Electronic Device and Method for Manufacturing Housing Thereof
AssigneeLenovo (Beijing) Limited
InventorsChenghao Zhang, Beiou Luan
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Abstract
An electronic device and a method for manufacturing the housing thereof are disclosed. The electronic device includes a housing made of a metal material, the housing has a bottom, a sidewall extending along a first direction from an outer edge of the bottom, and a texture extending from an outer surface of the bottom to an outer surface of the side wall; M electronic elements set in the housing fixedly, where M≧1 and is a positive integer. The texture of the surface of the housing of the electronic device provided by the disclosure is extended from the bottom to the side wall, providing the user with a favorite appearance effect.
Claims14
An electronic device, comprising:
- a housing made of a metal material, the housing comprising a bottom, a sidewall extending along a first direction from an outer edge of the bottom, and a texture extending from an outer surface of the bottom to an outer surface of the side wall;
- M electronic elements set in the housing fixedly, where M≧1 and is a positive integer.
A method for manufacturing a housing of an electronic device comprising:
- placing a metal sheet in a solid state into a mold comprising a cavity having a texture structure;
- heating the metal sheet and converting the metal sheet from the solid state to a superplastic state;
- injecting a gas into the mold to make the metal sheet in the superplastic state gas-bulging and attach to the texture structure of the cavity;
- cooling the metal sheet and converting the metal sheet from the superplastic state to the solid state to form the housing comprising an outer surface having a texture corresponding to the texture structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.