Electronic device having removable tray
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsSawyer I. Cohen, Allegra Shum, Christopher B. Lyons, Ibuki Kamei, Matthew W. Miller
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Abstract
A portable electronic device includes a housing member defining at least a portion of a side surface of the portable electronic device, a subscriber identity module (SIM) tray extending through a hole defined through the housing member and movable between a seated position and an at least partially ejected position, a tray ejector arm configured to at least partially eject the SIM tray from the portable electronic device in response to a user actuation, and a biasing member configured to bias the tray ejector arm against the SIM tray when the SIM tray is in the seated position.
Claims20
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a housing member defining:
- at least a portion of an exterior side surface of the portable electronic device;
- and
- a first hole positioned along the exterior side surface and extending through the housing member;
- and
- a second hole positioned along the exterior side surface and extending through the housing member;
- a subscriber identity module (SIM) tray extending through the first hole and movable between a seated position and an at least partially ejected position;
- a tray ejector arm configured to at least partially eject the SIM tray from the portable electronic device in response to a user actuation;
- an ejector plug positioned in the second hole and configured to receive an actuation force;
- a push rod configured to transfer the actuation force from the ejector plug to the tray ejector arm;
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- a biasing spring coupled to the ejector plug and captured between the ejector plug and an interior surface of the housing member, the biasing spring configured to impart a biasing force on the tray ejector arm via the ejector plug and the push rod, thereby biasing the tray ejector arm against the SIM tray when the SIM tray is in the seated position.
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a display;
- a housing surrounding the display and defining a first hole along an exterior side surface of the portable electronic device and a second hole along the exterior side surface of the portable electronic device;
- a subscriber identity module (SIM) tray positioned in the first hole;
- a SIM tray retaining mechanism configured to retain the SIM tray in a seated position;
- a SIM tray ejection mechanism configured to displace the SIM tray in an outward direction, the SIM tray ejection mechanism comprising:
- a push rod;
- an ejector plug positioned in the second hole and configured to impart an actuation force to the push rod;
- a tray ejector arm configured to displace the SIM tray in response to the actuation force being imparted to the push rod;
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- a biasing spring coupled to the ejector plug and captured between the ejector plug and an interior surface of the housing, the biasing spring configured to bias the ejector plug against the push rod, thereby imparting a biasing force on the tray ejector arm via the push rod and biasing the tray ejector arm against the SIM tray when the SIM tray is in the seated position.
A subscriber identity module (SIM) tray assembly for an electronic device, comprising:
- a housing defining a first hole along an exterior side surface of the electronic device and a second hole along the exterior side surface of the electronic device;
- a tray positioned in the first hole and configured to receive a SIM card;
- a tray ejector arm configured to at least partially eject the tray from the housing;
- an ejector plug positioned in the second hole and configured to receive an actuation force;
- a push rod configured to transfer the actuation force from the ejector plug to the tray ejector arm;
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- a biasing spring coupled to the ejector plug and captured between the ejector plug and an interior surface of the housing, the biasing spring configured to bias the ejector plug against the push rod, thereby imparting a biasing force on the tray ejector arm via the push rod and biasing the tray ejector arm against the tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.