Housing and electronic device using the same

• US 10,353,440 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2017
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ou, Wu-Zheng, Gu, Chang-Hai, Lin, Chao-Hsun, Liu, Xiao-Kai, Chen, Wei-Ben
• Primary Examiner(s): Rathod, Abhishek M
• Application Number:
  US15/481,480
• Publication Number:
  US 20170212553A1
• Time in Patent Office: 830 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1613 for portable computers cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2266 disposed inside the computer
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/40 Radiating elements coated with or embedded in protective material
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/42 Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 13/10 Resonant slot antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0485 Dielectric resonator antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/09909 Special local insulating pattern, e.g. as dam around component

Abstract

A housing includes a metal base and a non-conductive member. The metal base has an internal surface and a plurality of gap. The non-conductive member covers at least a portion of the internal surface of the metal base, and the non-conductive member is formed on the bottom of the at least one gap. The metal base is spaced by the gaps to form a plurality of metal sheets and at least one main body. Each gap is completely filled with one dielectric member. The metal sheets and the at least one main body are all bonded with the dielectric member and are electrically isolated with each other.

Claims

1. A housing comprising:

a metal base defining an internal surface and a plurality of gaps; and

a non-conductive member covering at least a portion of the internal surface of the metal base, and the non-conductive member being formed on a bottom of the at least one gap;

wherein the metal base is spaced by the gaps to form a plurality of metal sheets and at least one main body, each of the metal sheets is substantially U-shaped, each of the gaps is completely filled with a dielectric member, each of the dielectric member is substantially U-shaped, the metal sheets and the at least one main body are bonded with the dielectric member and are electrically isolated from with each other;

wherein the internal surface of the metal base is thinned to form a groove, a location of the groove corresponds to the plurality of the gaps, the nonconductive member is received in the groove.

2. The housing of claim 1, wherein each of the gaps has a width of 0.02 mm to 0.7 mm along a direction from an adjacent one of the dielectric member located at one side of a corresponding one of the plurality of metal sheets to another adjacent one of the dielectric member located at an opposite side of the corresponding metal sheet;

each of the dielectric member has a width of 0.02 mm to 0.7 mm along a direction from an adjacent dielectric member located at one side of a corresponding one of the metal sheet to another adjacent one of the dielectric member located at an opposite side of the corresponding metal sheet.

3. The housing of claim 1, wherein each of the metal sheet has a width of 0.15 mm to 1.0 mm along a direction from an adjacent one of the dielectric member located at one side of a corresponding one of the metal sheet to another adjacent one of the dielectric member located at an opposite side of the corresponding one of the metal sheet.

4. The housing of claim 1, wherein the dielectric member is made of resin, rubber, or ceramic.

5. The housing of claim 1, wherein the metal base is made of material selected from a group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloy, magnesium, magnesium alloy, titanium, titanium alloy, copper and copper alloy.

6. The housing of claim 1, wherein the non-conductive member is selected from a group consisting of polybutylene terephthalate, polyphenylene sulfide, polyethylene terephthalate, polyether ether ketone, polycarbonate, polyvinyl chloride polymer, polyurethane resin, epoxy, and polyurea resin.

7. The housing of claim 1, wherein a length of each of the plurality of metal sheets is equal to a width of the housing.

8. The housing of claim 1, wherein the non-conductive member is a U-shaped sheet.

9. The housing of claim 8, wherein a width of the non-conductive member is larger than a total width of the plurality of metal sheets and the plurality of dielectric members.

12. The housing of claim 1, wherein each of the gaps has a width of 0.02 mm to 0.7 mm along a direction from an adjacent one of the dielectric member located at one side of a corresponding one of the plurality of metal sheets to another adjacent one of the dielectric member located at an opposite side of the corresponding metal sheet;

and

each of the metal sheet has a width of 0.15 mm to 1.0 mm along a direction from an adjacent one of the dielectric member located at one side of a corresponding one of the metal sheet to another adjacent one of the dielectric member located at an opposite side of the corresponding one of the metal sheet.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a body;

a housing assembled on the body, the housing comprising a metal base and a non-conductive member, the metal base defining an internal surface and a plurality of gaps, the non-conductive member covering at least a portion of the internal surface of the metal base, and the non-conductive member being formed on a bottom of the at least one gap; and

an antenna located inside the housing, the antenna corresponding to the at least one gap;

wherein the metal base is spaced by the gaps to form a plurality of metal sheets and at least one main body, each of the metal sheet is substantially U-shaped, each of the gaps is completely filled with a dielectric member, each of the dielectric member is substantially U-shaped, the metal sheets and the at least one main body are bonded with the dielectric member and are electrically isolated from each other;

wherein the internal surface of the metal base is thinned to form a groove, a location of the groove corresponds to the plurality of gaps, the non-conductive member is received in the groove.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the metal base is a part of the antenna and couples with the antenna.

13. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the dielectric member is made of resin, rubber, or ceramic.

14. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the metal base is made of material selected from a group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloy, magnesium, magnesium alloy, titanium, titanium alloy, copper and copper alloy.

15. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the non-conductive member is selected from a group consisting of polybutylene terephthalate, polyphenylene sulfide, polyethylene terephthalate, polyether ether ketone, polycarbonate, polyvinyl chloride polymer, polyurethane resin, epoxy, and polyurea resin.

16. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein a length of each of the plurality of metal sheets is equal to a width of the housing.

17. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the non-conductive member is a U-shaped sheet.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein a width of the non-conductive member is larger than a total width of the plurality of metal sheets and the plurality of dielectric members.