Method of making a device housing and device housing comprising a transparent lens with a stepped flange

A method of making a device housing involves providing a transparent lens (500) with a front surface and a rear surface, and a stepped flange (540) along at least a portion of the lens perimeter. The method includes injecting plastic onto the transparent lens perimeter, including the stepped flange...

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Hauptverfasser:	Allore, Joseph L, Lombardi, Michael J, Formenti, Michael J, Neau, Michael L
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULARARTICLES INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS PERFORMING OPERATIONS SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION TRANSPORTING WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of making a device housing involves providing a transparent lens (500) with a front surface and a rear surface, and a stepped flange (540) along at least a portion of the lens perimeter. The method includes injecting plastic onto the transparent lens perimeter, including the stepped flange (540), the plastic forming a plastic feature that has a front surface that is tangent to the front surface of the transparent lens (500), a rear surface that is tangent to the rear surface of the transparent lens (500), and that extends outward from the sides of the transparent lens away from a device width center line. The plastic feature is molded to the rear surface of the transparent lens at at least one of two ends of the device housing, and the plastic encapsulates a stepped middle surface of the transparent lens flange (540). A device housing that is made by this method is also included.