Housing having housing parts bondable together and method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10375846-B2
Application number	US-201715723376-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2017
Priority date	Jan 13, 2017
Publication date	Aug 6, 2019
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019

Abstract

A housing includes a first surrounding wall connected around a base wall. The first surrounding wall has a first joint portion opposite to the base wall, a first outer surface and a first inner surface. The first outer and inner surfaces extend from the first joint portion toward the base wall. The first joint portion is stepped and has a first projecting portion adjoining the first outer surface, and a first shoulder portion indented from the first projecting portion and proximal to the first inner surface. The first shoulder portion has a plurality of parallel spaced-apart ribs protruding therefrom in a same direction as the first projecting portion. Each of the ribs has a tip that does not extend beyond a top end of the first projecting portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A housing, comprising:
a first housing part including:
a first base wall, and
a first surrounding wall connected around the first base wall, and having a first joint portion configured for being processed by melt bonding, a first outer surface and a first inner surface, the first joint portion being opposite to the base wall, the first outer and inner surfaces extending from the first joint portion toward the base wall, the first joint portion being stepped and having a first projecting portion adjoining the first outer surface, and a first shoulder portion indented from the first projecting portion and proximal to the first inner surface, the first shoulder portion having a plurality of parallel ribs protruding from a longitudinally extended section thereof, the ribs being spaced-apart longitudinally along the longitudinally extended section of the first shoulder portion to each extend in a transverse direction across the longitudinally extended section, each of the ribs having a tip that does not extend beyond a top end of the first projecting portion.

2. The housing as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a second housing part for coupling with the first housing part, the second housing part including a second base wall and a second surrounding wall connected around the second base wall, the second surrounding wall having a second joint portion for joining with the first joint portion, a second outer surface and a second inner surface, the second joint portion being opposite to the second base wall, the second outer and inner surfaces extending from the second joint portion toward the second base wall, the second joint portion being stepped and having a second projecting portion adjoining the second inner surface, and a second shoulder portion indented from the second projecting portion and adjoining the second outer surface, the first and second joint portions being interlockable with each other to place the second shoulder portion in contact with the first projecting portion and to place the second projecting portion in contact with the ribs.

3. The housing as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the ribs are parallel and spaced apart from each other and are transverse to the first inner surface adjacent the longitudinally extended section of the first shoulder portion.

4. The housing as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each of the ribs is tapered in a direction away from a surface of the first shoulder portion.

5. The housing as claimed in claim 4 , wherein each of the ribs is a triangular prism.

6. The housing as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the ribs are meltable to form a bonding layer between the first shoulder portion and the second projecting portion.

7. The housing as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the ribs are meltable when being subjected to ultrasonic welding.

8. The housing as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first joint portion further has an inner projecting portion transversely extending between the first shoulder portion and the first inner surface, the ribs being formed between the first projecting portion and the inner projecting portion, the tip of each of the ribs being not extending beyond a top end of the inner projection portion.

9. The housing as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first surrounding wall and the first joint portion are four-sided, the ribs being disposed on at least two sides of the first joint portion.

10. The housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ribs are parallel and spaced apart from each other and are transverse to the first inner surface adjacent the longitudinally extended section of the first shoulder portion.

11. The housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the ribs is tapered in a direction away from a surface of the first shoulder portion.

12. The housing as claimed in claim 11 , wherein each of the ribs is a triangular prism.

13. The housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first joint portion further has an inner projecting portion projecting between the first shoulder portion and the first inner surface, the ribs being formed between the first projecting portion and the inner projecting portion, the tip of each of the ribs being not extending beyond a top end of the inner projection portion.

14. The housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first surrounding wall and the first joint portion are four-sided, the ribs being disposed on at least two sides of the first joint portion.

15. A method for manufacturing a housing, comprising:
providing a first housing part that includes:
a first base wall, and
a first surrounding wall connected around the first base wall, and having a first joint portion, a first outer surface and a first inner surface, the first joint portion being opposite to the base wall, the first outer and inner surfaces extending from the first joint portion toward the base wall, the first joint portion being stepped and having a first projecting portion adjoining the first outer surface, and a first shoulder portion proximal to the first inner surface and indented from the first projecting portion, the first shoulder portion having a plurality of parallel ribs protruding from a longitudinally extended section thereof, the ribs being spaced-apart longitudinally along the longitudinally extended section of the first shoulder portion to each extend in a transverse direction across the longitudinally extended section, each of the rib having a tip that does not extend beyond a top end of the first projecting portion;

providing a second housing part that includes a second base wall, a second surrounding wall connected around the second base wall, the second surrounding wall having a second joint portion, a second outer surface and a second inner surface, the second joint portion being opposite to the second base wall, the second outer and inner surfaces extending from the second joint portion toward the second base wall, the second joint portion being stepped and having a second projecting portion adjoining the second inner surface, and a second shoulder portion indented from the second projecting portion and adjoining the second outer surface; and
bring together joining the first and second housing parts, which includes interlocking the first joint portion with the second joint portion such that the second shoulder portion is placed in contact with the first projecting portion and the second projecting portion is placed in contact with the ribs.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the joining of the first and second housing parts further includes melt-bonding the first joint portion to the second joint portion so that the ribs are formed into a bonding layer between the second projecting portion and the first shoulder portion.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the melt-bonding is carried out by ultrasonic welding.

Assignees

• Lite On Electronics Guangzhou
• Lite On Tech Corp

Inventors

• I Ya-Tung
• Chu Chien-Hua

Classifications

• B23K2101/045

  Hollow panels · CPC title

• B23K20/10

  making use of vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic welding · CPC title

• B29C66/8322

  Joining or pressing tools reciprocating along one axis · CPC title

• B29C66/30223

  said melt initiators being rib-like · CPC title

• B29C66/7392

  characterised by the material of at least one of the parts being a thermoplastic · CPC title