Electronics housing and manufacturing method of electronics housing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9844160-B2
Application number	US-201514864739-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2015
Priority date	Sep 24, 2015
Publication date	Dec 12, 2017
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017

Abstract

An electronics housing includes a base body and a metal plating layer formed on a surface of the base body. The base body includes an upper cover, a lower cover and a metal ring. The upper cover and the lower cover are integrally fused by virtue of an ultra high frequency technology, and the metal ring is embedded between the upper cover and the lower cover. A nickel-deposited layer of the metal plating layer is electrolessly deposited on the surface of the base body. A copper layer of the metal plating layer is plated on the nickel-deposited layer. A nano-nickel layer of the metal plating layer is plated on the copper layer. A surface decoration layer of the metal plating layer is plated on the nano-nickel layer. The base body together with the metal plating layer defines at least one assembling hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronics housing, comprising:
a base body including an upper cover, a lower cover and a metal ring, the upper cover and the lower cover being integrally fused by virtue of an ultra high frequency technology, and the metal ring being embedded between the upper cover and the lower cover; and
a metal plating layer formed on a surface of the base body, the metal plating layer including a nickel-deposited layer formed on the surface of the base body, a copper layer formed on a surface of the nickel-deposited layer, a nano-nickel layer formed on a surface of the copper layer, and a surface decoration layer formed on a surface of the nano-nickel layer.

2. The electronics housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the nickel-deposited layer is formed on the surface of the base body by an electroless deposition way for metalizing the base body.

3. The electronics housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the copper layer is plated on the surface of the nickel-deposited layer.

4. The electronics housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the nano-nickel layer is plated on the surface of the copper layer, the nano-nickel layer is formed by nano-nickel particles, and each of the nano-nickel particles has a nanoscale diameter.

5. The electronics housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the surface decoration layer is plated on the surface of the nano-nickel layer, the surface decoration layer is a white chromium layer, a black chromium layer, a gold-plated layer, a palladium-plated layer, a nickel-plated layer or a ternary alloy layer, the ternary alloy is an alloy of copper, tin and zinc.

6. The electronics housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a material of the base body is acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene plastic which is capable of being plated.

7. The electronics housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal ring is a closed copper ring.

8. The electronics housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a hardness of a surface of the metal plating layer is 2H level.

9. The electronics housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the metal plating layer is 25 μm.

10. The electronics housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the upper cover defines a first receiving space penetrating through a middle of a bottom of the upper cover, the lower cover defines a second receiving space penetrating through a middle of a top of the lower cover, the upper cover is covered on the lower cover, the first receiving space is corresponding to the second receiving space to form an accommodating space.

11. The electronics housing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electronics housing is applied to an electronic device, the electronic device has at least a button, the base body together with the metal plating layer defines at least one assembling hole, the button is disposed in the assembling hole.

Assignees

• Cheng Uei Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee James

Classifications

• H01B1/02

  mainly consisting of metals or alloys · CPC title

• H05K5/066 Primary

  sealed by fusion of the joining parts without bringing material; sealed by brazing · CPC title

• H01B3/442

  from aromatic vinyl compounds · CPC title

• H01B3/441

  from alkenes · CPC title

• H05K5/0243

  for decorative purposes · CPC title