Enclosing a small-format electrical device

A kit for making a card-shaped housing to enclose an electrical device connected to a connector, the completed housing having a lid and a base defining the flat surfaces of the card and a shallow side wall joining the lid and base at their edges and having an opening in the side wall for the connector, the connector being of a kind having a plastic body with a face that defines a socket for electrical conductors electrically connected to the electrical device, the kit comprising:

• a single-piece, injection molded plastic lid member comprising a lid section and a lid edge section, the lid edge section including a portion of the side wall of the housing;
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• a single-piece, injection molded plastic base member comprising a base section and a base edge section, the base edge section including the complementary portion of the side wall of the housing;
• wherein both lid section and base section are substantially rectangular in shape and have a substantially uniform thickness of about 0.020 inches outside of regions adjoining the connector, the completed housing is formed of only the lid member and base member and all of the connector except the face is enclosed within the completed housing.

A card-shaped housing enclosing an electrical device, the housing comprising:

• a single-piece, injection molded plastic lid member;
• a single-piece, injection molded plastic base member, the lid member and base member being thin enough to form a housing meeting the size constraints of a PC card standard;
• a connector attached to the electrical device, the connector being of a kind having two parallel opposite-facing surfaces between which extend electrical conductors connected to the device, the two parallel surfaces of the connector being parallel to the flat surfaces of the card when the electrical device is enclosed in the housing, the connector and the electrical device being positioned between the single-piece lid member and the single-piece base member;
• wherein the two parallel surfaces of the connector are permanently bonded to the lid member and the base member and the lid member and the base member are permanently bonded to each other to form a rigid housing.