| US 7,513,134 B2 | ||
| Case for remote control key | ||
| Masashi Hashimoto, Aichi (Japan); Tokio Shimura, Kariya (Japan); and Mitsuru Nakagawa, Kariya (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Aichi (Japan); and Denso Corporation, Aichi-Ken (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 17, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/958,166. | ||
| Application 11/958166 is a division of application No. 11/096243, filed on Mar. 31, 2005, granted, now 7,310,980. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-110193 (JP), filed on Apr. 02, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0105015 A1, May 08, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A44B 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 70—456R [70/408; 70/252; 70/63; 70/57.1] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A case for a portable device, in which the portable device includes a communication apparatus for communicating with a
drive controller that electronically locks and unlocks a lock device to remotely control the lock device, the case comprising:
a case body including a component compartment, for accommodating the communication apparatus, and a socket, having an opening,
the case body being formed by fastening a first case shell and a second case shell, which have a snap-fit structure, to each
other, the first case shell having an outer projection formed on an outer surface of the first case shell and the second case
shell having an outer projection formed on an outer surface of the second case shell, wherein when the first and second case
shells are fastened to each other, the outer projections of the first and second case shells are integrated and form an engagement
projection near the opening of the socket and extending across a boundary between the first and second case shells;
an attachment detachably attached to the case body, the attachment being partially received in the socket; and
a clamp portion arranged on the attachment for clamping the engagement projection that is formed by integrating the outer
projections of the first and second case shells, the clamp portion including a groove with which the engagement projection
is engaged when the attachment is received in the socket.
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