Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090079723 | POWER SAVING SWITCH AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH SAME - An electronic apparatus ( | 03-26-2009 |
20090107826 | NAVIGATION KEY OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a circuit board and a navigation key arranged on the circuit board. The circuit board forms a number of switches thereon. The navigation key includes a key cap, a frame, and a number of elastic connecting arms The key cap includes an annular operating portion configured for pressing, and a number of actuators extending from the operating portion towards the circuit board. Each actuator hangs above one corresponding switch, and contacts with the corresponding switch when the operation portion of the navigation key is pressed. The frame is arranged around the key cap, and is fixedly assembled to the circuit board. The elastic connecting arms interconnect the operation portion of the key cap and the frame to limit rotation of the key cap. | 04-30-2009 |
20090129008 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE WITH SLIDING BAR - An optical disk drive includes a main body defining a receiving space and a pivotable cover. A latching mechanism that contacts the cover at two points distributes stresses better than where the latching mechanism only contacts the cover at one point. | 05-21-2009 |
20090142157 | FASTENING STRUCTURE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - A fastening structure for fastening a hardware component is disclosed. The fastening structure includes a supporting portion defining a through stepped hole including a small-diameter hole and a large-diameter hole. Furthermore, the fastening structure includes a nut wedged into the large-diameter hole. A screw may successively passing through the hardware component and the small-diameter hole to screwably engage with the nut. | 06-04-2009 |
20090146064 | INFRARED RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An infrared receiver includes a shielding member and an infrared detecting member. The shielding member has negative refractive power for diverging incident infrared rays. The infrared detecting member includes a main body formed with a convex surface having positive refractive power and an infrared sensor enclosed in the main body. The infrared sensor receives infrared rays converged by the convex surface, and converts received infrared rays to electrical signals. | 06-11-2009 |
20090147467 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a main body, a lid body, a hinge, a notch, and a cable. The main body includes a connecting side where the lid body is pivotally mounted to the main body. The hinge is disposed on the connecting side for mounting the lid body to the main body, and includes a fixing frame mounted to one of the main body and the lid body and a pivot member mounted to the other of the main body and the lid body. The notch is defined on one side of the pivot member. The cable extends along the notch and transmits electrical signals between the main body and the lid body. | 06-11-2009 |
20090150914 | EXTERNAL OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - An external optical disk drive ( | 06-11-2009 |
20120012355 | SHELL OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A shell of an electronic device includes an inner surface and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface. The inner surface defines at least one recessed portion. The at least one recessed portion includes a bottom surface and a transition surface connecting the bottom surface with the inner surface. | 01-19-2012 |
20120072929 | OPTICAL DISC PLAYER - An optical disc player includes a main body, a lid, a rotator, and a protective structure. The lid is pivotably connected to the main body. The rotator is disposed in the main body for rotating discs and can be covered by the lid. The protective structure is disposed between the rotator and the lid. The protective structure is capable of suppressing noise and/or damage caused by contact between the rotator and the lid when the rotator operates. | 03-22-2012 |
20120126672 | CASING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING BASE PLATE AND SUPPORTING POST - A casing includes a base plate and a supporting post extending upwardly from the base plate. The base plate and the supporting post are integrally formed as a single monolithic piece from the same material. The supporting post axially defines a fixing hole therein. The fixing hole has an opening at a top free end of the supporting post. The fixing hole includes a first section adjacent to the opening, a second section far from the opening and spaced from the first section, and a chamfer section between the first section and the second section. The first section has a diameter larger than that of the second section. | 05-24-2012 |
20120128197 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CUSHIONED SPEAKER - An exemplary electronic device with a speaker includes a mounting plate, a speaker mounted on the mounting plate, two fasteners mounting the speaker, and a buffer washer squeezed between the mounting plate and the speaker. The buffer washer is capable of absorbing vibration of the speaker. Each of the fasteners includes a head portion and a post portion. The post portion is mounted on the mounting plate and is located outside the speaker. The head portion presses the speaker to abut against the buffer washer. | 05-24-2012 |
