# US 7,667,956 B2 · Portable electronic apparatus and housing thereof

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- Number: US 7,667,956 B2
- Document ID: US7667956B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/099,860
- Filed: 2008-04-09
- Published: 2009-10-15
- Granted: 2010-02-23
- Earliest claimed: 2008-04-09
- Assignees: High Tech Computer, Corp.
- Inventors: Chih Ling Chien
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7667956B2

## CPC

- H04M 1/0202: {Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets (constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03)}
- H04M 1/185: {Improving the shock resistance of the housing, e.g. by increasing the rigidity}
- H04M 1/0264: {for a camera module assembly}
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

## Abstract

A portable electronic apparatus comprises one or more protrusion structures on a surface of the portable electronic apparatus. The protrusion structure comprises a plurality of facets, and one or more peaks are formed on the junctions of the facets. The facets are preferably in the form of triangles or quadrangles, and the protrusion structure is in the form of a pyramid of a triangular base or a quadrangular base. In an embodiment, the protrusion structure is formed on the back housing of the portable electronic apparatus, so that an electronic device, e.g., a digital camera module, embedded in the back housing can be protected to minimize the likelihood of damage.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A portable electronic apparatus, comprising: a display for displaying data; a housing having a front side and a rear side, the housing accommodating the display on the front side and having the rear side opposite to the display, wherein the rear side includes a plurality of facets that are all canted relative to one another and form at least two protrusion structures, each protrusion structures is formed by at least three of the facets; and a camera module accommodated by the housing, the camera module having a camera lens exposed from one of the canted facets.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The portable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the facets form at least one pyramid protruding from the rear side.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The portable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the facets is substantially flat.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The portable electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising sidewalls.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The portable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein each peak is positioned at junctions of the facets.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The portable electronic apparatus of claim 5, wherein the junctions of the facets are in the form of ridges, grooves or flat surfaces.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The portable electronic apparatus of claim 1, which is a mobile phone or a PDA.

### Claim 8

A portable electronic apparatus, comprising: a display for displaying data; a housing having a front side and a rear side, the housing accommodating the display on the front side and having the rear side opposite to the display, wherein the rear side includes a plurality of facets that are all canted relative to one another and form at least two protrusion structures, wherein each protrusion structure is formed by at least three of the facets; and a camera module accommodated by the housing, the camera module having a camera lens exposed from the rear side and placed at a concave portion between the at least two protrusion structures.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The portable electronic apparatus of claim 8, wherein the facets form at least one pyramid protruding from the rear side.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The portable electronic apparatus of claim 8, wherein each of the facets is substantially flat.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The portable electronic apparatus of claim 8, wherein each peak is positioned at junctions of the facets.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The portable electronic apparatus of claim 11, wherein the junctions of the facets are in the form of ridges, grooves or flat surfaces.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The portable electronic apparatus of claim 8, wherein the rear side includes four protrusion structures disposed at four corners of the rear side, respectively.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The potable electronic apparatus of claim 8, which is a mobile phone or a PDA.