Granted Patent B2

US 8,284,558 · App. 12/316,602 · Granted Oct 9, 2012

Abstract

Claims (30)

1. An apparatus comprising:

an interconnector solely configured to fasten a first housing portion and a second housing portion together, the interconnector comprising:

a first interconnector portion solely configured to fasten to a side part of a first housing portion of a portable apparatus, and

a second interconnector portion solely and rigidly connected to the first interconnector portion and configured to solely fasten to a second housing portion of the portable apparatus.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first interconnector portion and the second interconnector portion are configured to fasten to the first and second housing portions substantially orthogonally relative to one another.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the interconnector is substantially planar.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a printed wiring board, wherein the interconnector is positioned adjacent the printed wiring board and oriented substantially parallel to the printed wiring board.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the first housing portion and the second housing portion, wherein the second interconnector portion is positioned substantially within a cavity defined by the first housing portion and the second housing portion.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first interconnector portion is positioned substantially within the cavity defined by the first housing portion and the second housing portion.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first interconnector portion is configured to receive a fastener for fastening to the side part of the first housing portion, and the second interconnector portion is configured to receive a fastener for fastening to the second housing portion.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the side part of the first housing portion defines an aperture and the second interconnector portion is configured to extend through the aperture and the first interconnector portion is configured to abut the side part of the first housing portion around the aperture.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first housing portion and the second housing portion define an exterior surface of the portable apparatus.

10. A portable apparatus comprising the apparatus as claimed in claim 1 .

11. An apparatus comprising:

an interconnector solely configured to fasten a first housing portion and a second housing portion together, the interconnector comprising:

means for solely fastening to a side part of a first housing portion of a portable apparatus, and

means for solely fastening to a second housing portion of the portable apparatus, the means for fastening to the first housing portion being rigidly connected to the means for fastening to the second housing portion.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the means for fastening to the first housing portion and the means for fastening to the second housing portion are configured to fasten to the first and second housing portions substantially orthogonally relative to one another.

13. A method comprising:

providing an interconnector solely configured to fasten a first housing portion and a second housing portion together, the interconnector comprising a first interconnector portion and a second interconnector portion, the second interconnector portion being rigidly connected to the first interconnector portion;

fastening the first interconnector portion solely to a side part of a first housing portion of a portable apparatus, and

fastening the second interconnector portion solely to a second housing portion of the portable apparatus.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the first interconnector portion and the second interconnector portion are configured to fasten to the first and second housing portions substantially orthogonally relative to one another.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the interconnector is substantially planar.

16. The method as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising positioning the interconnector adjacent a printed wiring board and orienting the interconnector to be substantially parallel to the printed wiring board.

17. The method as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising providing the first housing portion and the second housing portion, and wherein the second interconnector portion is positioned within a cavity defined by the first housing portion and the second housing portion.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the first interconnector portion is positioned within the cavity defined by the first housing portion and the second housing portion.

19. The method as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising configuring the first interconnector portion to receive a fastener for fastening to the side part of the first housing portion, and configuring the second interconnector portion to receive a fastener for fastening to the second housing portion.

20. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the side part of the first housing portion defines an aperture, and the method includes configuring the second interconnector portion to extend through the aperture and configured the first interconnector portion to abut the side part of the first housing portion around the aperture.

21. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the first housing portion and the second housing portion define an exterior surface of the portable apparatus.

Assignments (12)