Portable electronic apparatus with elements for preventing shock and water
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsCheon-Yeol Lee, Phil-Kyu Choi
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Abstract
An anti-shock and water-resistant housing for enclosing the internal structure of a portable electronic apparatus comprising a hard housing body molded of plastic material whose mechanical strength is sturdy when shaped and finished, and resilient layer on said hard housing body in conformity with the shape of the outer surface of the housing body. The resilient layer is molded of synthetic resin which shows resilient characteristic like rubber when shaped and finished.
Claims18
A housing for enclosing components of a portable electronic apparatus, the housing comprising:
- an upper case assembly for mounting a display device, the upper case assembly comprising:
- an internal part made of a plastic material;
- a tray gasket fitted to the internal part to mount the display device thereon;
- a plurality of bosses protruding from the internal part to mount the components of the electronic apparatus;
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- an outer part made of a rubber-like substance;
- a lower case assembly for mounting a battery to supply power to the electronic apparatus, wherein an internal part of the lower case assembly is made of a plastic material and an outer part of the lower case assembly is made of a rubber-like substance;
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- a main gasket formed between the upper case assembly and the lower case assembly for sealing space between the upper case assembly and the lower case assembly.
A housing for enclosing components of a portable electronic apparatus, the housing comprising:
- an upper case assembly for mounting a display device, wherein the upper case assembly has a plurality of bosses to mount the components of the electronic apparatus;
- a lower case assembly for mounting a battery to supply power to the electronic apparatus;
- a main gasket formed between the upper case assembly and the lower case assembly;
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- a water-resistant door formed on a rear side of the housing for input/output ports of the electronic apparatus, said water-resistant door including:
- caps for covering the input/output ports, and
- a flexible connecting member for connecting the housing and the caps, wherein the connecting member has hook portions for hooking the housing at one end and ring shaped portions for holding the caps at the other end, the hook portions being made of a resilient material so that they may be compressed and subsequently expanded to hook the housing, and the caps having resilient tube-like protuberances to be fitted into the ringed-shaped portions.
A housing for enclosing components of a portable electronic apparatus, the housing comprising:
- an upper case assembly for mounting a display device, the upper case assembly comprising:
- an internal part made of a plastic material;
- a plurality of bosses protruding from the internal part to mount the components of the electronic apparatus, and
- an outer part of the upper case assembly is made of a rubber-like substance;
- a lower case assembly for mounting a battery to supply power to the electronic apparatus, wherein an internal part of the lower case assembly is made of a plastic material and an outer part the lower case assembly is made of a rubber-like substance;
- a main gasket formed between the upper case assembly and the lower case assembly for sealing space between the upper case assembly and the lower case assembly;
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- a supporting means coupled to a rear side of the main gasket for supporting the main gasket to prevent the bending of the main gasket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.