IP Library Granted Patent US 8,160,663
Granted Patent B2
US 8,160,663 · App. 12/455,242 · Granted Apr 17, 2012

Method and apparatus concerning sliding parts

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Patent No.
US 8,160,663
App. No.
12/455,242
Granted
Apr 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus including a first rail part and a second rail part which are allowed to slide with respect to each other. The apparatus further includes a wearable protrusion in one of the rail parts to set a pre-defined clearance between the rail parts. A method is also disclosed.

Claims (24)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a first rail part and a second rail part slidingly movable with respect to each other; and

a wearable protrusion in one of the rail parts to set a pre-defined clearance between the rail parts, the protrusion having been intentionally created and is to wear off intentionally to cause the clearance.

2. An apparatus comprising:

a first rail part and a second rail part slidingly movable with respect to each other; and

a wearable protrusion in one of the rail parts to set pre-defined clearance between the rail parts, wherein the protrusion is configured to intentionally wear off rapidly when the apparatus is taken into use.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is a burr.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is configured to set the clearance as a clearance in a side direction of the apparatus perpendicular to a sliding direction.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first rail part is an over-molding over a first part of the apparatus.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first rail part is of moldable material.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second rail part is a separate rail attached to a second part of the apparatus.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second rail part is of material harder than material of the first rail part.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus has a burr in a mouth of the first rail, the burr being configured to wear off when an edge of the second rail is moved against the burr.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is a mobile device.

11. A method comprising:

providing an apparatus with a first rail part and a second rail part which are allowed to slide with respect to each other;

applying a wearable protrusion in one of the rail parts to set a pre-defined clearance between the rail parts, and

pressing the second rail part against the protrusion arranged into the first rail part when attaching the second rail part to a second part of the apparatus.

12. The method of claim 11 , comprising:

using intentionally created burrs of controlled height to set the clearance between the rail parts.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein a first part of the apparatus is used as a mould over which moldable material is over-molded to form the first rail part.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the protrusion is created into the first rail part as a burr by over-molding.

15. The method of claim 11 , comprising:

attaching the second rail part to the second part by laser welding.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2015
From: NOKIA CORPORATION
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 035543/0141 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2009
From: TIMPERI, MIKKO; TEURI, TOMMI
To: NOKIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022952/0184 →