Structure of a housing for an electronic device
AssigneeNokia Mobile Phones Ltd.
InventorsTimo Herranen, Tommi Halima, Kimmo Viertola
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a housing (7) which is arranged to constitute at least part of the housing structure protecting at least part of e.g. an electronic device and which comprises at least a front surface (8a), wherein said front surface comprises a recess (10) for the keyboard of said device.
Claims21
A housing for an electronic device, which is arranged to constitute at least part of the housing structure protecting said device, said housing comprising:
- a front surface constituting the front surface of said device and comprising a recess for a keyboard of said device,
- wherein said keyboard comprises at least a set of key caps arranged next to each other for pressings, wherein at least said key caps are fitted in said recess,
- wherein said recess also comprises a bottom surface attached to said front surface and a set of openings formed in said bottom surface and for transferring said pressings via them, and
- wherein the upper surface of the key caps is fitted substantially in the same plane with said front surface.
An electronic device comprising:
- a housing which protects the device and constitutes the front surface of said device,
- a recess formed on said front surface,
- a fitted keyboard which comprises a set of key caps fitted next to each other for pressings, a circuit board fitted under said recess, and means for transferring pressings of the keys to said circuit board,
- wherein said key caps are fitted in said recess which is formed on said front surface,
- wherein said recess comprises a bottom surface attached to said front surface, a set of openings formed in said bottom surface and provided for transferring said pressings via them, and
- wherein the upper surface of the key caps is fitted substantially in the same plane with said front surface.
A method in the manufacture of a housing for an electronic device, which housing is arranged to form at least part of the housing structure protecting said device, said method comprising:
- providing said housing with at least a surface for the front surface of the device,
- providing said front surface simultaneously with a recess for the keyboard of said device, wherein said keyboard comprises at least a set of key caps arranged next to each other for pressings, and wherein said recess also comprises bottom surface attached to said front surface and a set of openings formed in said bottom surface and for transferring said pressings via them,
- fitting at least said key caps in said recess, and
- fitting the upper surface of the keycaps substantially in the same plane with said front surface.
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