INSERT-MOLDED COVER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME

• US 20090267266A1
• Filed: 08/07/2008
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, HAN-MING, CHOU, HSIANG-SHENG, HUNG, CHIH-CHIEN, CHANG, CHING-HSIEN
• Application Number:
  US12/187,396
• Publication Number:
  US 20090267266A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 264/272.110
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• 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: G06F 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49016 Antenna or wave energy "plumbing" making

Abstract

The present invention relates to an insert-molded cover (10) for a electronic device. The insert-molded cover includes a metallic body (11) and a plastic antenna lid (12) integrally formed on an edge of the metallic body. An outer surface (101) of a junction of the metallic body and the plastic antenna lid is smooth and painted by a coating (13). The present invention also relates a method for manufacturing an insert-molded cover for electronic devices.

Claims

1. An insert-molded cover, used for electronic devices, the insert-molded cover comprising:

a metallic body; and

a plastic antenna lid integrally formed with the metallic body;

wherein an outer surface of a junction of the metallic body and the plastic antenna lid is smooth and painted by a coating.

2. The insert-molded cover as claimed in claim 1, wherein a joined surface of the metallic body and the plastic antenna lid is a step surface.

3. The insert-molded cover as claimed in claim 2, wherein the thickness of the coating is in a range from about 30 microns to about 90 microns.

4. The insert-molded cover as claimed in claim 3, wherein the coating is made of materials comprises film forming matters, pigments, solvent agents, and additive agents.

5. The insert-molded cover as claimed in claim 4, wherein the film forming matters mainly comprises a colophony selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, polyurethane, urea formaldehyde, phenol formaldehyde resin, ethylene resin, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, polymethyl methacrylate, polycarbonate, polytetyafluoroethylene, polyimide and their combination.

6. The insert-molded cover as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metallic body is a rectangular plate made of magnesium alloy.

7. The insert-molded cover as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metallic body comprises at least one latching portion formed on an edge of the metallic body, and the at least one latching portion latches with the plastic antenna lid and forms at least one latching structure.

8. The insert-molded cover as claimed in claim 7, wherein each of the at least one latching portion is selected from the group consisting of a stepped hole, a hook, a through hole, a convex stage and their combination.

9. The insert-molded cover as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plastic antenna lid is made of a material selected from the group consisting of liquid crystal polymer, polyphenylene sulphide, polybutylene terephthalate and their combination.

10. A method for manufacturing an insert-molded cover for electronic devices, comprising:

manufacturing a metallic body;

molding a plastic antenna lid on the metallic body by insert molding, and an outer surface of a junction of the metallic body and the plastic antenna lid being a smooth surface; and

painting the insert-molded cover to form a coating on the outer surface of a junction of the metallic body and the plastic antenna lid.

11. The method for manufacturing an insert-molded cover as claimed in claim 10, wherein the metallic body is manufactured by casting, forging, or extrusion molding methods.

12. The method for manufacturing an insert-molded cover as claimed in claim 10, wherein before painting the insert-molded cover, the insert-molded cover is cleaned and pretreated by a chemical method, thus a primer is formed on a surface of the insert-molded cover.

13. The method for manufacturing an insert-molded cover as claimed in claim 10, wherein the metallic body comprises at least one latching portion formed on an edge of the metallic body, and the at least one latching portion latches with the plastic antenna lid and forms at least one latching structure.

14. The method for manufacturing an insert-molded cover as claimed in claim 13, wherein the at least one latching portion is a stepped hole, when molding the plastic antenna lid, the melted plastic flows into the stepped hole until the stepped hole is filled with melted plastic, after the melted plastic is cooled, a first latching structure is formed on the boundary of the metallic body and the plastic antenna lid.

15. The method for manufacturing an insert-molded cover as claimed in claim 13, wherein the at least one latching portion is a hook, when molding the plastic antenna lid, the hook is enveloped by the melted plastic, after the melted plastic is cooled, a second latching structure is formed on the boundary of the metallic body and the plastic antenna lid.

16. The method for manufacturing an insert-molded cover as claimed in claim 13, wherein the at least one latching portion is a through hole, when molding the plastic antenna lid, the melted plastic flows into the through hole until the through hole is filled with melted plastic, after the melted plastic is cooled, a third latching structure is formed on the boundary of the metallic body and the plastic antenna lid.

17. The method for manufacturing an insert-molded cover as claimed in claim 13, wherein the at least one latching portion is a convex stage, the convex stage has two hooks, when molding the plastic antenna lid, an outer surface of the convex stage and the two hooks are enveloped by the melted plastic, after the melted plastic is cooled, a fourth latching structure is formed on the boundary of the metallic body and the plastic antenna lid.