External electrical connection for a portable electronic device
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorDavid Kazmierz Szczypinski
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Abstract
A portable electronic device includes: a housing, a processor provided in the housing, a rechargeable power pack provided in the housing in communication with the processor, apertures extending through the housing, insulating portions of the housing being provided between the apertures, a location of the apertures being selected to map out a graphical element, electrical contacts in communication with the battery for charging the battery, the electrical contacts being sized to be received in the apertures and wherein the insulating portions are provided for insulating the electrical contacts from one another.
Claims11
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a housing;
- a processor provided in the housing;
- a rechargeable power pack provided in the housing in communication with the processor;
- apertures extending through the housing, insulating portions of the housing being provided between the apertures, a location of the apertures being selected to map out a graphical element;
- electrical contacts in communication with the rechargeable power pack for charging the rechargeable power pack, the electrical contacts being sized to be received in the apertures;
- wherein the insulating portions are provided for insulating the electrical contacts from one another.
A method of manufacturing a portable electronic device comprising:
- forming apertures in a housing of the portable electronic device, the apertures being sized to receive electrical contacts that communicate with a power pack of the portable electronic device, a location of the apertures being selected to map out a graphical element;
- wherein the apertures are spaced from one another so that the electrical contacts are insulated from each another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.