Cold worked metal housing for a portable electronic device
First Claim
1. An electronic device, comprising:
- a lower housing and;
a brace having a surface attached to at least one of the lower housing or the upper housing; and
an upper housing structure attached to the lower housing by the brace;
wherein a side surface of the upper housing structure and a side surface of the lower housing form a continuous, substantially smooth, continuously curved external side surface when the lower housing is coupled to the upper housing structure.
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Abstract
A cold worked stainless steel bezel for a portable electronic device. The bezel is secured flush to a housing to form part of the case of the portable electronic device. A brace that includes a slot for receiving a wall extending from the bezel is fixed to the housing. When the bezel engages the housing, the wall of the bezel is inserted in the slot of the brace and releasably held by a spring that engages both the brace and the wall. The bezel can be released by disengaging the spring. The bezel is hard and resistant to impacts. Cold worked steel also facilitates manufacturing within design constraints and tolerances, and requires very little machining after manufacturing to comply with those constraints. the portable electronic device may include a personal media device, a mobile telephone, or any other suitable device or combination thereof.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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a lower housing and; a brace having a surface attached to at least one of the lower housing or the upper housing; and an upper housing structure attached to the lower housing by the brace; wherein a side surface of the upper housing structure and a side surface of the lower housing form a continuous, substantially smooth, continuously curved external side surface when the lower housing is coupled to the upper housing structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic device, comprising:
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an upper housing structure that at least partially surrounds a periphery of a screen on the electronic device; a brace having a surface attached to the upper housing structure; a lower housing structure attached to the upper housing structure by the brace, wherein; a top of the brace is below a top of the lower housing structure; and the upper housing structure and the lower housing structure form at least a portion of an outer surface of the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A case for an electronic device comprising:
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a planar structure comprising a top surface that forms at least a portion of an exterior front surface of the case; an upper housing structure surrounding at least a portion of a perimeter of the planar structure; and a lower housing structure coupled to the upper housing structure;
wherein;the upper housing structure and the lower housing structure cooperate to form, at a point where the lower housing structure and the upper housing structure abut one another, at least a portion of a curved outer surface of the case that surrounds the perimeter of the planar structure; and part of a sidewall of the upper housing structure is received within the lower housing structure. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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