20120140386 | CASING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A casing of an electronic device includes a holder, a cover and a wire baffle structure. The holder includes a supporting post. The supporting post axially defines a mounting hole therethrough. The cover includes a fixing post corresponding to the supporting post. The fixing post axially defines a fixing hole therethrough. The fixing hole communicates with the mounting hole. The wire baffle structure is formed at a top end of the supporting post. The wire baffle structure encircles a free end of the fixing post. | 06-07-2012 |
20120145524 | SLIDABLE BUTTON AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An exemplary electronic device includes a casing with a slot defined in an outer face of the casing, a through holed defined in the slot, and a switch module. The switch module includes a switch received in the casing, and a slidable button embedded in the slot. The slidable button includes an operating portion received in the slot and abutting an outer face of the casing, a holding portion extending outwardly from the operating portion and through the through hole, and two elastic arms respectively extending outwardly from two lateral sides of the holding portion. Each elastic arm includes a connecting section extending outwardly from the holding portion and a locking section protruding outwardly from the connecting section towards the operating portion. The locking sections of the elastic arms abut an inner face of the casing, whereby the slidable button is fixed to the casing. | 06-14-2012 |
20120146343 | BUTTON POSITION RECTIFYING MECHANISM - An exemplary button position rectifying structure includes a cover, a button, and a slide bar located at an inner side of the cover. The button includes a body, an engaging portion and a pair of guiding posts extending from the body. The cover defines a through hole therein. The button is received in the through hole of the cover. The cover defines two guiding holes in the inner side thereof. The guiding posts of the button are received in the guiding holes of the cover, respectively. The slide bar engages with the engaging portion of the button to push the button to move along an axis of the through hole of the cover. Each guiding post of the button abuts one side of the guiding hole of the cover, so that the body of the button is located at a center of the through hole of the cover. | 06-14-2012 |
20120147572 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING DUST BLOCKING PORTION - An exemplary electronic device includes a casing with a through hole defined in the casing, a printed circuit board received in the casing, a slide bar received in the casing, a cover board pivotally fixed on the casing and having a hook extending though the through hole and detachably hooking in the slide bar, and a blocking portion located between the through hole of the casing and the printed circuit board. | 06-14-2012 |
20120147577 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR ANTENNA OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mounting structure for an antenna of an electronic device includes a casing and a tube assembly. The tube assembly encloses the antenna of the electronic device. The mounting structure includes a securing member mounted on the casing and a protruding portion protruding out from the casing. A receiving hole is defined in the protruding portion. The securing member includes a securing portion, and the securing portion is with an opening therein. The securing portion is aligned with and spaced from the protruding portion. Opposite ends of the tube assembly are inserted into the through hole of the protruding portion and the opening of the securing portion, respectively. | 06-14-2012 |
20120152709 | KEY DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An exemplary key device includes a circuit board, a frame, a cap, a partition board and two protrusions. The circuit board has two contacts thereon. The cap is configured on the frame and includes a bottom surface facing the circuit board. The partition board extends down from the bottom surface and abutting against the circuit board. The two protrusions are at two opposite sides of the partition board. The two protrusions extend down from the bottom surface, and each includes a distal end adjacent and above a respective one of the contacts of the circuit board. | 06-21-2012 |
20120155031 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An exemplary electronic device includes a shell, a mother board and a metal sheet disposed at an inner side of the shell, an electronic apparatus fixed on the mother board, and a heat conducting plate thermally connecting the electronic apparatus with the metal sheet. The metal sheet is located between the shell and the mother board to shield electro magnetic interference from the electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus generates heat when working. The electronic apparatus is located between the mother board and the metal sheet, and is spaced from the metal sheet. | 06-21-2012 |
20120155687 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH COVER HAVING INTERNAL PROTRUDING PORTIONS FOR DISPERSING OF SOUND - An exemplary electronic device includes a box, a speaker, and a micro structure. The box includes a shell and a cover disposed on the shell. The speaker is sandwiched between the shell and the cover. The micro structure includes a plurality of flat-bottomed protruding portions, a plurality of first pyramidal protruding portions, and a plurality of second pyramidal protruding portions. | 06-21-2012 |
