Mobile telephone and method for its manufacture
AssigneeSiemens Communications, Inc.
InventorsDietmar F. Wennemer, Akos Feher, Isaac Ward, Kenneth Lawrence Weselake, David Owen West, Souhail Abood, Mai Doan
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Abstract
A mobile telephone having a single piece molded housing or shell includes a core assembly for supporting the functional components of the mobile telephone. The core assembly may further include ancillary hardware components such as an electrical power source, user interface input/output devices, and the like required for operation of the telephone. The single piece molded shell molded about the core assembly so that the core assembly is substantially enclosed by the shell.
Claims35
A mobile telephone, comprising:
- a circuit board assembly for supporting at least one functional component of the mobile telephone;
- and
- a shell for substantially enclosing the circuit board assembly,
- wherein the shell is molded onto the circuit board assembly and the at least one functional component so that the shell at least substantially encapsulates the circuit board assembly and the at least one functional component.
A method for assembling a mobile telephone, comprising:
- assembling a functional core assembly including at least one functional component of the mobile telephone;
- and
- molding a shell about the functional core assembly, the shell substantially enclosing the functional core assembly, by placing the functional core assembly in a molding apparatus, wherein the shell is molded around the functional core assembly, and removing the mobile telephone from the molding apparatus.
A method for assembling a mobile telephone, comprising:
- assembling a functional core including a printed circuit board supporting at least one functional component of the mobile telephone;
- attaching ancillary hardware necessary for operation of the mobile telephone to the functional core to form a core assembly;
- placing the functional core assembly in a molding apparatus;
- molding a shell about the functional core assembly, the shell substantially enclosing the functional core assembly;
- and
- removing the mobile telephone from the molding apparatus after molding of the shell.
A mobile telephone, comprising:
- a core assembly for supporting at least one functional component of the mobile telephone;
- and
- a shell molded onto the core assembly so that the core assembly is at least substantially encapsulated within the shell,
- wherein the shell provides an external shape to the mobile telephone and is molded of a translucent or transparent material for allowing the core assembly to be at least partially viewed through the shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.