Patent ID: 7289320

Claim:
An electronic device with a waterproof and heat-dissipating structure, comprising: a housing having first and second openings; a spacing structure arranged within said housing for partitioning a space within said housing into an air channel and a receptacle, said air channel being in communication with said first and second openings, wherein said spacing structure comprising: a heat-dissipating plate; two flanges extended from an inner wall of said housing as to form a trench therebetween; and at least one coupling element for coupling said two flanges to said heat-dissipating plate, thereby sealing said trench defined between said two flanges and partitioning said space within said housing into said air channel and said receptacle; a printed circuit board disposed within said receptacle; and a fan disposed within said air channel for inhaling ambient air via said first opening and exhausting said air via said second opening so as to dissipate heat outside said electronic device.