Housing and electronic device using the same

• US 8,446,711 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2010
• Issued: 05/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Liao, Kai-Rong, Tong, Peng-Cheng, Ho, Po-Feng, Yang, Shih-Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): LEA EDMONDS, LISA S
• Application Number:
  US12/911,843
• Publication Number:
  US 20110235247A1
• Time in Patent Office: 938 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.01
• US Class Current: 361/679.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0283 for providing a decorative aspect, e.g. customization of casings, exchangeable faceplate

Abstract

A housing includes housing and a cover. The housing defines a receiving chamber and an open end communicating with the receiving chamber. The housing includes an opaque plastic member and a transparent glass member adhered to the plastic member. The opaque plastic member defines a display window hole. The cover seals the open end. The present disclosure further discloses an electronic device using the housing.

Claims

1. A housing, comprising:

a housing defining a receiving chamber and an open end communicating with the receiving chamber;

the housing comprising;

an opaque plastic member defining a display window hole;

a transparent glass member, the transparent glass member receiving the plastic member; and

a cover sealing the open end.

2. The housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, two connecting walls connecting the first sidewall to the second sidewall, and a top wall;

the first sidewall, the second sidewall, the connecting walls, and the top wall cooperatively define the receiving chamber and the open end.

3. The housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein an adhesive layer is sandwiched between the opaque plastic member and the transparent glass member.

4. The housing as claimed in claim 3, wherein a decorative layer is sandwiched between the opaque plastic member and the transparent glass member.

5. The housing as claimed in claim 4, wherein the decorative layer is made of ink or metal.

6. The housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the glass member defines a second receiving chamber, the plastic member is received in the second receiving chamber.

7. A housing, comprising,

a hollow sleeve;

a top wall integrally formed with the hollow sleeve, the top wall sealing an end of the hollow sleeve to define a receiving chamber, and an open end formed at an opposite end of the top wail;

the open end communicating with the receiving chamber;

the hollow sleeve and the top wall comprising

an opaque plastic member defining a display window hole;

a transparent glass member, the transparent glass member receiving

the plastic member, and

a cover sealing the open end.

8. The housing as claimed in claim 7, wherein the hollow sleeve comprises a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, two connecting walls connecting the first sidewall to the second sidewall, and the top wall;

the first sidewall, the second sidewall, the connecting walls, and the top wall cooperatively define the receiving chamber and the open end.

9. The housing as claimed in claim 7, wherein an adhesive layer is sandwiched between the opaque plastic member and the transparent glass member.

10. The housing as claimed in claim 9, wherein a decorative layer is sandwiched between the opaque plastic member and the transparent glass member.

11. The housing as claimed in claim 10, wherein the decorative layer is made of ink or metal.

12. The housing as claimed in claim 7, wherein the glass member defines a second receiving chamber, the plastic member is received in the second receiving chamber.

13. An electronic device, comprising:

a housing comprising

a housing defining a receiving chamber and an open end communicating with the receiving chamber;

the housing comprising

an opaque plastic member defining a display window hole;

a transparent glass member, the transparent glass member receiving the plastic member; and

;

a cover sealing the open end;

an electronic module comprising a display screen aligning to the display window hole.

14. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the housing comprises a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, two connecting walls connecting the first sidewall to the second sidewall, and a top wall;

the first sidewall, the second sidewall, the connecting walls, and the top wall cooperatively define the receiving chamber and the open end.

15. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein an adhesive layer is sandwiched between the opaque plastic member and the transparent glass member.

16. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein a decorative layer is sandwiched between the opaque plastic member and the transparent glass member.

17. The housing as claimed in claim 16, wherein the decorative layer is made of ink or metal.

18. The housing as claimed in claim 13, wherein the glass member defines a second receiving chamber, the plastic member is received in the second receiving chamber.