Housing for a portable electronic device

US9119293B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9119293-B2
Application numberUS-201013635548-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 18, 2010
Priority dateMar 18, 2010
Publication dateAug 25, 2015
Grant dateAug 25, 2015

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A housing for a portable electronic device including a first transparent curved portion configured to curve from a front face of the housing to a first side face of the housing; a second transparent curved portion configured to curve from the front face of the housing to a second side face of the housing; a third transparent curved portion configured to curve from a rear face of the housing to the first side face of the housing; and a fourth transparent curved portion configured to curve from the rear face of the housing to the second side face of the housing.

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We claim: 1. A housing for a portable electronic device comprising: a first transparent half shell having a first curved portion, a front wall and a second curved portion, wherein an outer surface of the front wall provides a front face, the first curved portion is configured to curve from the front face of the housing to a first side face of the housing, and the second curved portion is configured to curve from the front face to a second side face of the housing; a second trans…

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What does patent US9119293B2 cover?
A housing for a portable electronic device including a first transparent curved portion configured to curve from a front face of the housing to a first side face of the housing; a second transparent curved portion configured to curve from the front face of the housing to a second side face of the housing; a third transparent curved portion configured to curve from a rear face of the housing to …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Mycroft Damian, Wong Chee Yee, Lihou Robert John, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04M1/0249. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 25 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).