IP Library Granted Patent US 8,609,000
Granted Patent B2
US 8,609,000 · App. 13/042,750 · Granted Dec 17, 2013

Method for manufacturing a housing of a numeric display

Inventors: Cheng-Han Tsai (Taoyuan, TW); Chao-Ming Wu (Yilan, TW); Shih-Yuan Kuo (New Taipei, TW); Chih-Wei Wang (New Taipei, TW); Hui-Ling Lin (Gukeng Township, Yunlin County, TW)
Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited; Lite-On Technology Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,609,000
App. No.
13/042,750
Granted
Dec 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The method for manufacturing a housing of a numeric display have the steps of: providing a first injection-molding step for forming a reflecting cover, wherein the reflecting cover has a plurality of pattern segment units, each pattern segment unit is defined by reflecting surfaces of the reflecting cover and has a through hole, and providing a second injection-molding step for forming a transparent injection-molded body into each pattern segment unit, surfaces of the formed transparent injection-molded body being bonded to the corresponding reflecting surfaces, and the reflecting cover and the transparent injection-molded body being constructed as the housing of the numeric display.

Claims (19)

1. A method for manufacturing a housing of a numeric display, comprising the steps of:

providing a first injection-molding step for forming a reflecting cover, wherein the reflecting cover has a plurality of pattern segment units, and each pattern segment unit is defined by a plurality of reflecting surfaces of the reflecting cover and has a through hole; and

providing a second injection-molding step for filling a transparent material into each pattern segment unit to form a transparent injection-molded body, wherein surfaces of the formed transparent injection-molded body being bonded to the corresponding reflecting surfaces, thereby the reflecting cover and the transparent injection-molded body being constructed as the housing of the numeric display, wherein an upper mold and a lower mold are used to clamp the reflecting cover, the upper mold has a protrusion member and a gate, the protrusion member extends into one of the pattern segment units, the protrusion member further has a predetermined structure, and the transparent material is filled into a space defined by the lower mold, the protrusion member, and the reflecting surfaces through the gate to form the transparent injection-molded body, wherein an inner surface of the formed transparent injection-molded body has a pattern structure corresponding to the predetermined structure.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent injection-molded body is used in a thermal reflow process with an operation temperature above 220 □.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the operation temperature of the thermal reflow is ranged from 240° C. to 260° C. .

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent material is a thermoplastic material and comprises polyamide or polyphthalamide.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent material is a thermosetting material and comprises silicone or resin materials.

6. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the transparent material further has an additive and the additive is a diffusing agent or fluorescent powders.

7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the transparent material further has an additive, the additive is a diffusing agent or fluorescent powders.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the transparent material further has an additive, the additive is a diffusing agent or fluorescent powders.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined structure is an arc structure, a groove structure, a V-cutting structure, or a salient structure with equivalent convex lens, so that the pattern structure on the inner surface of the formed transparent injection-molded body is a lens structure, a trench structure, a notch structure, or an equivalent concave lens.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the lower mold has a microstructure formed thereon, and the transparent injection-molded body has an optical microstructure corresponding to the microstructure in a lighting surface thereof.

11. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising a printing step to print at least one color on the reflecting cover.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the printing step is performed between the first injection-molding step and the second injection-molding step.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the printing step is performed after the second injection-molding step.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the reflecting surfaces has a first rough structure and the surface of the transparent injection-molded body corresponding to the at least one of the reflecting surfaces has a second rough structure corresponding to the first rough structure.

15. A method for manufacturing a housing of a numeric display, comprising the steps of:

forming a reflecting cover by injection-molding, wherein the reflecting cover has a plurality of pattern segment units, and each pattern segment unit is defined by a plurality of reflecting surfaces of the reflecting cover and has a through hole; and

filling a transparent material into each pattern segment unit to form a transparent injection-molded body by injection-molding, wherein surfaces of the formed transparent injection-molded body being bonded to the corresponding reflecting surfaces, whereby the reflecting cover and the transparent injection-molded body are constructed as the housing of the numeric display, wherein an upper mold and a lower mold are used to clamp the reflecting cover, the upper mold has a protrusion member and a gate, the protrusion member extends into one of the pattern segment units the protrusion member further has a predetermined structure, and the transparent material is filled into a space defined by the lower mold, the protrusion member, and the reflecting surfaces through the gate to form the transparent injection-molded body, wherein an inner surface of the formed transparent injection-molded body has a pattern structure corresponding to the predetermined structure.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 22, 2013
From: SILITEK ELECTRONIC (GUANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
To: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 030471/0302 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2011
From: TSAI, CHENG-HAN; WU, CHAO-MING; KUO, SHIH-YUAN; WANG, CHIH-WEI; LIN, HUI-LING
To: SILITEK ELECTRONIC (GUANGZHOU) CO., LTD.; LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025918/0345 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2010 1 0163021 · May 5, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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