Patent Publication Number: US-10786056-B2

Title: Case

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) to Patent Application No. 107107949 filed in Taiwan, R.O.C. on Mar. 8, 2018, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Technical Field 
     The application relates to a case, and in particular, to a case including a supporting component. 
     Related Art 
     Various portable electronic devices, for example, mobile telephones, smartphones, tablet computers, portable recreational machines, notebook computers, and cameras have such features as being convenient and easy to carry, to operate, and to use, and having a small space occupation rate. Currently, almost everyone owns and carries along one of the electronic devices. 
     The portable electronic device cannot be independently supported in a horizontal plane, so that a user needs to make the portable electronic device lean against a vertical plane, and it is difficult to adjust the portable electronic device to an appropriate viewing angle. Consequently, there are cases in which the portable electronic device accidentally slips, falls, and collides with others, causing damage to the portable electronic device. To resolve the cases in which the electronic device cannot be supported in the horizontal plane, various cases having a supporting function emerge. 
     SUMMARY 
     The application provides a case including a supporting component. 
     The case in the application includes a back cover, a housing, and the supporting component. The back cover is used to carry an electronic device. The housing is fixed on one side of the back cover opposite to the side carrying the electronic device. The housing includes an assembled portion. The supporting component is assembled on the assembled portion. The supporting component includes a ring-shaped support, a damping round tube, and an assembled cover. The assembled cover is rotatably disposed on the assembled portion, the assembled cover has a cylindrical groove, and the damping round tube is sleeved with the cylindrical groove. The ring-shaped support has a round shaft, the round shaft is sleeved with the damping round tube, the ring-shaped support rotates with respect to the assembled portion by using the assembled cover as a rotating shaft in a first axial direction, the ring-shaped support rotates with respect to the assembled cover by using the round shaft as a rotating shaft in a second axial direction, and the first axial direction is perpendicular to the second axial direction. 
     In an embodiment of the application, the case further includes a plurality of lock attachments, where the back cover has a plurality of first lock portions, the housing has a plurality of second lock portions, setting positions of the second lock portions correspond to setting positions of the first lock portions, and the lock attachments passes through the corresponding first lock portions and the corresponding second lock portions to fix the housing to the back cover. 
     In an embodiment of the application, the case further includes a decorative member, where the decorative member is disposed between the housing and the supporting component, the decorative member has an assembling hole at a position corresponding to the assembled portion, the decorative member has a plurality of through holes, setting positions of the through holes correspond to the setting positions of the second lock portions, the decorative member is connected to the assembled portion through the assembling hole, and the lock attachments pass through the corresponding plurality of first lock portions, the second lock portions, and the through holes to fix the decorative member and the housing to the back cover. 
     In an embodiment of the application, the supporting component further includes a first damping pad, and the first damping pad is attached between the assembled cover and the assembled portion. 
     In an embodiment of the application, the assembled cover further includes two fixed pins, and the assembled cover is rotatably disposed on the assembled portion by the two fixed pins. 
     In an embodiment of the application, the assembled portion includes a hollowed-out round groove, a metal pad, and a second damping pad, the metal pad and the second damping pad are disposed on one side of the hollowed-out round groove opposite to the side on which the ring-shaped support is disposed, the second damping pad is disposed between the hollowed-out round groove and the metal pad, the second damping pad is attached to the hollowed-out round groove, the metal pad is attached to the second damping pad, and the two fixed pins sequentially pass through the hollowed-out round groove, the second damping pad, and the metal pad, and abut against one side of the metal pad opposite to the side on which the second damping pad is disposed. 
     In an embodiment of the application, an accommodation space is formed between the housing and the back cover. 
     In an embodiment of the application, the ring-shaped support includes a ring, and the round shaft is formed in the ring. 
     Based on the foregoing description, when a user intends to operate the electronic device in a horizontal plane, the case in the application uses the design of the supporting component, the ring-shaped support is wrenched, and the ring-shaped support rotates by using the assembled cover as the rotating shaft in the first axial direction and using the round shaft as the rotating shaft in the second axial direction, so that the electronic device can change an angle of the ring-shaped support of the supporting component of the case relative to the housing by means of rotating the supporting component, and the electronic device can be supported in the horizontal plane at an appropriate viewing angle. 
