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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
May. 11, 2010
Takahiro Hayashi, Fujisawa, JP;
Takahiro Hayashi, Fujisawa, JP;
Nippon Mektron, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A waterproof gasket for a small size electronic appliance of the invention has straight portions (A) and corner portions (B) alternately in a peripheral direction, a main seal portion () and a seat seal portion () brought into close contact with a bottom surface of a gasket retention groove are formed, a shoulder portion () protruding in a width direction between said main seal portion () and the seat seal portion () so as to be brought into close contact with an inner side surface of a groove shoulder of said gasket retention groove is formed in said straight portion (A), and a recession portion () retracting in a width direction relatively from said shoulder portion () between said main seal portion () and the seat seal portion () is formed in said corner portion (B). Accordingly, a partial compression reaction force increase is prevented in the corner portion.