Patents Examined by Nestro R. Ramirez
  • Patent number: 5831361
    Abstract: A structure for mounting a VIB motor and a button pedestal in a compact portable electronic equipment wherein a rear panel has a plurality of fitting pawls formed by partly bending the rear panel, and a button pedestal has recessed portions to fit with some fitting pawls of a plurality of fitting pawls, and wherein some fitting pawls so fit as to engage with the recessed portions formed in the button pedestal to mount the button pedestal, and the VIB motor is positioned and fixed between all or some other fitting pawls, of some fitting pawls that fix the button pedestal, of the plurality of fitting pawls formed on the rear panel, and fitting pawls, other than some fitting pawls that fix the button pedestal, of the plurality of fitting pawls, thereby mounting the VIB motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Satoru Yamamoto