Protective gasket for display module of portable electronic device and method for assembling the device
View Patent ↗A protective gasket for a display module of a portable electronic device and a method for assembling the device. The electronic device includes a housing frame, a main body having a display module, and a flexible gasket between the frame and main body, the frame having a display window corresponding to the display module. A cut is at corner portions of the gasket so that inner edges of the flexible gasket are bent after the display module is embedded into the display window, and then compressed and fitted between the outer periphery of the display module and the inner periphery of the display window. With the inner edges of the flexible gasket bent, the thickness of the electronic device can be reduced, and the periphery of the display module can be protected. The display module also can be protected from intrusion by foreign matters such as dust and moisture.
1. A portable electronic communication device, comprising:
a housing frame, the housing frame having a display window portion corresponding to a display screen module, the display window portion comprising a recess or void in the housing frame, and wherein the housing frame further comprises a recessed portion for accommodating a hollow flexible gasket;
a main body having a display screen module; and
a hollow flexible gasket disposed between the housing frame and the display screen module, wherein, the hollow flexible gasket has a cut portion at each of corner portions thereof, so that each of inner edges of the hollow flexible gasket is bent to surround the display screen module as the display screen module is embedded into the display window portion of the housing frame, and the hollow flexible gasket is compressed and fitted between the outer lateral surface of the display screen module and the inner lateral surface of the display window portion of the housing frame, wherein the cut portion at each of the corner portions of the hollow flexible gasket includes a linear cut portion of a predetermined length that extends from the inner corner point of the corner portion to a position in the diagonal direction, so that the bending amount of the inner edge of the hollow flexible gasket corresponds to the predetermined length and a side mounting height of the display screen module.
2. The portable electronic communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the step height of the recessed portion of the housing frame corresponds to thickness of the flexible gasket.
3. The portable electronic communication device according to claim 1 , wherein, the portable electronic communication device is a mobile phone.
4. A hollow flexible gasket to be disposed between a housing frame and a display screen module of a portable electronic communication device to protect the display screen module, the hollow flexible gasket being shaped into a hollow rectangle, wherein:
the hollow flexible gasket has a cut portion at each of corner portions thereof, so that each of inner edges of the hollow flexible gasket are configured to be bent to surround the display screen module after the display screen module is embedded into a display window portion of the housing frame, and the hollow flexible gasket is configured to be compressed and fitted between the outer lateral surface of the display screen module and the inner lateral surface of the display window portion of the housing frame; and
the cut portion at each of the corner portions of the hollow flexible gasket includes a linear cut portion of a predetermined length that extends from the inner corner point of the corner portion to a position in the diagonal direction, so that the inner edge of the flexible gasket is configured to be bent by an amount corresponding to the predetermined length and a side mounting height of the display screen module.