Apparatus and method for assembling display of indicia reading terminal

• US 9,158,340 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2011
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Reed, Sherri, Linn, Eric, Fitch, Timothy R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Norris, Jeremy C
• Assistant Examiner(s): MILAKOVICH, NATHAN J
• Application Number:
  US13/169,702
• Publication Number:
  US 20120326397A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,569 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.26, 361/260, 361/679.02, 361/679.3, 277/637, 294/28, 174/50, 174/50.51, 174/520, 174/51, 174/53, 174/525, 174/697.01, 174/679.55, 174/752
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• 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: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

An apparatus and method for sealing a joint between a display and a housing of a hand held computer terminal is provided. The apparatus comprises a display frame. The display frame comprises a display front, a display back, and display sides. The front of the display frame comprises a recessed portion and a non-recessed portion. The recessed portion is configured to accept insertion of the display. The non-recessed portion defines at least a portion of the perimeter of the recessed portion. Fastening holes can be positioned outside the perimeter of the recessed portion. The display frame is configured to tighten to the housing and to compress the display between the display frame and the housing. The method comprises providing a display frame, assembling a display assembly, inserting the display assembly into the housing, and compressing the display between the display frame and the housing.

Claims

1. An apparatus for sealing a joint between a display and a housing of a hand held computer terminal, the display having a display front, a display back, and display sides connecting the display front and the display back, the apparatus comprising:

a display boot configured to be assembled with the display, at least a portion of the display boot mating with at least a portion of the front of the display; and

a display frame, the display frame having a recessed portion, a non-recessed portion, and frame holes, the recessed portion configured to accept insertion of the display and the display boot, the non-recessed portion defining at least a portion of the perimeter of the recessed portion, and the frame holes positioned outside the perimeter of the recessed portion,

wherein the display boot has an overhanging portion configured to overlap and mate against the non-recessed portion of the display frame when the display boot is assembled with the display frame, and

wherein the display frame is configured to tighten to the housing using the frame holes to compress the display and the display boot between the display frame and the housing, to compress the overhanging portion of the display boot between the non-recessed portion of the display frame and the housing, and to compress the display and the at least a portion of the display boot mating with the at least a portion of the front of the display between the display frame and the housing.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the display boot comprises a boot front, a boot back, and boot sides, the sides connecting between the front and the back, wherein the display is configured to be assembled with the display boot by inserting the display between the front, the back, and the sides of the display boot, and wherein the front of the display boot has an overhanging portion configured to overhang display sides of the display when the display boot is assembled with the display.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the size and shape of the display boot is consistent with the size and shape of the display.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display frame comprises a display front, a display back, and display sides connecting the display front and the display back, and wherein the display boot comprises a ridge that extends from the overhanging portion and overlaps at least one of the display sides of the display frame.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the front of the display is coplanar with the non-recessed portion of the front of the display frame.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display boot is comprised of a front surface being grooved to facilitate multiple sealing lines against the housing.

19. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said overhanging portion extends perpendicularly from display boot sides.

7. An apparatus for sealing a joint between a display and a housing of a hand held computer terminal, the display having a display front, a display back, and display sides connecting the display front and the display back, the apparatus comprising:

a display frame comprising a frame front, a frame back, and frame sides, the frame front of the display frame having a recessed portion and a non-recessed portion, the recessed portion configured to accept insertion of the display, and the non-recessed portion defining at least a portion of the perimeter of the recessed portion,

a display boot defining an overhanging portion configured to overlap and mate against the non-recessed portion of the display frame;

wherein the display frame is configured to tighten to the housing and to compress the overhanging portion of the display boot between the display frame and the housing.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising:

a display boot configured to be assembled with the display, at least a portion of the display boot mating with at least a portion of the front of the display, wherein the display boot comprises an overhanging portion overlapping and mating against the non-recessed portion of the display frame when the display frame is assembled with the display boot,

wherein the recessed portion of the display frame is configured to accept insertion of the display and the display boot, and

wherein the display frame is configured to tighten to the housing and to compress the overhanging portion of the display boot between the non-recessed portion of the display frame and the housing.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the display frame is configured to tighten to the housing and to compress the display boot between the display and the housing.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the display boot comprises a boot front, a boot back, and boot sides, the boot sides connecting between the boot front and the boot back, wherein the front of the display boot has an overhanging portion extending beyond the sides of the display boot.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the overhanging portion of the display boot overhangs the display sides of the display when the display boot is assembled with the display.

12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the front of the display is coplanar with the non-recessed portion of the front of the display frame.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the size and shape of the display boot is consistent with the size and shape of the display.

14. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the display frame comprises a frame front, a frame back, and frame sides connecting the frame front and the frame back, and wherein the display boot comprises a ridge that extends from the overhanging portion and overlaps at least one of the sides of the display frame.

15. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the display boot is comprised of a front surface being grooved to facilitate multiple sealing lines against the housing.

16. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the display frame further comprises frame holes positioned outside the perimeter of the recessed portion, wherein the display frame is configured to tighten to the housing and to compress the display between the display frame and the housing using the frame holes.

20. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said overhanging portion is extends perpendicularly from display boot sides.

17. A method of assembling a display and a housing of a hand held computer terminal, the display comprising a display front, display back, and display sides connecting the display front and the display back, the method comprising:

providing a display frame, the display frame comprising a display front, the display front comprising a recessed portion and a non-recessed portion;

providing a display boot defining an overhanging portion configured to overlap and mate against the non-recessed portion of the display frame;

assembling a display assembly wherein assembling the display assembly comprises inserting the display into the display boot with the overhanging portion overlapping the non-recessed portion of the display frame;

inserting the display assembly into the housing; and

compressing the display between the display frame and the housing.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein compressing the display between the display frame and the housing comprises:

compressing the display boot between the display and the housing; and

compressing the display boot between the display frame and the housing.

21. A method according to claim 17, further comprising the overhanging portion perpendicularly overlapping the non-recessed portion of the display frame.