Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9872407-B2
Application number	US-201515313113-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2015
Priority date	Jul 29, 2014
Publication date	Jan 16, 2018
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018

Abstract

Provided is an electronic device including a cover made of a material which is transparent to at least UV, and black printing which is impervious to UV and is applied on a peripheral edge portion of the cover. A cover-bonding portion has an overflow prevention recess into which a UV-curing adhesive applied between the cover-bonding portion and the cover flows. Emitted UV is reflected by a surface of the overflow prevention recess and caused to reach space which is located inward relative to the black printing and between a backside of the peripheral edge portion of the cover and the cover-bonding portion, thereby curing the UV-curing adhesive.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising: a display unit; a cover which covers the display unit; and a cabinet having a cover-bonding portion to which the cover is bonded, wherein
a peripheral edge portion of the cover is provided with a light-shielding treatment which is little transparent to or impervious to UV or visible light,
the cover-bonding portion has a recess into which a photo-curable adhesive provided between the cover-bonding portion and the peripheral edge portion of the cover flows, and
the electronic device is configured such that emitted UV or visible light is reflected by a surface of the recess and caused to reach space which is located inward relative to the light-shielding treatment and which is between a backside of the peripheral edge portion of the cover and a surface of the cover-bonding portion.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the recess extends not only along the backside of the peripheral edge portion of the cover, but also to a position corresponding to a side surface of the cover.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the light-shielding treatment is provided such that a non-application region where the light-shielding treatment is absent is left between the light-shielding treatment and a side surface of the peripheral edge portion of the cover.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
at least a surface of the recess is provided with a treatment for reflecting UV or visible light.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the recess has such a size that prevents the photo-curable adhesive from overflowing through a gap between the cabinet and the cover when the photo-curable adhesive is applied.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the cover has a protrusion protruding from the peripheral edge portion of the cover toward the cover-bonding portion, and
the electronic device is configured such that UV or visible light which has been refracted or reflected by passing through an inside of the protrusion cures the photo-curable adhesive.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein
a plurality of ribs configured to limit a depth to which the protrusion is pushed toward the recess are formed on the surface of the recess, and
the ribs are arranged so as to intersect with a longitudinal direction of the recess.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein
a contact surface is formed on a peripheral edge portion of the recess such that a predetermined amount of the photo-curable adhesive is held in the recess when the cover comes into contact with the contact surface.

9. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein
a contact surface is formed on a peripheral edge portion of the recess such that a predetermined amount of the photo-curable adhesive is held in the recess when the cover comes into contact with the contact surface.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Inobe Hiroyuki
• Tashiro Hiroshi

Classifications

• H10W76/63

  characterised by their shape or disposition, e.g. between cap and walls of a container · CPC title

• G06F1/1637 Primary

  Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing · CPC title

• G06F1/1626

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title

• H05K5/0017

  with operator interface units · CPC title

• H05K5/03 Primary

  Covers · CPC title