Assembling a keypad to a mobile device
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1. A method for assembling a mobile device, comprising:
- receiving a keypad of the mobile device, the keypad having a first key at a first edge of the keypad and a second key at a second edge of the keypad;
inserting, from behind a front frame of the mobile device, the first key into an opening in the front frame; and
positioning the keypad with the first key in front of a first forward facing surface of the front frame and the second key in front of a second forward facing surface of the front frame by expanding the keypad laterally.
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Abstract
A mobile device has a front frame with a key opening, a first forward facing surface adjacent the key opening and a second forward facing surface adjacent the key opening. The mobile device includes a keypad with keys coupled to a flexible backing. The keypad is insertable from behind the front frame of the mobile device to position the keys into openings in the front frame and laterally expandable to position the keys on opposing lateral sides of the keypad in front of forward facing surfaces of the front frame.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for assembling a mobile device, comprising:
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receiving a keypad of the mobile device, the keypad having a first key at a first edge of the keypad and a second key at a second edge of the keypad; inserting, from behind a front frame of the mobile device, the first key into an opening in the front frame; and positioning the keypad with the first key in front of a first forward facing surface of the front frame and the second key in front of a second forward facing surface of the front frame by expanding the keypad laterally. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile device, comprising:
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a front frame having a key opening, a first forward facing surface adjacent the key opening, a second forward facing surface adjacent the key opening; and a keypad having a first key in a first row of adjacent keys coupled to a keypad backing at a first edge of the keypad and a second key in a second row of adjacent keys coupled to the backing at a second edge of the keypad, the keypad insertable from behind the front frame of the mobile device to position the first key into the key opening in the front frame and laterally expandable to position the keypad with a portion of the first key overlapping the first forward facing surface and a portion of the second key overlapping the second forward facing surface;
where the keypad backing comprises an elastically bendable keypad backing that is compressible between;
a laterally extended state where the first key is in front of the first forward facing surface and the second key is in front of the second forward facing surface; and
a laterally contracted state where a greatest linear distance between outer side edges of the first key and the second key is less than the smallest linear distance between the first forward facing surface and the second forward facing surface. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A device, comprising:
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a mobile device housing defining an array of apertures, the housing having a first forward facing surface adjacent the array of apertures and a second forward facing surface adjacent the array of apertures; and an array of keys coupled to a backing, the array of keys having a first key at a first location on a perimeter of the array of keys and a second key at a second location on the perimeter of the array of keys, the array of keys insertable from behind the housing to position the first key into an aperture of the housing and laterally expandable to position a portion of the first key overlapping the first forward facing surface and a portion of the second key overlapping the second forward facing surface;
where the keypad backing comprises an elastically bendable keypad backing that is compressible between;
a laterally extended state where the first key is in front of the first forward facing surface and the second key is in front of the second forward facing surface; and
a laterally contracted state where a greatest linear distance between outer side edges of the first key and the second key is less than the smallest linear distance between the first forward facing surface and the second forward facing surface. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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