Portable telephone and method of manufacturing the same
First Claim
1. A portable telephone comprising:
- a housing case in which predetermined openings are formed at a plurality of portions to arrange a plurality of front surface operation buttons and plurality of side surface operation buttons of the portable telephone such that the openings are in one-to-one correspondence with said operation buttons;
an operation button portion component which is arranged by bending along inner sides of front and side surfaces of said housing case and obtained by fixing said operation buttons on an elastic sheet with a predetermined design; and
an operation button illuminating light source which is arranged on a circuit board frame to be incorporated in the portable telephone and illuminates the plurality of front surface operation buttons and side surface operation buttons.
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Abstract
A portable telephone includes a lower case and elastic sheet, an operation button portion component, and an operation button illuminating light source. Predetermined openings are formed in each of the lower case and elastic sheet to arrange a plurality of front surface operation buttons and plurality of side surface operation buttons such that the openings are in one-to-one correspondence with the operation buttons. The operation button portion component is arranged by bending along inner sides of front and side surfaces of the lower case and elastic sheet. The operation button portion component is obtained by fixing the respective operation buttons on an elastic sheet with a predetermined design. The operation button illuminating light source is arranged on a circuit board frame to be incorporated in the portable telephone and illuminates the front surface and side surface operation buttons. A method of manufacturing the portable telephone is also disclosed.
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6 Claims
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1. A portable telephone comprising:
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a housing case in which predetermined openings are formed at a plurality of portions to arrange a plurality of front surface operation buttons and plurality of side surface operation buttons of the portable telephone such that the openings are in one-to-one correspondence with said operation buttons;
an operation button portion component which is arranged by bending along inner sides of front and side surfaces of said housing case and obtained by fixing said operation buttons on an elastic sheet with a predetermined design; and
an operation button illuminating light source which is arranged on a circuit board frame to be incorporated in the portable telephone and illuminates the plurality of front surface operation buttons and side surface operation buttons. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A portable telephone manufacturing method comprising the steps of:
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forming, in a housing case of a portable telephone, predetermined openings at a plurality of portions to arrange a plurality of front surface operation buttons and plurality of side surface operation buttons such that the openings are in one-to-one correspondence with the operation buttons;
arranging an operation button portion component, obtained by fixing the operation buttons on an elastic sheet with a predetermined design, by bending along inner sides of front and side surfaces of the housing case;
arranging an operation button illuminating light source, which illuminates the plurality of front surface operation buttons and side surface operation buttons, on a circuit board frame to be incorporated in the portable telephone; and
building the circuit board frame provided with the operation button illuminating light source into the housing case in which the operation button component is arranged.
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