US 11,728,628 B2
Shutter mechanism for an electronic device
Aaron T. Emigh, Incline Village, NV (US); and Steven Stanek, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Brilliant Home Technology, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Brilliant Home Technology, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on May 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/324,567.
Application 17/324,567 is a division of application No. 16/903,838, filed on Jun. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,211,777.
Application 16/903,838 is a continuation of application No. 16/517,553, filed on Jul. 20, 2019, granted, now 10,749,319, issued on Aug. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/701,418, filed on Jul. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/744,431, filed on Oct. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0273419 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. H02G 3/14 (2006.01); H02B 1/46 (2006.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01); F16B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02B 1/46 (2013.01) [F16B 5/0004 (2013.01); F16B 5/0692 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shutter mechanism for a camera of an electronic device, comprising:
a slider mechanism that enables the shutter mechanism to operate between an open state in which a lens of the camera is exposed and a closed state that blocks the lens of the camera;
wherein the slider mechanism comprises a pair of slider appendages that operate the shutter mechanism between the open state and the closed state, wherein each of the pair of slider appendages slide along a different horizontal axis than a horizontal axis corresponding to the lens of the camera
wherein the slider mechanism comprises a set of sliding dovetails and a set of slider pins that secure the slider mechanism to a main portion of the shutter mechanism; and
wherein the slider mechanism comprises a set of locking holes that enables the slider mechanism to lock to a corresponding set of tacking pins of the main portion in both the open and closed states.