# US 10,375,846 B2 · Housing having housing parts bondable together and method of manufacturing the same

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- Number: US 10,375,846 B2
- Document ID: US10375846B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/723,376
- Filed: 2017-10-03
- Published: 2018-07-19
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2017-01-13
- Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited; Lite-On Technology Corporation
- Applicants: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited; Lite-On Technology Corp.
- Inventors: Ya-Tung I; Chien-Hua Chu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10375846B2

## CPC

- H05K 5/0217: {Mechanical details of casings (covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03)}
- B23K 20/10: making use of vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic welding
- B29C 65/08: using ultrasonic vibrations {(non-plastics element to plastics elements B29C65/645)}
- B29C 66/1222: {comprising at least a lapped joint-segment}
- B29C 66/1224: {comprising at least a butt joint-segment}
- B29C 66/12445: {having the tongue on the side}
- B29C 66/12469: {being asymmetric}
- B29C 66/1282: {comprising at least one overlap joint-segment}
- B29C 66/12841: {comprising at least two butt joint-segments}
- B29C 66/30221: {said melt initiators being point-like}
- B29C 66/30223: {said melt initiators being rib-like}
- B29C 66/322: {Providing cavities in the joined article to collect the burr}
- B29C 66/54: {Joining several hollow-preforms, e.g. half-shells, to form hollow articles, e.g. for making balls, containers; Joining several hollow-preforms, e.g. half-cylinders, to form tubular articles}
- B29C 66/7392: {characterised by the material of at least one of the parts being a thermoplastic}
- H05K 5/066: {sealed by fusion of the joining parts without bringing material; sealed by brazing}
- B23K 2101/045: {Hollow panels}
- B23K 2101/36: Electric or electronic devices
- B29C 66/8322: {Joining or pressing tools reciprocating along one axis}
- B29L 2031/3481: {Housings or casings incorporating or embedding electric or electronic elements}
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- B23K: SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00)
- B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES

## Abstract

A housing includes a first surrounding wall connected around a base wall. The first surrounding wall has a first joint portion opposite to the base wall, a first outer surface and a first inner surface. The first outer and inner surfaces extend from the first joint portion toward the base wall. The first joint portion is stepped and has a first projecting portion adjoining the first outer surface, and a first shoulder portion indented from the first projecting portion and proximal to the first inner surface. The first shoulder portion has a plurality of parallel spaced-apart ribs protruding therefrom in a same direction as the first projecting portion. Each of the ribs has a tip that does not extend beyond a top end of the first projecting portion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A housing, comprising:
a first housing part including:
a first base wall, and
a first surrounding wall connected around the first base wall, and having a first joint portion configured for being processed by melt bonding, a first outer surface and a first inner surface, the first joint portion being opposite to the base wall, the first outer and inner surfaces extending from the first joint portion toward the base wall, the first joint portion being stepped and having a first projecting portion adjoining the first outer surface, and a first shoulder portion indented from the first projecting portion and proximal to the first inner surface, the first shoulder portion having a plurality of parallel ribs protruding from a longitudinally extended section thereof, the ribs being spaced-apart longitudinally along the longitudinally extended section of the first shoulder portion to each extend in a transverse direction across the longitudinally extended section, each of the ribs having a tip that does not extend beyond a top end of the first projecting portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The housing as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a second housing part for coupling with the first housing part, the second housing part including a second base wall and a second surrounding wall connected around the second base wall, the second surrounding wall having a second joint portion for joining with the first joint portion, a second outer surface and a second inner surface, the second joint portion being opposite to the second base wall, the second outer and inner surfaces extending from the second joint portion toward the second base wall, the second joint portion being stepped and having a second projecting portion adjoining the second inner surface, and a second shoulder portion indented from the second projecting portion and adjoining the second outer surface, the first and second joint portions being interlockable with each other to place the second shoulder portion in contact with the first projecting portion and to place the second projecting portion in contact with the ribs.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The housing as claimed in claim 2, wherein the ribs are parallel and spaced apart from each other and are transverse to the first inner surface adjacent the longitudinally extended section of the first shoulder portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The housing as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the ribs is tapered in a direction away from a surface of the first shoulder portion.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The housing as claimed in claim 4, wherein each of the ribs is a triangular prism.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The housing as claimed in claim 4, wherein the ribs are meltable to form a bonding layer between the first shoulder portion and the second projecting portion.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The housing as claimed in claim 6, wherein the ribs are meltable when being subjected to ultrasonic welding.

### Claim 8 (depends on 2)

The housing as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first joint portion further has an inner projecting portion transversely extending between the first shoulder portion and the first inner surface, the ribs being formed between the first projecting portion and the inner projecting portion, the tip of each of the ribs being not extending beyond a top end of the inner projection portion.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The housing as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first surrounding wall and the first joint portion are four-sided, the ribs being disposed on at least two sides of the first joint portion.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ribs are parallel and spaced apart from each other and are transverse to the first inner surface adjacent the longitudinally extended section of the first shoulder portion.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the ribs is tapered in a direction away from a surface of the first shoulder portion.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The housing as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of the ribs is a triangular prism.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first joint portion further has an inner projecting portion projecting between the first shoulder portion and the first inner surface, the ribs being formed between the first projecting portion and the inner projecting portion, the tip of each of the ribs being not extending beyond a top end of the inner projection portion.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first surrounding wall and the first joint portion are four-sided, the ribs being disposed on at least two sides of the first joint portion.

### Claim 15

A method for manufacturing a housing, comprising:
providing a first housing part that includes:
a first base wall, and
a first surrounding wall connected around the first base wall, and having a first joint portion, a first outer surface and a first inner surface, the first joint portion being opposite to the base wall, the first outer and inner surfaces extending from the first joint portion toward the base wall, the first joint portion being stepped and having a first projecting portion adjoining the first outer surface, and a first shoulder portion proximal to the first inner surface and indented from the first projecting portion, the first shoulder portion having a plurality of parallel ribs protruding from a longitudinally extended section thereof, the ribs being spaced-apart longitudinally along the longitudinally extended section of the first shoulder portion to each extend in a transverse direction across the longitudinally extended section, each of the rib having a tip that does not extend beyond a top end of the first projecting portion;
providing a second housing part that includes a second base wall, a second surrounding wall connected around the second base wall, the second surrounding wall having a second joint portion, a second outer surface and a second inner surface, the second joint portion being opposite to the second base wall, the second outer and inner surfaces extending from the second joint portion toward the second base wall, the second joint portion being stepped and having a second projecting portion adjoining the second inner surface, and a second shoulder portion indented from the second projecting portion and adjoining the second outer surface; and
bring together joining the first and second housing parts, which includes interlocking the first joint portion with the second joint portion such that the second shoulder portion is placed in contact with the first projecting portion and the second projecting portion is placed in contact with the ribs.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein the joining of the first and second housing parts further includes melt-bonding the first joint portion to the second joint portion so that the ribs are formed into a bonding layer between the second projecting portion and the first shoulder portion.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The method of claim 16, wherein the melt-bonding is carried out by ultrasonic welding.