     To make the foregoing characteristics and advantages of the application more comprehensible, detailed description is made below with reference to the accompanying drawings by using embodiments. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram of a case according to the application; 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic exploded view of the case in  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 3  is a schematic diagram showing that a mobile phone is assembled with the case in  FIG. 1 ; and 
         FIG. 4  is a schematic diagram showing that fixed pins abut against a metal pad after punching. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 
       FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram of a case according to the application;  FIG. 2  is a schematic exploded view of the case in  FIG. 1 ;  FIG. 3  is a schematic diagram showing that a mobile phone is assembled with the case in  FIG. 1 ; and  FIG. 4  is a schematic diagram showing that fixed pins abut against a metal pad after punching. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 ,  FIG. 2 , and  FIG. 3  together, a case  100  in the application is used to carry an electronic device  200 . In this embodiment, for example, the electronic device  200  is a mobile phone. The case  100  includes a back cover  110 , a housing  120 , and a supporting component  170 . The back cover  110  is used to carry the electronic device  200 , and the back cover  110  has a cover  112  and a pair of bending portions  114  bending from two opposite sides of the cover  112  to a same direction. The electronic device  200  is assembled with the back cover  110  by using the cover  112  and the bending portions  114 . The back cover  110  and the housing  120  in this embodiment may be manufactured by punching different metal sheets. Shapes of the bending portions  114  of the back cover  110  may be designed according to a shape of a side of the electronic device  200 , so that the electronic device  200  can be assembled on the back cover  110 . 
     The housing  120  is fixed on one side of the back cover  110  opposite to the side carrying the electronic device  200 . As shown in  FIG. 2 , the housing  120  is disposed on a first surface  112   a  of the back cover  110 . An accommodation space G is formed between the housing  120  and the first surface  112   a  of the back cover  110 , and the housing  120  has a notch  120   a , so that it is convenient for a user to draw out an object placed in the accommodation space G. For example, the user may place a card C such as an entrance guard card and an EasyCard, in the accommodation space G. Particularly, the notch  120   a  that the housing  120  has not only has a symmetrically aesthetic feeling in vision, but also can partially expose the card C on the housing  120 , so that it is convenient for the user to draw out the card C. 
     Based on this, the cover  112  of the back cover  110  has a plurality of first lock portions  112   b , the housing  120  has a plurality of second lock portions  120   d , and setting positions of the second lock portions  120   d  correspond to setting positions of the first lock portions  112   b.    
     To make the case  100  more aesthetic, the case  100  may further include a decorative member  140  disposed on a third surface  120   c  of the housing  120  relative to the second surface  120   b , and the decorative member  140  may have a shape the same as that of the third surface  120   c  of the housing  120 . The housing  120  includes an assembled portion  122 , and the decorative member  140  has an assembling hole  142  at a position corresponding to the assembled portion  122 . The decorative member  140  is connected to the assembled portion  122  through the assembling hole  142 , and the decorative member  140  is disposed between the housing  120  and the supporting component  170 , so that the decorative member  140  is fixedly assembled on the housing  120 . The decorative member  140  in this embodiment may be a leather part or a plastic part, improving texture of the case  100  in appearance and a sense of touch. 
     In addition, the decorative member  140  has a plurality of through holes  144 , and setting positions of the through holes  144  correspond to the setting positions of the second lock portions  120   d . The case  100  further includes lock attachments  150 , and the lock attachments  150  may further include a pad  160 . The lock attachments  150  may pass through the corresponding first lock portions  112   b , the second lock portions  120   d  and the through holes  144  and then be locked into the pad  160 , to fix the decorative member  140  and the housing  120  to the back cover  110 . In this embodiment, the pad  160  may be a screw cap manufactured of metal or plastic, and the lock attachments  150  may be screw bolts manufactured of metal or plastic. The lock attachments  150  are covered, making the case  100  more aesthetic in appearance. 
     In another embodiment, the lock attachments  150  may be directly manufactured into rivets, and the rivets pass through the through holes  144  and the second lock portions  120   d  and are embedded into the first lock portions  112   b.    
     The case  100  further includes a supporting component  170  assembled on the assembled portion  122 . In details, the supporting component  170  includes a ring-shaped support  172 , a damping round tube  176 , and an assembled cover  174 . The ring-shaped support  172  has a round shaft  172   a , the round shaft  172   a  is sleeved with the damping round tube  176 , and the assembled cover  174  has a cylindrical groove  174   b  and two fixed pins  174   a . The damping round tube  176  is sleeved with the cylindrical groove  174   b  of the assembled cover  174 , so that the ring-shaped support  172  rotates with respect to the assembled cover  174  by using the round shaft  172   a  as a rotating shaft in a second axial direction D 2 . The assembled cover  174  is rotatably disposed on the assembled portion  122  by the two fixed pins  174   a , so that the ring-shaped support  172  can rotate with respect to the assembled portion  122  by using the assembled cover  174  as a rotating shaft in a first axial direction D 1 . The first axial direction D 1  is perpendicular to the second axial direction D 2 . 