20120162911 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING HEAT DISSIPATION AIRFLOW PATH - An exemplary electronic device includes a cover, a circuit board and a driving module both mounted on the bottom cover, an electronic component fixed on the circuit board, and a top cover covering the bottom cover. The driving module has a rotating shaft adapted for supportively driving an optical disk to rotate. The electronic component generates heat during operation. Through holes are defined in the top cover and located at a periphery of the rotating shaft. When the optical disk is mounted on the rotating shaft and driven to rotate by the rotating shaft, air heated by the electronic component in the electronic device can flow out of the top cover via the through holes, and rotation of the optical disk facilitates such airflow. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162940 | SLIDE BUTTON AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An exemplary electronic device includes a shell, a circuit board located in an inner side of the shell, a toggle switch positioned on the circuit board, and a slide button. The toggle switch includes a pin. The shell defines a through hole therein. The slide button includes an operating portion located at an outer side of the shell, a curved body extending obliquely from a side of the operating portion. The body of the slide button extends through the through hole of the shell. A distal end of the body of the slide button engages with the pin of the toggle switch. The pin of the toggle switch can be caused to move by moving the slide button. | 06-28-2012 |
20120170206 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING HEAT DISSIPATION AIRFLOW PATH - An exemplary electronic device includes a cover, a motherboard and a driving module both disposed at an inner side of the cover, an electronic component fixed on the motherboard, and a fan duct mounted on the motherboard and covering the electronic component. The driving module has a rotating shaft for supportively driving an optical disk rotating. The fan duct guides hot air therein toward the driving module. | 07-05-2012 |
20120174136 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING HEAT DISSIPATION AIRFLOW PATH - An exemplary electronic device includes a cover, a circuit board and a driving module both mounted on the bottom cover, an electronic component fixed on the circuit board, a heat dissipating plate mounted on the circuit board and thermally contacting the electronic component, and a top cover covering the bottom cover. The driving module has a rotating shaft adapted for supportively driving an optical disk to rotate. The electronic component generates heat during operation. Through holes are defined in the top cover and located at a periphery of the rotating shaft. Two opposing elongated extending portions extend downwardly from the heat dissipating plate towards the circuit board. An airflow channel is formed between the two extending portions under the heat dissipating plate and aligned with the electronic component. | 07-05-2012 |
20120174137 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SLOPED RECESS FOR OPTICAL DISK - An exemplary electronic device includes a shell and a driving module disposed at an inner side of the shell. The driving module has a rotating shaft. The shell defines a recess. The rotating shaft extends through the recess of the shell and is located at a center of the recess. The recess of the shell includes a torus area. The torus area includes an inner side near the rotating shaft, and an outer side far from the rotating shaft. A bottom face of the recess slants gradually and downwardly from the inner side to the outer side of the torus area. | 07-05-2012 |
20120206898 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ADHESIVE-LESS FIXED FLAT CABLE - An electronic device includes an EMI shielding board, two electronic components and a flat cable. The EMI shielding board includes a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The two electronic components are arranged at the first side of the EMI shielding board. The flat cable is connected between the two electronic components. The EMI shielding board further includes a first through slot and a second through slot both configured therein. The flat cable passes through the EMI shielding board via the first and second through slots. A part of the flat cable is on the first side of the EMI shielding board, and the remaining part of the flat cable is on the second side of the EMI shielding board. | 08-16-2012 |
20120212913 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING SPEAKER MAGNET FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION STATUS OF DISPLAY THEREOF - An exemplary electronic device includes a main housing and a cover pivotably attached to the main housing. The main housing has a printed circuit board received therein. A Hall sensor is fixed and electrically connected to the printed circuit board. The cover has a display and a speaker located adjacent to the display. The speaker includes a magnet. The Hall sensor can detect variation of a magnetic field of the magnet to output different voltages, thereby actuating the display to turn on or turn off. | 08-23-2012 |
