JPH10224046A - Fitting structure of portable electronic equipment case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To engage and release a portable electronic equipment case easily by forming a non-engagement part when being engaged to the recessed part of the engagement at an engagement nib. SOLUTION: An inclined surface part 3a is provided at an engagement nib 3. More specifically, when upper and lower cases 1 and 2 are fixed, a coating thickness part 3b of the engagement nib 3 is engaged to an engagement recessed part 4 but a thin part formed at the engagement nib 3, namely one portion of the inclined surface part 3a, is not engaged to the engagement recessed part 4. Therefore, when the upper and lower cases 1 and 2 are released, a screw lock 5 is removed and then an area near the rear edge part where no engagement nib 3 of the upper case 1 not provided is lifted and the upper case 1 is lifted upward. Then, the inclined-surface part 3a that is not engaged to the engagement recessed part 4 of the engagement nib 3 plays a roles of a guide and the engagement nib 3 smoothly leaves the engagement recessed part 4, thus easily canceling the engagement and releasing the upper and lower cases 1 and 2 each other.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a fitting structure for a portable electronic device case.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a case of a portable electronic device, for example, a handy transceiver, has an upper case 1 as shown in FIG.
A fitting claw 3 and a fitting recess 4 are provided at several places (for example, four places) of the lower case 2 and the fitting claw 3 is fitted into the fitting recess 4 so that the upper case 1 and the lower case 2 are connected to each other. And several places (for example, two places) to strengthen the fixation
Screw 5 was also used.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional fitting structure, the upper and lower cases 1 and 2 fixed as shown in FIG. As shown in B), first, it is necessary to remove the screw stopper 5 and then to push the vicinity of the fitting claw 3 inwardly of the case in order to disengage the fitting claw 3 from the fitting concave portion 4 to bend the upper case 1. Therefore, there is a problem that a sufficient space 9 is required to bend the inside of the case, and the space occupied by the built-in component 8 is reduced. Further, as another example of the conventional fitting structure, as shown in FIG. 6, a positioning rib 6 and a rib fitting groove 7 which are useful for positioning between the cases 1 and 2 at the time of fitting and for some waterproofing are provided. In this case, if the positioning ribs 6 are arranged in the vicinity of the fitting claw 3 and the fitting recess 4, there is a problem that the fitting claw 3 is difficult to remove from the fitting recess 4.

It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems and to provide a fitting structure for a portable electronic device case in which fitting and releasing operations are easy.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a fitting structure for a portable electronic device case, wherein a fitting claw is provided on one of a lower case and an upper case and a fitting recess is provided on the other. In a portable electronic device in which a lower side and an upper case are fixed by being fitted in a claw and a fitting concave portion, a non-fitting portion is formed in the fitting claw when fitting with the fitting concave portion.

[0006] In the fitting structure for a portable electronic device case according to the present invention, the non-fitting portion is a slope portion formed in a fitting claw.

[0007]

A portable electronic device in which a fitting claw is provided on one of a lower case and an upper case and a fitting recess is provided on the other, and the lower and upper cases are fixed by fitting the fitting claw and the fitting recess. In the device, a non-fitting portion is formed in the fitting claw when fitting with the fitting recess. This non-fitting portion is, for example, a slope portion formed on the fitting claw, and when the case is lifted upward from one side of the slope portion, the fitting between the fitting recess and the fitting claw gradually increases from the non-fitting portion. , The lower case and the upper case can be easily released.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In the following description,
The same components as those in FIGS. 4 to 6 will be described with the same reference numerals. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a fitting structure for a portable electronic device case according to the present invention, in which the present invention is applied to a handy transceiver. FIG. 1 (A) is an overall perspective view, and FIG. 1 (B) is a partially enlarged perspective view. . In FIG. 1, a characteristic part of the present invention is a structure in which a slope part 3 a is provided on a fitting claw 3. That is,
When the upper and lower cases 1 and 2 are fixed, FIG.
2B, the thick portion 3b of the fitting claw 3 is fitted into the fitting recess 4. However, as shown in the DD sectional view of FIG. The thin portion formed on the portion 3, that is, a part of the slope portion 3 a does not fit into the fitting recess 4.

Therefore, the upper and lower cases 1 and 2
To release, remove the screw 5 and then
As shown in FIG. 3, when the upper case is lifted in the upward direction indicated by the arrow X by holding the vicinity of the rear end 1 b of the upper case 1 where the fitting claw 3 is not provided, the fitting recess of the fitting claw 3 is formed. The inclined part 3a not fitted to the groove 4 plays a role of a guide, and the fitting claw 3 is smoothly disengaged from the fitting concave part 4, so that the fitting is easily released, and the upper and lower cases 1 and 2 are released from each other. However, the fitting between the fitting claw 3 and the fitting recess 4 is not released even if the upper claw 3 is lifted in the upward direction as indicated by the arrow Y while holding the vicinity of the distal end portion 1a where the fitting claw 3 is provided. .

As described above, when the fitting between the fitting claw 3 and the fitting recess 4 is released, there is no need to flex the upper case 1 in the lateral direction unlike the conventional case, and the fitting is performed when the upper case 1 is lifted upward. Since the work can be easily performed as long as there is a space for canceling the combination, the space 9 can be made smaller than before, and the space occupied by the built-in component 8 can be made wider. Also,
Positioning ribs 6 and rib fitting grooves 7 which are useful for positioning between the cases 1 and 2 at the time of fitting and for some waterproofing are fitted to the fitting claws 3.
Even if it is arranged near the, it does not hinder the release operation, so that a step between the cases and intrusion of water can be suppressed.

[0011]

According to the present invention, the fitting and release operations of the upper and lower cases are facilitated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an embodiment of a fitting structure of a portable electronic device case according to the present invention, showing a case where the present invention is applied to a handy transceiver, (A) is an overall perspective view, and (B) is a partially enlarged perspective view. is there.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are partial cross-sectional views in FIG. 1, wherein FIG. 2A shows a CC cross section and FIG. 2B shows a DD cross section.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are schematic diagrams illustrating a release operation of an upper case and a lower case, wherein FIG. 3A is a perspective view and FIG.

4A and 4B show an example of a conventional fitting structure of a portable electronic device case, wherein FIG. 4A is an overall perspective view, and FIG. 4B is a partially enlarged perspective view.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are schematic diagrams for explaining a conventional upper and lower case release operation, in which FIG.
(B) is a sectional view during operation.

FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view showing another example of a conventional fitting structure for a portable electronic device case.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Upper case 2 Lower case 3 Fitting claw 4 Fitting recess 5 Screw stop 6 Positioning rib 7 Rib fitting groove 8 Built-in parts 9 Space

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kazumi Naito 1-14-6 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Kenwood Corporation

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mobile phone in which a fitting claw is provided on one of a lower side and an upper case and a fitting recess is provided on the other side, and the lower and upper cases are fixed by fitting the fitting claw into the fitting recess. A fitting structure for a portable electronic device case, wherein a non-fitting portion is formed in the fitting claw when fitting with a fitting concave portion. 2. A fitting structure for a portable electronic device case, wherein the non-fitting portion is a slope portion formed on the fitting claw.