Molding a display screen into a housing of an electronic device
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsERIC HAUPT, JOSEPH L. ALLORE, MICHAEL FORMENTI
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Abstract
Arrangements described herein relate to molding of a display screen into a housing of an electronic device. Ad adhesive can be applied to a side of a plastic film to form an adhesion member. The adhesion member can be connected to the display screen, the adhesive bonding to the plastic film to a peripheral region of the display screen. The display screen with the connected adhesion member can be inserted into a housing mold. Plastic resin can be injected into the housing mold to form a housing of the electronic device, the plastic film bonding with the injected plastic resin to secure the display screen into the housing.
Claims16
A method of molding a display screen into a housing of an electronic device, the method comprising:
- applying an adhesive to a first side of a plastic film to form an adhesion member, the plastic film comprising the first side and a second side opposite of the first side;
- connecting the adhesion member to the display screen, the adhesive bonding the plastic film to a peripheral region of the display screen;
- inserting the display screen with the connected adhesion member into a housing mold;
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- injecting plastic resin into the housing mold to form the housing, the plastic film bonding with the injected plastic resin to bond the plastic film to the housing and securing the display screen into the housing.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a device housing;
- an adhesion member comprising:
- a plastic film comprising a first side and a second side opposite of the first side;
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- an adhesive applied to the first side of the plastic film;
- a display screen molded into an aperture of the device housing during a plastic injection molding process forming the device housing from plastic resin injected into a housing mold, the adhesive applied to the first side of the plastic film bonding the plastic film to a peripheral region of the display screen, and the plastic film bonding with the injected plastic resin to bond the plastic film to the device housing and secure the display screen into the device housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.