20120217398 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INFRARED RECEIVING DEVICE THEREOF - An exemplary infrared receiving device is adapted for mounting on a printed circuit board. The infrared receiving device includes an infrared receiver and a supporting seat configured to be mounted on the printed circuit board. The infrared receiver is attached to the supporting seat with the supporting seat supporting and protecting the infrared receiver. An electronic device includes a main body, a flip cover pivotably attached to the main body, and a display screen embedded in the flip cover. The main body includes a printed circuit board, an infrared receiver mounted on the printed circuit board, and a supporting seat mounted on the printed circuit board. The supporting seat holds the infrared receiver to support and protect the infrared receiver. | 08-30-2012 |
20120224329 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ENHANCED HEAT DISSIPATION - A portable electronic device includes a circuit board, a heat sink a hinge and a heat dissipating plate. The circuit board is equipped with a heat generating component. The heat sink is for dissipating heat generated by the heat generating component. The heat dissipating plate is pivotably connected to the heat sink by the hinge for helping with the heat dissipation of the heat sink. | 09-06-2012 |
20120225572 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INFRARED RECEIVING DEVICE THEREOF - An electronic device includes a housing, a circuit board, an infrared receiving device and a protection cover. The protection cover is engaged in the window of the housing to cover the infrared receiving device. The protection cover includes a blocking plate, a side wall extending outwardly from the blocking plate, and two clasping ears respectively located at two opposite sides of the side wall. The blocking plate is attached to the housing, and the two clasping ears of the protection cover provide a permanent means of securing the protection cover to the housing. | 09-06-2012 |
20120250248 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CONDUCTIVE FOAM - A portable electronic device comprises a motherboard with an electronic component mounted thereon, an electrical conducting port disposed on the motherboard, a heat dissipation plate for dissipating heat of the electronic component, and conductive foam placed between the electrical conducting port and the heat dissipation plate. The heat dissipation plate has a protrusion extending therefrom corresponds to the electrical conducting port. The conductive foam defines a hole, and the protrusion of the heat dissipation plate extends through the hole of the conductive foam to contact the electrical conducting port. | 10-04-2012 |
20120306704 | ANTENNA MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An antenna mounting structure of an electronic device includes a casing and an antenna in the casing. The antenna includes a signal receiving portion and a first securing member connecting the signal receiving portion. The first securing member defines a through hole. The casing includes a first pin, a first catch near the first pin, and a first rib extending from the first pin. The first pin extends through the through hole of the first securing member of the antenna. The first rib supports the first securing member. The first catch fixedly clasps the first securing member on the first pin and the first rib. | 12-06-2012 |
20120327170 | OPTICAL RECORDING APPARATUS WITH LIMITING MEMBERS - An optical recording apparatus includes a traverse, a control circuit board, a shield substrate and an flexible flat cable (FFC). The traverse includes a spindle motor for rotating an optical disc and an optical pickup head for reading and/or writing the optical disc, the optical pickup head moves along a radial direction of the optical disc when reading and/or writing the optical disc. The FFC electrically connects the optical pickup head and the control circuit board and transmits signals between them, and a portion of the FFC adjacent to the second end is bent to facing the shield substrate. The shield substrate includes at least two limiting members, and the at least two limiting members are positioned at two opposite sides of the portion of the FFC facing the shield substrate to enable the portion of the FFC facing the shield substrate to move along the first direction. | 12-27-2012 |
20120331492 | OPTICAL DISK PLAYER - An optical disk player includes a main body, a cover engaging with the main body, a pivot module, and a deceleration module. The pivot module includes a torsion spring, two ends of the torsion spring being fixed on the main body and the cover respectively. The deceleration module includes a first deceleration portion arranged on the main body and a second deceleration portion arranged on the pivot module. The first deceleration portion contacts the second deceleration portion and frictional forces therebetween reduces the speed of opening the cover. | 12-27-2012 |
