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US 8,618,415 B2Granted
Portable electronic device and method of manufacturing parts thereof
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsDietmar Frank Wennemer, Steven Andrew Prsa, Michael Welker, Simon Coulson
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a portion of a portable electronic device includes forming a glass fiber laminate sheet to provide a formed glass fiber laminate body, and overmolding a rim on the body. The rim includes a connector for coupling with a complementary part of the portable electronic device.
Claims20
A portion of a portable electronic device, the portion comprising:
- a glass fiber laminate body including curved longitudinal and width-wise edges formed to define a portion of an interior of the portable electronic device, a curvature of the curved edges being configured to define a depth-wise curvature of the portion of the interior;
- and
- a plastic rim disposed at the curved edges of the body, the rim including a connector configured to couple with a complementary part of the portable electronic device.
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a back comprising:
- a glass fiber laminate body including curved longitudinal and width-wise edges formed to define a portion of an interior of the portable electronic device, a curvature of the curved edges being configured to define a depth-wise curvature of the portion of the interior;
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- a plastic rim disposed at the curved edges of the body, the rim including a connector configured to couple with the housing.
3 more elements
A portion of a portable electronic device, the portion comprising:
- a glass fiber laminate body including curved longitudinal and width-wise edges formed to define an interior of the portion of the portable electronic device, a curvature of the curved edges being configured to define a depth-wise curvature of the interior of the portion of the portable electronic device;
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- a rim disposed at the inwardly curved edges of the body, the rim including a connector for coupling with a complementary part of the portable electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.