Housing for electronic device

Abstract

The present application discloses a housing for an electronic device ( 1 ), belongs to the technical field of electronic device. Said housing for an electronic device ( 1 ) comprising: a main casing assembly ( 6 ) for accommodating an electronic device ( 1 ) and an end cover assembly ( 7 ) working with the main casing assembly ( 6 ) to seal the main casing assembly ( 6 ); wherein the main casing assembly ( 6 ) comprises a main casing frame ( 8 ), a backplate ( 9 ), and a screen ( 10 ); the end cover assembly ( 7 ) comprises an end cover ( 12 ) and a sealing component ( 13 ) fixedly connected to the end cover ( 12 ). The end cover assembly and the main casing assembly are capable of being sealingly connected to each other, so as to fully achieve waterproof and dust-proof performance.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A housing for an electronic device ( 1 ), comprising a main casing assembly ( 6 ) for accommodating an electronic device ( 1 ) and an end cover assembly ( 7 ) working with the main casing assembly ( 6 ) to seal the main casing assembly ( 6 ); wherein
 the main casing assembly ( 6 ) comprises a main casing frame ( 8 ), a backplate ( 9 ), and a screen ( 10 ); the screen ( 10 ) and the backplate ( 9 ) are sealingly mounted on two opposite surfaces of the main casing frame ( 8 ) respectively; a position, corresponding to a speaker or a microphone of the electronic device ( 1 ), on the main casing frame ( 8 ) is provided with a hole, with a membrane capable of waterproof and sound transmission being mounted on the hole by either glue, double sided tape or US welding;   the end cover assembly ( 7 ) comprises an end cover ( 12 ) and a sealing component ( 13 ) fixedly connected to the end cover ( 12 ); a position, corresponding to the microphone or the speaker of the electronic device ( 1 ), of the sealing component ( 13 ) is provided with a hole, with a membrane capable of waterproof and sound transmission being mounted on the hole by either glue, double sided tape or US welding; and   
       when the main casing assembly ( 6 ) and the end cover assembly ( 7 ) are engaged with each other, a contact surface therebetween is further provided with a sealing ring ( 16 ). 
     
     
         2 . The housing for an electronic device ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the screen ( 10 ) is provided with geometry, the geometry is at least on the side which is facing the electronic device ( 1 ), to ensure a gap between the screen of the electronic device ( 1 ) and the screen ( 10 ); the geometry may be a arrangement of small bumps or lines, may also be realized as a frosted surface. 
     
     
         3 . The housing for an electronic device ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the membrane capable of sound transmission is made of a plastic membrane or gore tex membrane with venting and waterproof characteristics with the ability to transmit sound, and is provided with a slim groove for improving the quality of sound transmission. 
     
     
         4 . The housing for an electronic device ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein positions, corresponding to functional buttons of the electronic device ( 1 ), on the main casing frame ( 8 ) are sealingly provided with corresponding functional buttons respectively, and the functional buttons comprise at least one of a home button ( 21 ), an on/off button ( 22 ), a volume button ( 23 ), and a mute switch button ( 24 ). 
     
     
         5 . The housing for an electronic device ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the backplate ( 9 ) is provided with a backplate over mold ( 28 ), the backplate over mold ( 28 ) being a TPE rubber material covering the transparent PC material layer of the backplate ( 9 ) acting as an optical reflection barrier, and with positions, corresponding to a camera and a flash of the electronic device ( 1 ), in the TPE rubber material layer are provided with a camera lens ( 29 ) and a flash lens ( 30 ) capable of light transmission respectively. 
     
     
         6 . The housing for an electronic device ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the end cover assembly ( 7 ) further comprises a foam sealing component ( 18 ) for echo cancellation, and the foam sealing component ( 18 ) is disposed on the sealing component ( 13 ). 
     
     
         7 . The housing for an electronic device ( 1 ) according to  claim 6 , wherein the end cover ( 12 ) is further provided with a sound channel ( 32 ) for guiding sound out of the housing, and the sound channel ( 32 ) extends from a position, close to the sealing component ( 13 ), on the end cover ( 12 ) to at least one end surface of the end cover ( 12 ). 
     
     
         8 . The housing for an electronic device ( 1 ) according to  claim 7 , wherein an embedded jack plug ( 34 ) and an embedded jack ( 35 ) connected to each other are disposed in the end cover ( 12 ), the embedded jack plug ( 34 ) extends into the end cover ( 12 ) and is connected to the electronic device ( 1 ) in the end cover ( 12 ), and a jack of the embedded jack ( 35 ) is exposed at a surface of the end cover ( 12 ). 
     
     
         9 . The housing for an electronic device ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the end cover ( 12 ) assembly further comprises a locking/unlocking slide block ( 14 ), the main casing frame ( 8 ) is correspondingly provided with a hook-shaped locking structure ( 19 ) matching the locking/unlocking slide block ( 14 ), and the locking/unlocking slide block ( 14 ) is disposed between the end cover ( 12 ) and the sealing component ( 13 ) and able to slide back and forth. 
     
     
         10 . The housing for an electronic device ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the end cover ( 12 ) is further provided with removable Plug ( 15 ) for sealing function interfaces on the end cover ( 12 ). 
     
     
         11 . The housing for an electronic device ( 1 ) according to  claim 9 , wherein the housing further comprises an earphone extension cable ( 4 ) capable of being removed and connected, a plug of the earphone extension cable ( 4 ) is inserted in the end cover ( 12 ), a jack at the other end of the earphone extension cable ( 4 ) extends out of the end cover ( 12 ). 
     
     
         12 . The housing for an electronic device ( 1 ) according to  claim 11 , the locking/unlocking slide block ( 14 ) holds the plug of the earphone extension cable ( 4 ) for locking in a locked state, and releases the plug of the earphone extension cable ( 4 ) for removal in an unlocked state. 
     
     
         13 . The housing for an electronic device ( 1 ) according to  claim 12 , a nose  41  is mounted on the earphone extension cable  4  and corresponding to the bump  142 . 
     
     
         14 . The housing for an electronic device ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the main casing assembly ( 6 ) and a corresponding end portion of the end cover ( 12 ) assembly are pivotal connected by a pivoting shaft ( 37 ) whereas the end cover assembly ( 12 ) can be fixed to the main casing assembly ( 6 ) with a Strap ( 38 ) or a locking/unlocking slide block ( 14 ), to lock the end cover assembly to the main casing frame ( 8 ). 
     
     
         15 . The housing for an electronic device ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein two sides of the main casing frame ( 8 ) are provided with two side rails ( 25 ) and side rail locking feature ( 26 ) to be fixed to an accessory ( 5 ) respectively, whereas the side rail locking features ( 26 ) are to keep the main casing frame ( 8 ) securely in place when mounted on the accessory ( 5 ) and the main casing assembly ( 6 ) is further provided with a lanyard hole.