US 7,599,146 B2 · Support structure of storage device for portable electronic device

Abstract

An improved structure for portable electronic device is presented using elastic material for building guide rails for support, protecting a mini storage device inside the portable device, and permitting the consumer, while using the portable electronic device, to protect the mini storage device from shock damage. The portable electronic device contains a casing. The casing further contains a containing space. The containing space connects to the exterior via an opening. The parallel side walls of the containing space, which also include a pair of guide rails, are perpendicular to the exterior. The guide rails are made of an elastic material. The mini storage device passes through the above opening, enters the casing, moves along the guide rails, and finally is placed inside the containing space.

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Dependent claims

A structure of portable electronic device, wherein the portable electronic device comprises a casing, the casing has a containing space and an opening connected to a battery slot, the structure comprising:

a set of guide rails, disposed within the containing space at two side walls perpendicular to the opening and used to absorb a shock, wherein the set of guide rails is elastic material and a mini storage device is moved along the set of guide rails and adapted into the containing space after the mini storage device passes through the battery slot and the opening;
and
a stopper, disposed at a bottom wall of the containing space to stop the mini storage device in the containing space, wherein the stopper is elastic material to absorb the shock.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Support structure of storage device for portable electronic device

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Support structure of storage device for portable electronic device

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Abstract

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