     In this embodiment, because of the damping round tube  176 , so that there is sufficient damping between the round shaft  172   a  of the ring-shaped support  172  and the assembled cover  174 . In addition, the ring-shaped support  172  can adjust a rotating angle in the first axial direction D 1  and a rotating angle in the second axial direction D 2 , so that the electronic device  200  can be supported in a horizontal plane at a particular angle relative to the ring-shaped support  172 . 
     In addition, to increase damping during rotation of the assembled cover  174  with respect to the assembled portion  122 , the assembled portion  122  includes a hollowed-out round groove  122   a , a second damping pad  122   b , and a metal pad  122   c . The metal pad  122   c  and the second damping pad  122   b  are disposed on one side of the hollowed-out round groove  122   a  opposite to the side on which the ring-shaped support  172  is disposed (that is, the metal pad  122   c  and the second damping pad  122   b  are disposed on the side of the second surface  120   b ). The second damping pad  122   b  is disposed between the hollowed-out round groove  122   a  and the metal pad  122   c , the second damping pad  122   b  is attached to the hollowed-out round groove  122   a , and the metal pad  122   c  is attached to the second damping pad  122   b . The supporting component  170  may further include a first damping pad  178 , and the first damping pad  178  is disposed and attached between the assembled cover  174  and the hollowed-out round groove  122   a  of the assembled portion  122  (that is, the first damping pad  178  is disposed on the side of the third surface  120   c ). In an assembly sequence, the round shaft  172   a  is sleeved with the damping round tube  176 , the damping round tube  176  is sleeved with using the cylindrical groove  174   b  of the assembled cover  174 , and the two fixed pins  174   a  of the assembled cover  174  are sequentially passed through the first damping pad  178 , the hollowed-out round groove  122   a , the second damping pad  122   b , and the metal pad  122   c , so that the two fixed pins  174   a  are punched and abut against one side of the metal pad  122   c  opposite to the side on which the second damping pad  122   b  is disposed, as shown in  FIG. 4 . 
     If the case  100  in this embodiment is to be used, the user first needs to place the electronic device  200  into the space formed by the cover  112  and the bending portion  114 . 
     When the user intends to operate the electronic device  200  in a horizontal plane, the ring-shaped support  172  may be wrenched, so that the ring-shaped support  172  rotates by using the round shaft  172   a  as the rotating shaft in the second axial direction D 2  and using the assembled cover  174  as the rotating shaft in the first axial direction D 1 . Therefore, the electronic device  200  can be supported in the horizontal plane at an appropriate viewing angle by changing an angle of the ring-shaped support  172  of the supporting component  170  of the case  100  relative to the housing  120 . 
     In this embodiment, the ring-shaped support  172  further includes a ring  172   b , and the round shaft  172   a  is formed in the ring  172   b . When the user operates the electronic device  200  by holding the electronic device  200 , the electronic device  200  may be placed in the palm, and in addition, one of the index finger, the middle finger, or the ring finger passes through the ring  172   b  of the ring-shaped support  172 , to further avoid slippery of the electronic device  200  from the hand. 
     Particularly, the round shaft  172   a  and the ring  172   b  of the ring-shaped support  172  in this embodiment are manufactured integrally, that is, the round shaft  172   a  is not assembled on the ring  172   b . Therefore, there is no need to worry about cases in which the round shaft  172   a  and the ring  172   b  are not tightly bound or the round shaft  172   a  falls out of the ring  172   b  after the ring-shaped support  172  rotates for many times. 
     In addition, to avoid falling of the card C from the accommodation space G, the case  100  may further include a cloth sheet  130  adhered to the second surface  120   b  of the housing  120 , to increase a contact area with the card C by using the cloth sheet  130  and avoid wearing between the card C and the housing  120 . Similarly, a cloth sheet may also be attached to the first surface  112   a  of the back cover  110 , to further increase the contact area with the card C by using two cloth sheets  130  and avoid falling of the card C from the accommodation space G, and protect the card C by two sides. 
     Certainly, the cloth sheet  130  may be attached to one side of the cover  112  opposite to the first surface  112   a , to avoid wearing between the electronic device  200  and the cover  112 . 
     Although the application is described in the embodiments above, the embodiments are not intended to limit the application. Any person of ordinary skill in the art may certainly make some modifications and improvements without departing from the spirit and the scope of the application, and the protection scope of the application is be subject to the protection scope of the claims attached.