Information display window of electronic appliance

• US 6,459,460 B1
• Filed: 03/31/1999
• Issued: 10/01/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Yamanaka, Toshiki
• Primary Examiner(s): Ton, Toan
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HOAN C
• Application Number:
  US09/281,791
• Time in Patent Office: 1,280 Days
• Field of Search: 349/58, 361/681, 361/683
• US Class Current: 349/58
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133308 Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13332 Front frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly

Abstract

An information display window of an electronic appliance, which improves the cosmetic design without increasing the cost, is provided. The information display window is provided at a cabinet of a mobile telephone. A display is provided in the cabinet as a built-in type. The information display window is constituted of an opening part formed in the cabinet to the front direction of the display and a transparent panel fitted into the opening part. The transparent panel is made of synthetic resin and the outer surface of the transparent panel has a glossy surface and the inner surface of the transparent panel is formed to a satin finish surface. A rim of the opening part of the cabinet becomes a window frame and a step part is formed at the whole inner rim of the window frame on the outside surface of the window frame. The outer rim of the transparent panel is disposed at the step part of the window frame and the transparent panel is supported on the window frame. The inner surface of the outer rim of the transparent panel and the upper surface of the step part of the window frame is stuck with adhesive tape on both sides and the transparent panel is fixed on the window frame of the cabinet.

Claims

1. A window for an electronic device having a cabinet housing a built-in information display that is to be viewed through the window, the window comprising:

an inwardly extending peripheral wall defining an opening in the cabinet, said peripheral wall having an interior surface to which the information display is affixed and an exterior surface that defines a portion of an exterior of the cabinet, said interior surface of said peripheral wall having a notch therein that defines a canopy extending inwardly from said exterior surface of said peripheral wall; and

a transparent panel with a peripheral step in an exterior surface thereof, said step having an exterior surface affixed to an interior surface of said canopy, said step being sandwiched between said canopy and the information display, said transparent panel having an interior surface with a satin finish, said exterior surface of said transparent panel having a glossy finish.

2. The window of claim 1, wherein said exterior surface of said transparent panel is arched.

3. The window of claim 1, wherein said exterior surface of said transparent panel is flat.