# US 2021/0243909 A1 · Device casing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0243909 A1 - Document ID: US20210243909A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/049,809 - Filed: 2019-01-29 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-25 - Assignees: Clarion Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Clarion Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Shinji MORITA; Sachiko TOSHIMORI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210243909A1 ## CPC - H05K 5/03: Covers - H05K 5/15: assembled by resilient members - H05K 7/1405: {by clips or resilient members, e.g. hooks} - H05K 7/18: Construction of rack or frame - H04M 1/185: {Improving the shock resistance of the housing, e.g. by increasing the rigidity} - H04M 1/6075: {adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle (H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241)} - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A device casing is configured to include a first casing member provided with a hole including a guide hole and a fitting hole that communicates with the guide hole, and a second casing member provided with a protrusion at a position corresponding to the hole, the second casing member being configured to be fixed with respect to the first casing member by fitting the protrusion to the fitting hole. The guide hole guides movement of the protrusion that entered within the guide hole in an oblique direction when fixing the second casing member with respect to the first casing member so that the second casing member can get close to the first casing member in a state where the second casing member is guided in the oblique direction. The protrusion that moved in the oblique direction along the guide hole, passed through the guide hole and reached inside the fitting hole fits to the fitting hole. The second casing member is fixed with respect to the first casing member by the fitting of the protrusion to the fitting hole. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device casing, comprising: a first casing member provided with a hole including a guide hole and a fitting hole that communicates with the guide hole; and a second casing member provided with a protrusion at a position corresponding to the hole, the second casing member being configured to be fixed with respect to the first casing member by fitting the protrusion to the fitting hole, wherein the guide hole guides movement of the protrusion that entered within the guide hole in an oblique direction when fixing the second casing member with respect to the first casing member so that the second casing member can get close to the first casing member in a state where the second casing member is guided in the oblique direction, wherein the protrusion that moved in the oblique direction along the guide hole, passed through the guide hole and reached inside the fitting hole fits to the fitting hole, and wherein the second casing member is fixed with respect to the first casing member by the fitting of the protrusion to the fitting hole. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device casing according to claim 1, wherein the guide hole: has a hole shape that extends in the oblique direction; and guides the protrusion that entered within the guide hole from a starting end of the guide hole in the oblique direction, wherein the fitting hole has a hole shape that extends in a direction different from the oblique direction, and wherein the protrusion that passed through a terminal of the guide hole and reached inside the fitting hole fits to the fitting hole. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device casing according to claim 1, wherein: the oblique direction is a direction at an angle to a first direction, a plurality of the holes are provided to the first casing member, the plurality of holes are disposed to be arranged with intervals therebetween in the first direction, a plurality of the protrusions are provided to the second casing member, the plurality of protrusions are disposed at positions corresponding to the respective plurality of holes, and the second casing member is fixed with respect to the first casing member by the protrusions fitting to the fitting holes of the respective holes. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device casing according to claim 1, wherein the first casing member has: a casing main body; and an installed member installed within the casing main body, and wherein the holes are formed to the installed member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The device casing according to claim 3, wherein: the first casing member has: a casing main body; and an installed member installed within the casing main body, the holes are formed to the installed member, the casing main body is a substantially flattened rectangular member with an opening on an upper surface thereof, the installed member is a frame-like member formed along inner wall surfaces of the casing main body, the plurality of holes being provided at portions along the inner wall surfaces of the casing main body extending in the first direction such that the plurality of holes are arranged with intervals therebetween, and the second casing member is a substantially flattened rectangular cover member with an opening on a lower surface facing the upper surface of the casing main body, the plurality of protrusions being provided at positions, on inner wall surfaces of the second casing member extending in the first direction, corresponding to the respective plurality of holes, the second casing member covering the opening on the upper surface of the casing main body when the protrusions are fitted to the fitting holes of the respective holes and the second casing member is fixed with respect to the first casing member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device casing according to claim 1, wherein the first casing member and the second casing member have a fitted part and a fitting part, respectively, and wherein when the protrusion fits to the fitting hole, the fitting part fits to the fitted part and reinforces the fixed state of the first casing member and the second casing member by the fitting of the protrusion and the fitting hole.