Method for manufacturing rear cover, rear cover and electronic device having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11233313-B2
Application number	US-201816032891-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2018
Priority date	Jul 21, 2017
Publication date	Jan 25, 2022
Grant date	Jan 25, 2022

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a rear cover is provided. A housing is provided. The housing has a metal layer and a plastic layer. The metal layer has a first surface and a second surface. The plastic layer is formed on the first surface. A slot is defined in the metal layer. The slot passes through the first surface and the second surface of the metal layer. An unshielded portion is formed in the slot. A rear cover and an electronic device having the rear cover are also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rear cover, comprising,
a housing having a metal layer and a plastic layer; the metal layer having a first surface and a second surface, the plastic layer being formed on the first surface; wherein the metal layer defines a slot therein, and the slot passes through the first surface and the second surface of the metal layer; wherein the housing comprises a flat portion and a sidewall extending from a periphery of the flat portion, the sidewall comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and the second portion are coupled to opposite sides of the flat portion, and the slot extends from the first portion to the second portion; and
an unshielded portion, disposed in the slot.

2. The rear cover as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first surface is a nanocrystallized surface.

3. The rear cover as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second surface is an anode oxidized surface.

4. The rear cover as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the unshielded portion is made of a material different from the plastic layer.

5. The rear cover as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the slot extends into the plastic layer, the unshielded portion is partially embedded in the plastic layer.

6. The rear cover as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the unshielded portion is associated with a color uniformity of the second surface.

7. The rear cover as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the slot extends along a contour of the housing, the contour of the housing is a rounded rectangle, and the slot substantially has a C-shape.

8. The rear cover as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the housing defines at least one through hole therein, wherein the at least one through hole is configured to accommodate components of an electronic device having the rear cover.

9. The rear cover as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a depth of the slot is greater than a thickness of the metal layer, and the depth of the slot is less than a sum of the thickness of the metal layer and a thickness of the plastic layer.

10. The rear cover as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the metal layer is divided into two parts by the slot, and the two parts of the metal layer are coupled to each other by the plastic layer and the unshielded portion.

11. The rear cover as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a depth of the slot is equal to a sum of a thickness of the metal layer and a thickness of the plastic layer.

12. The rear cover as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the slot extends along a contour of the housing and has a first extending portion, a second extending portion, and a third extending portion; the second extending portion and the third extending portion are coupled to two opposite ends of the first extending portion; and the first extending portion, the second extending portion, and the third extending portion cooperatively form a C-shaped structure of the slot.

13. The rear cover as claimed in claim 12 , an end of the second extending portion starts at the first portion, the second extending portion extends along the first portion to the flat portion, and another end of the second extending portion is coupled to and communicates with the first extending portion; an end of the third extending portion starts at the second portion, the third extending portion extends along the second portion to the flat portion, and another end of the third extending portion is coupled to and communicates with the first extending portion.

14. A rear cover, comprising,
a housing having a metal layer and a plastic layer; the metal layer having a first surface and a second surface, the plastic layer being formed on the first surface; wherein the metal layer defines a slot therein, and the slot passes through the first surface and the second surface of the metal layer; and
an unshielded portion being disposed in the slot, wherein the unshielded portion is associated with a color uniformity of the second surface.

15. The rear cover as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the slot extends into the plastic layer, the unshielded portion is partially embedded in the plastic layer, and the unshielded portion is made of a material different from the plastic layer.

16. The rear cover as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the slot extends along a contour of the housing and has a first extending portion, a second extending portion, and a third extending portion; the second extending portion and the third extending portion are coupled to two opposite ends of the first extending portion; and the first extending portion, the second extending portion, and the third extending portion cooperatively form a C-shaped structure of the slot.

17. A rear cover, comprising,
a housing having a metal layer and a plastic layer; the metal layer having a first surface and a second surface, the plastic layer being formed on the first surface; wherein the metal layer defines a slot therein, and the slot passes through the first surface and the second surface of the metal layer;
wherein the housing defines at least one through hole therein, wherein the at least one through hole is configured to accommodate components of an electronic device; and
an unshielded portion, disposed in the slot.

18. The rear cover as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the slot extends into the plastic layer, and the unshielded portion is partially embedded in the plastic layer and associated with a color uniformity of the second surface.

19. The rear cover as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the slot extends along a contour of the housing and has a first extending portion, a second extending portion, and a third extending portion; the second extending portion and the third extending portion are coupled to two opposite ends of the first extending portion; the second extending portion is curved relative to the first extending portion; and the third extending portion is curved relative to the first extending portion.

20. The rear cover as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the first extending portion, the second extending portion, and the third extending portion cooperatively form a C-shaped structure of the slot.

Assignees

• Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Xiaobing

Classifications

• B29C70/745 Primary

  Filling cavities in the preformed part (for joining B29C70/84) · CPC title

• B29K2705/00

  Use of metals, their alloys or their compounds, for preformed parts, e.g. for inserts · CPC title

• B29C2045/1693

  shaping the first molding material before injecting the second molding material, e.g. by cutting, folding · CPC title

• H01Q1/22

  by structural association with other equipment or articles · CPC title

• B29L2009/003

  comprising a metal layer · CPC title