Devices and methods for retaining a lens in a mobile electronic device
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsThomas Chintala, Scott Semenik
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Abstract
The described embodiments provide devices and methods for securing a lens member in a mobile electronic device. The lens member is positionable between a front housing and a rear housing of the device such that inner surfaces of the housings both exert a biasing force on the lens member such that the lens member is substantially immovable relative to the inner surfaces. As such, the lens member is securely fixed within the housings and cannot be removed or separated from one or both housings without evidence of tampering.
Claims27
A mobile electronic device, comprising:
- a front housing having a first inner surface;
- a rear housing having a second inner surface;
- a lens member having a width in an x-axis, a height in a y-axis and a thickness in a z-axis, the lens member positionable between the front housing and the rear housing such that the first inner surface and the second inner surface both exert a z-axis force on the lens member such that the lens member is substantially immovable along the z-axis.
A tamper-evident communications device, comprising:
- a front housing having a first inner surface and a first outer surface and at least one wall defining an opening between the first inner surface and the first outer surface;
- a rear housing having a second inner surface;
- an securing mechanism connectable to both the front housing and the rear housing, wherein the securing mechanism fixedly positions the front housing relative to the rear housing;
- a lens member having a width in an x-axis, a height in a y-axis and a thickness in a z-axis, the lens member fixedly positioned in the z-axis between the front housing, adjacent to the opening, and the rear housing such that the first inner surface and the second inner surface both exert a z-axis force on the lens member;
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- a display module positionable between the rear housing and the lens member, the display module having a display area facing the lens member.
A communications device, comprising:
- a front housing having a first inner surface;
- a first support structure associated with the first inner surface;
- a rear housing having a second inner surface;
- a second support structure associated with the second inner surface;
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- a lens member mountable between the front housing and the rear housing against both the first support structure and the second support structure such that the lens member is substantially immovable in a direction between the front housing and the rear housing.
A lens associated with a display of a mobile electronic device having a front housing and a rear housing, the lens comprising:
- a body having a width in an x-axis, a height in a y-axis and a thickness in a z-axis, the body further having a front surface and a rear surface, the body positionable adjacent the display and between a first inner surface of the front housing and a second inner surface of the rear housing such that the first inner surface and the second inner surface both exert a z-axis force on the body such that the body is fixedly positioned in the z-axis relative to the front housing and the rear housing.
A method of assembling a mobile electronic device, comprising:
- providing a front housing having a first inner surface;
- providing a rear housing having a second inner surface;
- positioning a lens member in between the front housing and the rear housing, the lens member having a width in an x-axis, a height in a y-axis and a thickness in a z-axis;
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- connecting the front housing to the rear housing such that the first inner surface and the second inner surface both exert a z-axis force on the lens member such that the lens member is substantially immovable along the z-axis.
A method of assembling a communications device, comprising:
- providing a front housing having a first inner surface;
- providing a rear housing having a second inner surface;
- temporarily removably securing a lens member to an inner surface of the front housing, the lens member having a width in an x-axis, a height in a y-axis and a thickness in a z-axis;
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- connecting the front housing to the rear housing such that the first inner surface and the second inner surface both exert a z-axis force on the lens member such that the lens member is fixedly positioned in the z-axis relative to the front housing and the rear housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.