1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to chip card protecting cover assemblies, and particularly to a chip card protecting cover assembly for a portable electronic device.
2. Description of Related Art
Typical chip card, such as a subscriber identity module (SIM) card or secure digital memory card (SD) card is fixed to a housing of a hand-held device with a card door for preventing the chip card from falling out of the device. However, to open the door, a slot for finger grasping is needed, which affects the appearance of the housing.
Therefore, there is room for improvement within the art.
Many aspects of the embodiments can be better understood with reference to the drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the exemplary chip card protecting cover assembly and portable electronic device with the chip card protecting cover assembly. Moreover, in the drawings like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like elements of an embodiment.
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The cover assembly 10 includes a protecting cover 12, a first magnet 14 and a second magnet 16.
The protecting cover 12 includes a cover body 122, a joint 124 protruding from one end of the cover body 122, and a retaining block 126 protruding from a distal end of the joint 124 opposite to the cover body 122. In other words, the cover body 122 and the retaining block 126 are located at opposite ends of the joint 124. The joint 124 is rotatably attached to the housing 20 so the protecting cover 12 is rotatably assembled to the housing 20. The retaining block 126 defines a retaining slot 1262, in which the first magnet 14 is fixed.
The first magnet 14 includes a first north pole 142 and a first south pole 144. The second magnet 16 includes a second north pole 162 and a second south pole 164.
The housing 20 includes a main board 22 and a sidewall 24 protruding from main board 22. The main board 22 includes a receiving plate 222 and a retaining plate 224. The chip card 30 is received in the receiving plate 222. The retaining plate 224 is used to fix the second magnet 16. A limiting block 2242 protrudes from the retaining plate 224, to limit a rotation maximum of the protecting cover 12 relative to the housing 20.
The sidewall 24 includes an outer surface 242 and an inner surface 244 opposite to the outer surface 242. A receiving groove 2422 is defined in the outer surface 242, in which the protecting cover 12 is received. An card insertion hole 2442 is defined in the inner surface 244. The card insertion hole 2442 is opposite to the receiving plate 222 and communicates with the receiving groove 2422. The chip card 30 is inserted into the receiving plate 222 through the card insertion hole 2442.
In this exemplary embodiment, a way of enabling the joint 124 rotating relative to the housing 20 may be as follows: two protrusions 2446 protrude from the inner surface 244 and are located opposite sides of the receiving groove 2422, each protrusion 2446 defines a rotation hole 2448; the joint 124 defines a shaft hole 1242; a shaft 40 is inserted in the rotation holes 2448 and the shaft hole 1242 so the joint 124 can rotate relative to the housing 20 about the shaft 40.
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Although numerous characteristics and advantages of the exemplary disclosure have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in the matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the disclosure to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201210059690.9 | Mar 2012 | CN | national |