Components of an electronic device and methods for their assembly
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsBryan P. KIPLE, Charles B. WOODHULL, David A. PAKULA, Tang Y. TAN
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Abstract
Various components of an electronic device housing and methods for their assembly are disclosed. The housing can be formed by assembling and connecting two or more different sections together. The sections of the housing may be coupled together using one or more coupling members. The coupling members may be formed using a two-shot molding process in which the first shot forms a structural portion of the coupling members, and the second shot forms cosmetic portions of the coupling members.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- a housing that carries an antenna assembly, the antenna assembly including:
- an antenna;
- and
- a cover plate coupled to the housing and defining a portion of a backside of the housing, the cover plate being transparent at frequencies used by the antenna for wireless communication and being opaque to light at visible frequencies, wherein an area defined by a backside of the housing that is not transparent to the frequencies is greater than an area defined by the cover plate.
An electronic device housing comprising:
- a backside coupled to the housing, the backside including:
- a transparent region being transparent at frequencies used by an antenna for wireless communication and being opaque to light at visible frequencies;
- and
- a non-transparent region being opaque to the frequencies,
- wherein an area defined by the non-transparent region is greater than an area defined by the transparent region, and
- wherein an outer surface of the antenna cover plate region is coplanar with an outer surface of the non-transparent region.
An electronic device comprising:
- a housing having a backside;
- and
- an antenna assembly including a radio frequency (RF)-transparent cover plate coupled to the housing,
- wherein an RF-opaque area defined by a backside of the housing is greater than an area defined by the cover plate, and
- wherein an outer surface of the cover plate is coplanar with the backside of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.