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US 9,868,274 B2Granted
Electronic device and method of fabricating exterior member for the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMyung-Gon Kim, Jong-In Ryu, Min-Su Chang
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Abstract
An electronic device and method of fabricating an exterior member thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a basic member disposed on an outside of the electronic device and having an outer surface that is at least partially curved, and a glass film at least partially laminated to the outer surface of the basic member.
Claims23
An electronic device comprising:
- a basic member disposed on an outside of the electronic device;
- at least a portion of a periphery of the basic member formed in a curved shape;
- a glass film at least partially laminated to an outer surface of the basic member;
- and
- at least a portion of a periphery of the glass film formed in a curved shape,
- wherein the curved shape of the glass film and the curved shape of the basic member being identical.
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A method of fabricating an exterior member of an electronic device, the method comprising:
- fabricating each of a basic member comprising an outer surface, at least a part of a periphery of which is formed in a curved shape, and a glass film of a chemically tempered glass material;
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- laminating the glass film to the outer surface of the basic member,
- wherein the glass film is laminated to the basic member by at least one of a roll laminating method and a pressing method, and
- wherein heat is applied or light is illuminated during the lamination so that the glass film having a flat shape is deformed to a shape corresponding to a curved part of the basic member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.