Integrally molded remote entry transmitter
AssigneeLear Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
InventorsEric Krupp, John Nantz, John E. McConnell
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Abstract
Remote entry transmitters are formed to have a housing element made by a two-shot molding technique. A plateable and a non-plateable plastic are molded in the two-shot molding technique. Circuit trace material is then plated onto the plateable material. This results in a reduction in the number of separate parts for the transmitter. In addition, the antenna is positioned to be non-parallel to the main circuit board. This results in packaging efficiencies and improvements. Preferably, the antenna may be plated onto an inner side wall of the housing when the two-shot molding technique occurs. Alternatively, the antenna may be provided as a separate board.
Claims15
A method of forming a remote entry transmitter comprising:
- 1) providing a housing by utilizing a molding technique molding a non-plateable and a plateable plastic together;
- 2) then plating conductive material on the plateable areas to form circuit traces;
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- 3) inserting circuit elements into said housing for communicating with said circuit traces, said circuit elements including a transmitter for a remote entry system.
A remote entry transmitter housing comprising:
- a housing;
- a battery and a transmitter for transmitting a signal, and received in said housing, a main circuit being disposed generally in a first plane, and an antenna communicating with said transmitter, said antenna being disposed generally non-parallel to said plane of said main circuit.
A remote entry transmitter housing comprising:
- a first and second housing member, with one of said first and second housing members being formed of a two-shot molding technique, such that circuit traces within said remote entry transmitter are formed by plating onto a plateable plastic deposited into said housing by said two-shot molding technique.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.