Method of manufacturing a portable electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10369730-B2
Application number	US-201715422181-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2017
Priority date	Dec 17, 2012
Publication date	Aug 6, 2019
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019

Abstract

Portable electronic device capable of processing information, said portable electronic device including a body arranged to be capable of being secured to the user, and at least one electronic assembly for processing information, the body of the portable electronic device being formed by a layer of plastic material which gives the portable electronic device a shape and thickness, characterized in that the portable electronic device includes a first impermeable plastic film which serves as a coating for the layer of plastic material, and a second impermeable plastic film secured to the periphery of the first impermeable plastic film, and in that the electronic assembly for processing information is arranged between the first and second impermeable plastic films.
The invention also concerns a method of manufacturing a portable electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing a portable electronic device capable of processing information, the portable electronic device including a body arranged to be securable to a user and at least one electronic assembly for processing information, wherein the body of the portable electronic assembly is formed of a layer of plastic material which gives the portable electronic device a shape and thickness, the method comprising:
overmoulding the layer of plastic material, which forms the body of the portable electronic device, on an external face of a first impermeable plastic film;
mounting the electronic assembly for processing information on an inner face side of the first impermeable plastic film; and
securing a second impermeable plastic film to the first impermeable plastic film, so as to delimit, between the first and second impermeable plastic films, an impermeable cavity which houses the electronic assembly for processing information.

2. The method of manufacturing a portable electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising, prior to the moulding of the plastic material which forms the body of the portable electronic device, thermoforming the first impermeable plastic film to give the first impermeable plastic film the desired contour.

3. The method of manufacturing a portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic assembly, which is housed in the impermeable cavity, includes a printed circuit board.

4. The method of manufacturing a portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic assembly, which is housed in the impermeable cavity, includes integrated and discrete electronic components mounted on a printed circuit board.

5. The method of manufacturing a portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic assembly, which is housed in the impermeable cavity, includes a display device.

6. The method of manufacturing a portable electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the display device is covered by the second impermeable plastic film.

7. The method of manufacturing a portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the securing secures the second impermeable plastic film to a periphery of the first impermeable plastic film.

Assignees

• Swatch Group Res & Dev Ltd

Inventors

• Heck Pascal
• Nicolas Cedric

Classifications

• B29K2995/0067

  non-permeable · CPC title

• G04B37/225

  Non-metallic cases · CPC title

• B29C65/02

  by heating, with or without pressure · CPC title

• B29K2105/256

  Sheets, plates, blanks or films · CPC title

• B29C66/41

  Joining substantially flat articles (B29C66/47 and subgroups take precedence); Making flat seams in tubular or hollow articles (B29C66/51 and subgroups take precedence) · CPC title