Mobile device and assembly process
AssigneeZebra Technologies Corporation
InventorsAndrew Ellis, Xinghua Shi
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Abstract
A mobile computing device includes: a front housing having a first sidewall defining a first opening, and a first flange extending into the first opening from an inner surface of the first sidewall; a retaining frame having a second sidewall defining a second opening, and a second flange extending into the second opening from an inner surface of the second sidewall; a display assembly between the first flange and the second flange, the display assembly including a perimeter coupled to a rear surface of the first flange; a first adhesive layer bonding the display assembly with the inner surface of the first sidewall; and a second adhesive layer bonding an outer surface of the second sidewall with the inner surface of the first sidewall.
Claims17
A mobile computing device, comprising:
- a front housing having a first sidewall defining a first opening, and a first flange extending into the first opening from an inner surface of the first sidewall;
- a retaining frame having a second sidewall defining a second opening, and a second flange extending into the second opening from an inner surface of the second sidewall;
- a display assembly between the first flange and the second flange, the display assembly including a perimeter coupled to a rear surface of the first flange;
- a first adhesive layer bonding the display assembly with the inner surface of the first sidewall;
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- a second adhesive layer bonding an outer surface of the second sidewall with the inner surface of the first sidewall.
A method of assembling a mobile device, the method comprising:
- coupling a perimeter of a display assembly to a rear surface of a first flange, the first flange extending from an inner surface of a first sidewall of a front housing into an opening defined by the first sidewall;
- applying a first adhesive layer between the display assembly and the inner surface of the first sidewall to bond the display assembly with the inner surface;
- placing a retaining frame, having (i) a second sidewall defining a second opening, and (ii) a second flange extending into the second opening from an inner surface of the second sidewall, over a rear surface of the display assembly;
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- applying a second adhesive layer between an outer surface of the second sidewall, and the inner surface of the first sidewall, to bond the retaining frame to the front housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.