Abstract:
An electronic device such as a cover for a portable device or other electronic equipment may have circuitry mounted in a housing. The housing may be formed from layers of material such as fabric and polymer layers. The circuitry of the electronic device may include components mounted on a printed circuit. The components may include movable components such as keys in a keyboard. A fabric layer may overlap the keys. Border regions of the fabric layer that surround each key may be characterized by a stiffness. To ensure that the keys or other movable components in the device exhibit satisfactory stiffness levels, the keys can be tested and selected border regions or other fabric layer portions may be laser ablated or otherwise processed to locally reduce fabric layer stiffness.
Abstract:
Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies that can be substantially flush with the external surfaces of the housings of the devices, despite variations in their manufacture. The ejectable component assemblies may include connectors coupled to circuit boards of the devices, and trays that can be loaded with removable modules, inserted through openings in the housings of the devices, and into the connectors for functionally aligning the removable modules with the circuit boards. The ejectable component assemblies may also include ejectors coupled to the housings of the devices for ejecting the trays from the connectors and, thus, from the devices themselves.
Abstract:
Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies that can be substantially flush with the external surfaces of the housings of the devices, despite variations in their manufacture. The ejectable component assemblies may include connectors coupled to circuit boards of the devices, and trays that can be loaded with removable modules, inserted through openings in the housings of the devices, and into the connectors for functionally aligning the removable modules with the circuit boards. The ejectable component assemblies may also include ejectors coupled to the housings of the devices for ejecting the trays from the connectors and, thus, from the devices themselves.
Abstract:
An electronic device (10) comprising: a housing (18). The housing (18) comprising a sidewall defining an opening (19) and a housing hole (58), and a tray ejector (50). There is also a removable tray (20) receivable in the opening (19) and comprising a body (22) configured to accommodate an electrical card within a thickness of the body; and an external end (21) having a tray hole (28) extending through the external end (21). Wherein, when the body (22) is fully inserted into the opening (19) the electrical card communicates with a circuit board of the electronic device and the housing hole (58) is aligned with the tray hole (28) to receive an instrument for actuating the tray ejector (50).
Abstract:
An electronic device (10) comprising: a housing (18); and a connector (40) at least partially within the housing (18) that receives a tray (20) when a first end of the tray (20) is inserted in a first direction (39) through an opening (19) in the housing (18). The connector (40) comprises a retainer (46) that exerts a first retaining force on the tray (20) when the connector (40) receives the tray (20); the first retaining force allows movement of the tray (20) in the first direction (39); and the first retaining force prohibits movement of the tray (20) in a second direction (59) opposite to the first direction (39).