Method for manufacturing electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10863636-B2
Application number	US-201816173068-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2018
Priority date	Feb 14, 2018
Publication date	Dec 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020

Abstract

A method for manufacturing an electronic device is disclosed. In the method, a first shell and a second shell are formed. The first shell and the second shell are assembled with each other to form a casing for receiving an electronic module. The two opposite ends of the casing respectively have a first opening and a second opening. The first opening and the second opening are aligned with each other along an extending direction. A seam is located at an outer surface of the casing and between the first shell and the second shell. A paint level is formed on the outer surface of the casing to cover the seam. The casing is moved toward a water transferring film along the extending direction which is vertical to the water transferring film for connecting the water transferring film with the paint level.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing an electronic device, comprising:
forming a first shell and a second shell;
assembling the first shell and the second shell with each other to form a casing for receiving an electronic module, two opposite ends of the casing respectively having a first opening and a second opening, the first opening and the second opening aligned with each other along an extending direction, a seam located at an outer surface of the casing and between the first shell and the second shell;
forming a paint level on the outer surface of the casing to cover the seam; and
moving the casing toward a water transferring film along the extending direction which is vertical to the water transferring film for connecting the water transferring film with the paint level.

2. The method in claim 1 , wherein forming the first shell and the second shell comprises: forming the first and second shells made of transparent plastic via injection molding.

3. The method in claim 2 , wherein forming the first shell and the second shell further comprises: adding a light diffusion agent to the transparent plastic before forming the first shell and the second shell.

4. The method in claim 1 , wherein assembling the first shell and the second shell with each other comprises: assembling the first shell and second shell with each other via adhesives.

5. The method in claim 1 , further comprising grinding the outer surface of the casing after forming the casing and before forming the paint level on the outer surface of the casing.

6. The method in claim 1 , wherein forming the paint level comprises: painting a layer of black-out paint and a layer of primer paint on the outer surface of the casing sequentially.

7. The method in claim 6 , further comprising painting a decorative paint around the first opening and the second opening after forming the paint level on the casing and before moving the casing toward the water transferring film, wherein a color of the decorative paint is deeper than a color of the layer of primer paint.

8. The method in claim 1 , wherein forming the paint level comprises: painting a layer of primer paint on the outer surface of the casing.

9. The method in claim 8 , further comprising painting a decorative paint around the first opening and the second opening after forming the paint level on the casing and before moving the casing toward the water transferring film, wherein a color of the decorative paint is deeper than a color of the layer of primer paint.

10. The method in claim 1 , further comprising removing a part of the paint level to uncover a region of the casing after forming the paint level on the casing and before moving the casing toward the water transferring film.

11. The method in claim 10 , wherein the electronic module has a light source, and assembling the first shell and the second shell with each other to form the casing for receiving the electronic module comprises: mounting the light source to face the region of the casing.

12. The method in claim 10 , wherein removing the part of the paint level comprises: removing the part of the paint level via lasers.

13. The method in claim 1 , wherein the electronic module has a channel, one end of the channel is aligned with the first opening, and the other end of the channel is aligned with the second opening.

14. The method in claim 1 , further comprising forming a protection layer on the water transferring film after connecting the water transferring film with the paint level.

15. The method in claim 1 , further comprising drying the water transferring film after connecting the water transferring film with the paint level.

Assignees

• Inventec Pudong Tech Corp
• Inventec Corp

Inventors

• Lin Chun-Chi
• Chen Ying-Shan
• Chen I-Fang

Classifications

• B05D1/20

  substances to be applied floating on a fluid · CPC title

• H05K5/0243 Primary

  for decorative purposes · CPC title

• B05D5/061

  Special surface effect · CPC title

• B05D7/54

  No clear coat specified · CPC title

• B44C5/0446

  bearing graphical information · CPC title