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US 2010/0146766 A1Published application
Handheld computing device
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsTeodor Dabov, Hui Leng Lim, Kyle Yeates, Stephen Brian Lynch
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Abstract
A minimum Z height handheld electronic device and methods of assembly is described. The electronic device includes a single seamless housing having a front opening and a cover disposed within the front opening and attached to the seamless housing without a bezel.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- providing a single seamless housing, the single seamless housing having a front opening,
- an integral bottom and side walls, wherein the integral bottom and side walls cooperate to form a cavity in cooperation with the front opening;
- placing a cover unit within the front opening, the cover unit having a flat top surface and substantially filling the front opening;
- and
- attaching the cover unit to the seamless housing without a bezel.
2 more elements
A method, comprising:
- providing a single seamless housing, the single seamless housing having, an outside edge, an inside edge, a front opening, an integral bottom wall and side walls, wherein the integral bottom wall and side walls cooperate to form a cavity in cooperation with the front opening;
- and
- attaching a mounting bracket to the integral bottom wall, the mounting bracket arranged to secure at least an electronic assembly to the integral bottom wall of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.