US 11,980,694 B2
Sterilization apparatus for portable electronic device
Yi-Hung Chen, Taipei (TW); Chih-Wen Chiang, Taipei (TW); Yun-Tung Pai, Taipei (TW); Yen-Hua Hsiao, Taipei (TW); Yao-Kuang Su, Taipei (TW); Yi-Hsuan Lin, Taipei (TW); and Han-Sheng Siao, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC., Taipei (TW)
Filed by Yi-Hung Chen, Taipei (TW); Chih-Wen Chiang, Taipei (TW); Yun-Tung Pai, Taipei (TW); Yen-Hua Hsiao, Taipei (TW); Yao-Kuang Su, Taipei (TW); Yi-Hsuan Lin, Taipei (TW); and Han-Sheng Siao, Taipei (TW)
Filed on May 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/319,094.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/026,145, filed on May 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353793 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61L 2/08 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/084 (2013.01) [A61L 2/24 (2013.01); A61L 2202/121 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01); A61L 2202/20 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sterilization apparatus for a portable electronic device, comprising:
a cabinet; and
at least one carrier, wherein the carrier comprises:
a base slidably disposed on the cabinet and configured to carry at least one portable electronic device;
a plurality of first positioning elements disposed in parallel on the base;
a plurality of second positioning elements disposed in parallel on the base, wherein one of the second positioning elements is disposed between any two of the first positioning elements adjacent to each other, and any one of the first positioning elements is separated from any one of the second positioning elements by a positioning space;
a plurality of sterilization light sources disposed correspondingly to the second positioning elements; and
a plurality of pressure sensors disposed in parallel in the base, wherein the pressure sensors are respectively located in the positioning spaces, and one of the sterilization light sources is disposed between any two of the pressure sensors adjacent to each other,
wherein when the portable electronic device is put into any one of the positioning spaces, and the pressure sensor located in the positioning space senses a pressure from the portable electronic device, the sterilization light source adjacent to the pressure sensor switches to a preparatory starting status.