External electrical connection for a portable electronic device
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorDavid Kazmierz Szczypinski
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
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.
Claims18
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a housing comprising apertures located to map out a graphical element;
- electrical contacts in communication with a rechargeable power pack of the portable electronic device for charging the rechargeable power pack, the electrical contacts accessible through the apertures;
- and
- wherein non-conductive material separates the apertures to insulate the electrical contacts from one another.
A housing of a portable electronic device, the housing comprising:
- insulating portions separating apertures of the housing, the apertures extending through one of:
- a front panel, a rear panel and a side panel of the housing and sized for receiving electrical contacts of the portable electronic device;
- wherein the apertures map out a graphical element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.