04M 1/185: {Improving the shock resistance of the housing, e.g. by increasing the rigidity}
- G03B 11/043: {Protective lens closures or lens caps built into cameras}
- G03B 11/045: {Lens hoods or shields}
- G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]}
- G06F 1/1628: {Enclosures for carrying portable computers with peripheral devices, e.g. cases for a laptop and a printer}
- G06F 1/1656: {Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203)}
- G06F 1/1686: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera}
- H04M 1/0264: {for a camera module assembly}
- H04B: TRANSMISSION
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)
- G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

The present disclosure provides a protection case assembly for a handheld device. The protection case assembly includes a main case and a frame. The main case has an accommodating space configured to accommodate the handheld device, and an opening disposed correspondingly to a lens module of the handheld device. The frame is detachably disposed in the opening, and includes a groove set configured to receive the main case in the opening.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A protection case assembly for a handheld device, the protection case assembly comprising:
a main case, comprising:
an accommodating space, configured to accommodate a handheld device;
an opening, provided correspondingly to a lens module of the handheld device; and
a backplate corresponding to a back surface of the handheld device, wherein the opening is provided on the backplate; and
a frame, detachably disposed in the opening, comprising:
a groove set, configured to receive the backplate of the main case in the opening; and
a pad portion, protruding toward the accommodating space when the frame is disposed in the opening, wherein a surface of the pad portion abuts the back surface of the handheld device to form a height difference, of which the height difference is between the back surface of the handheld device and a surface of the backplate facing the accommodating space;
wherein material hardness of the groove set is more than material hardness of the pad portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The protection case assembly of claim 1, wherein the opening has an inner peripheral surface, the frame has an outer peripheral surface corresponding to the inner peripheral surface, and the groove set comprises:
at least one groove, formed on the outer peripheral surface, configured to receive the main case in the opening.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The protection case assembly of claim 2, wherein the inner peripheral surface has a first inner peripheral surface part and a second inner peripheral surface part opposite to the first inner peripheral surface part, the outer peripheral surface has a first outer peripheral surface part corresponding to the first inner peripheral surface part and a second outer peripheral surface part corresponding to the second inner peripheral surface part, and the at least one groove comprises:
a first groove, formed on the first outer peripheral surface part, comprising:
two first protrusions, between which the main case is received; and
a second groove, formed on the second outer peripheral part, comprising:
two second protrusions, between which the main case is received.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The protection case assembly of claim 3, wherein the opening forms a third protrusion and a fourth protrusion on the first inner peripheral surface part and the second inner peripheral surface part, respectively, the third protrusion is received between the first protrusions, and the fourth protrusion is received between the second protrusions.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The protection case assembly of claim 3, wherein the inner peripheral surface has:
a third inner peripheral surface part, adjacent to the first inner peripheral surface part and the second inner peripheral surface part; and
a fourth inner peripheral surface part, opposite to the third inner peripheral surface part;
wherein, the outer peripheral surface has:
a third outer peripheral surface part, comprising:
a first flat area, corresponding to the third inner peripheral surface part; and
a third protrusion, abutted against a surface of the backplate facing the accommodating space; and
a fourth outer peripheral surface part, comprising:
a second flat area, corresponding to the fourth inner peripheral surface part; and
a fourth protrusion, abutted against the surface of the backplate facing the accommodating space.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The protection case assembly of claim 1, wherein the pad portion is provided at the frame corresponding to an encirclement of the frame.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The protection case assembly of claim 1, wherein between a surface of the pad portion facing the accommodating space and a surface of the backplate facing the accommodating space is a height difference.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The protection case assembly of claim 7, wherein the height difference is between 0.1 mm and 1 mm.

### Claim 9

A protection case assembly for a handheld device, the protection case assembly comprising:
a main case, comprising:
an accommodating space, configured to accommodate a handheld device; and
a backplate, provided with an opening corresponding to a lens module of the handheld device; and
a frame, detachably disposed in the opening, comprising:
a first frame part, corresponding to a first inner peripheral surface part of the opening;
a second frame part, opposite to the first frame part, and corresponding to a second inner peripheral surface part of the opening;
a third frame part, corresponding to a third inner peripheral surface part of the opening;
a fourth frame part, opposite to the third frame part, and corresponding to a fourth inner peripheral surface part of the opening; and
a pad portion, protruding toward the accommodating space when the frame is disposed in the opening, wherein a surface of the pad portion abuts the back surface of the handheld device to form a height difference, of which the height difference is between the back surface of the handheld device and a surface of the backplate facing the accommodating space;
wherein, on a first cross section of the opening, the first frame part forms a first groove toward the first inner peripheral surface part, and the first inner peripheral surface is received between two protrusions of the first groove, and material hardness of the first groove is more than material hardness of the pad portion;
wherein, on a second cross section of the opening, the third frame part forms a first L shape, and a protrusion of the first L shape is abutted against the backplate from the accommodating space.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The protection case assembly of claim 9, wherein:
the first frame part is adjacent to the third frame part and the fourth frame part;
the second frame part is adjacent to the third frame part and the fourth frame part;
on the first cross section, the second frame part forms a second groove toward the second inner peripheral surface, and the second inner peripheral surface is received between the two protrusions of the second groove; and
on the second cross section, the fourth frame part forms a second L shape, and a protrusion of the second L shape is abutted against the backplate from the accommodating space.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The protection case assembly of claim 9, wherein the opening forms a protrusion on the first inner peripheral surface, the protrusion of the first inner peripheral surface is received between the two protrusions of the first groove, and on the first cross section, thickness of the protrusion of the first inner peripheral surface is less than thickness of the backplate.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The protection case assembly of claim 9, wherein the first cross section crosses the second cross section, and the first cross section and the second cross section individually cross an extension surface of the backplate.

### Claim 13

A protection case assembly, configured to accommodate a handheld device, comprising:
a main case, comprising
a backplate corresponding to a back surface of the handheld device, wherein an opening is provided on the backplate; and
a frame, detachably disposed in the opening of the main case, the frame conformingly encircling an inner peripheral surface of the opening when the frame is disposed in the opening of the main case and comprising:
a pad portion, protruding toward the accommodating space when the frame is disposed in the opening, wherein a surface of the pad portion abuts the back surface of the handheld device to form a height difference, of which the height difference is between the back surface of the handheld device and a surface of the backplate facing the accommodating space;
wherein, the frame and the main case are mutually received by at least two different receiving structures, and the at least two different receiving structures comprise:
a structure in which the frame and the main case are abutted by one single side; and
a structure in which two walls of the frame clamp the main case,
wherein each material hardness of the at least two different receiving structures is more than material hardness of the pad portion.