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PROTECTIVE ENCLOSURE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE

  • US 20100008028A1
  • Filed: 09/16/2009
  • Published: 01/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A protective enclosure for a handheld electronic device having a capacitance-sensing interactive control panel comprising:

  • a shell that surrounds and encloses said handheld device when said handheld device is disposed in said shell, said handheld device being a separate unit from said protective enclosure, said handheld device being insertable in and removable from said enclosure by hand, said shell being substantially crush-resistant and impact resistant, said shell having an aperture that is aligned with said capacitance-sensing interactive control panel;

    a protective membrane that is fixed to said shell over an aperture in said shell so that said protective membrane is recessed with respect to an outer surface of said shell, said protective membrane disposed over said capacitance-sensing interactive control panel of said handheld device when said handheld device is disposed in said enclosure, said protective membrane being sufficiently thin and having a dielectric constant that allows capacitive inputs on a front side of said protective membrane to be transmitted to said capacitance-sensing interactive control panel through said protective membrane.

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