Method of fabricating housing and housing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9582029-B2
Application number	US-201414322923-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 3, 2014
Priority date	Jul 3, 2014
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

A method of fabricating a housing includes: providing a metal member including a base plate and a sidewall, the base plate having an inner surface connected to the sidewall; providing a filler having a connecting surface and a first top surface; fixing the filler onto the metal member to make the connecting surface connect to the inner surface and the first top surface to respectively form first and second included angles larger than 90 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees; providing a film attached with an ink layer, and then performing a process of In-Mold-Roller Injection Molding to form a plastic on the sidewall and the filler, the ink layer attached to the plastic; and removing a part of the filler and a part of the plastic at the sidewall to form a machined surface connected to the inner surface and the upper appearance surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A housing applicable for an electronic device, the housing comprising:
a frame comprising a bottom surface, a machined surface, and an upper appearance surface, the machined surface connecting to the bottom surface to form a first machined angle at the junction of the machined surface and the bottom surface, the upper appearance surface being connected to the machined surface to form a second machined angle at the junction of the upper appearance surface and the machined surface, wherein the frame further comprises a metal member, a filler and a plastic, the metal member comprises a base plate and at least a sidewall, the base plate has an inner surface, the bottom surface is a part of the inner surface, the sidewall is connected to the inner surface and disposed at an edge of the inner surface, the filler is fixed onto the metal member, the plastic is formed on the metal member, at least one of a portion of the filler and a portion of the plastic forms the machined surface, and another portion of the plastic forms the upper appearance surface.

2. The housing of claim 1 , wherein the first machined angle and the second machined angle are larger than or equal to 90 degrees.

3. The housing of claim 1 , wherein the frame has a recess formed thereon.

4. The housing of claim 1 , wherein the machined surface is formed at the plastic or the filler, the plastic or the filler covers a portion of the inner surface, and a remaining portion of the inner surface is the bottom surface.

5. The housing of claim 1 , wherein a gap is formed between the filler and the sidewall, and the gap is filled with the plastic.

6. The housing of claim 1 , wherein the machined surface is formed at the plastic and the filler, the plastic and the filler cover a portion of the inner surface, and a remaining portion of the inner surface is the bottom surface.

7. The housing of claim 1 , wherein the filler is disposed at a side of the sidewall that is close to the inner surface.

8. The housing of claim 1 , wherein the base plate has a first engaging structure, the filler comprises a second engaging structure, and the first engaging structure and the second engaging structure are engaged with each other.

9. The housing of claim 1 , wherein the machined surface has a step to form a stepped structure.

10. The housing of claim 1 , wherein an ink layer on the upper appearance surface comprises ink paint.

Assignees

• Htc Corp

Inventors

• Hsu Hsi-Hsing
• Lin Che-Kai
• Chang Shan-Chin
• Chen Chih-Wei
• Shui Hung-Chi

Classifications

• B29C45/14467 Primary

  Joining articles or parts of a single article (B29C45/14377, B29C45/14385, B29C45/14581, B29C45/14614 and B29C45/006 take precedence) · CPC title

• B29L2031/3406

  Components, e.g. resistors · CPC title

• B29L2031/3481

  Housings or casings incorporating or embedding electric or electronic elements · CPC title

• G06F1/16 Primary

  Constructional details or arrangements · CPC title

• B29C45/14336

  Coating a portion of the article, e.g. the edge of the article (B29C45/14573 and B29C45/14598 take precedence) · CPC title