US 8,570,718 B2 · Portable electronic device with pendant attachment device

Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a housing defining an opening, a string of a pendant, and a pendant attachment device. The pendant attachment device includes a fixing block, an attachment element rotatably and movably fixed in the compartment, a fixing plate fixed to the housing and an elastic element. The fixing block defines a compartment. The attachment element includes a main body defining a fixing hole, the string is threaded through the fixing hole. In a first state, the elastic element exerts an elastic force on the attachment element, causing the attachment element being latched with the latching block with the fixing hole is located in the opening. In a second state, the elastic element drives the attachment element to move away from the fixing plate, thereby making the fixing hole stick out of the opening.

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Dependent claims

A portable electronic device, comprising:

a housing defining an opening;
and
a pendant attachment device comprising:
a fixing block fixed to the housing, the fixing block defining a compartment communicating with the opening;
an attachment element rotatably and movably fixed in the compartment, the attachment element including a main body defining a fixing hole for a string of a pendant to pass through, the fixing hole being located in the opening;
a fixing plate fixed to the housing and aligned with the compartment;
an elastic element fixed between the fixing plate and the attachment element;
wherein the elastic element exerts an elastic force on the attachment element to drive the attachment element to move away from the fixing plate, thereby making the fixing hole be exposed out of the opening.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Portable electronic device with pendant attachment device

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Portable electronic device with pendant attachment device

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Abstract

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