US 12,432,868 B2
Housing with internal locking arrangement
Jasmin Ritter, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/133,122.
Application 18/133,122 is a continuation of application No. 17/291,537, granted, now 11,627,669, previously published as PCT/EP2019/079319, filed on Oct. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18204297 (EP), filed on Nov. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0247775 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05K 5/15 (2025.01)
CPC H05K 5/15 (2025.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing comprising:
a first housing part;
a second housing part; and
an internal locking arrangement for engaging said first housing part and second housing part,
wherein said internal locking arrangement comprises:
a first locking element having a first engaging portion (32) arranged moveably along an axis on an inner wall of the first housing part;
a second locking element having a second engaging portion (42) arranged on the inner wall of the first housing part; and
a third locking element having a third engaging portion (52) arranged on an inner wall of the second housing part;
wherein said first engaging portion is configured to be moveable between an engaged state, in which the third engaging portion is locked-in between the first engaging portion and second engaging portion in an enclosed space, which is formed by the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion, and a disengaged state, in which the third engaging portion is not locked-in,
wherein the first engaging portion, in the engaged state, covers a surface of the third engaging portion and axially extends into an opening in the second engaging portion, and
wherein the first engaging portion, in the disengaged state, exposes the surface of the third engaging portion and is axially spaced from the opening in the second engaging portion.