20130003331 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT ON PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) includes a printed circuit board (PCB) with through holes, a supporting member standing on the PCB adjacent to the through holes, and an electronic component mounted on the PCB is provided. The electronic component includes a component body and a plurality of conductive leads. Fixing ends of the conductive leads of the electronic component is received in the though hole and electrically and mechanically fixed to the PCB. The component body of the electronic component is supported by the supporting member. | 01-03-2013 |
20130003386 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a housing having a lower base and an upper cover disposed on the lower base, a light emitting module received in the housing, two arms extending downwardly from the upper cover, and a light guiding member facing the light emitting module and fixed between the two arms. | 01-03-2013 |
20130170144 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH HEAT SINK MECHANSIM - An electronic device includes an electronic component and a heat sink mechanism. The electronic component includes at least one heat sink portion defining a plurality of heat sink holes. The heat sink mechanism includes at least one first conducting portion secured to an end of the heat sink holes, for dissipating heat produced by the electronic component away from the electronic device. | 07-04-2013 |
20130222982 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SENSOR WINDOW COVER - An electronic device includes a housing having a first sidewall defining an opening, a signal receiving unit, and a sensor window cover corresponding the signal receiving unit and defining at least one latching groove. Two latching members and at least one block are secured to an inner surface of the first sidewall. The latching members abut the sensor window cover against the inner surface of the first sidewall to prevent the sensor window from moving in a first direction perpendicular to the first sidewall, and the at least one block is latched to the at least one latching groove to prevent the sensor window from disengaging with the housing in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. | 08-29-2013 |
20130251327 | TRAVERSE MODULE - A traverse module includes a frame, a guiding shaft, an optical module, a cover, and a conductive member. The guiding shaft is mounted to the frame. The optical module is slidably mounted to the guiding shaft, and the optical module is capable of generating high frequency electrical signals which cause electro magnetic interference. The high frequency electrical signals are capable of flowing to the guiding shaft. The cover is grounded, the cover covers the frame. The conductive member projects from the cover and tightly clamps the guiding shaft, and the high frequency electrical signals generated by the optical module can flow to ground by using the conductive member. | 09-26-2013 |
20130270281 | DEVICE WITH STRUCTURE ENHANCING MECHANISM - A device with a structure enhancing mechanism includes: a housing including a sidewall, the sidewall defining a first through hole; a retaining member formed on an inner surface of the sidewall, the retaining member including a first protruding tab substantially parallel to the sidewall; two first resisting members extending from the first protruding tab toward the sidewall, an edge of each first resisting member spaced from and parallel to the sidewall; two second resisting members extending from the inner surface of the sidewall, the two second resisting members facing the respective first resisting members and two gaps being respectively formed between the first resisting members and the second resisting members; a fixing plate engaged in the gap and being firmly sandwiched between the first resisting members and the second resisting members, the fixing plate defining a second through hole aligned with the first through hole. | 10-17-2013 |
20130286605 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SIGNAL RECEIVING UNIT - An electronic device includes a housing having a bottom wall and a front sidewall slantingly extending from the bottom wall, a circuit board received in the housing and parallel to the bottom wall, a sensor window cover secured to the front sidewall, a signal receiving unit secured to the circuit board and corresponding to the sensor window cover, and a supporting mechanism secured to the circuit board. The supporting mechanism supports the signal receiving unit to slant toward the sensor window cover. | 10-31-2013 |
20130319751 | ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SHIELDING ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME - An electromagnetic interference shielding assembly for use in an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a circuit board and an alternating current cable including one end connected to the circuit. The electromagnetic interference assembly includes an electromagnetic interference shielding plate. The circuit board is mounted on the electromagnetic interference shielding plate. The alternating current cable includes a segmental portion arranged adjacent to the electromagnetic interference shielding plate. The segmental portion extends substantially parallel to the electromagnetic interference shielding plate. The electromagnetic interference shielding plate defines a plurality of slots each extending in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the segmental portion of the alternating current cable. The parallel slots, as a whole, extend along the extending direction of the segmental portion and spatially corresponding to the segmental portion. | 12-05-2013 |