Electronic device including reinforcement formed at edge of housing and wireless communication apparatus including reinforcement formed at edge of housing
View Patent ↗An electronic device includes: a frame forming an edge portion of a plate-like housing; a groove defining a hollow, along an edge of the housing, in the frame; and a reinforcement disposed in the frame and made of a platable resin with which the groove is filled.
1. An electronic device comprising:
a frame forming an edge portion of a plate-like housing;
a groove defining a hollow, along an edge of the housing, in the frame; and
a reinforcement disposed in the frame and made of a platable resin with which the groove is filled.
2. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the groove is formed in a portion of the frame to which a housing component forming a front surface or a back surface of the plate-like housing is attached, and
wherein the reinforcement is covered by the housing component attached to the frame.
3. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the frame is made of a resin that is harder than the resin of which the reinforcement is made.
4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a conducting wire extending along the edge of the housing and made by plating an exposed portion of the reinforcement that is exposed in an opening of the groove.
5. The electronic device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the conducting wire is disposed discontinuously along the edge of the housing.
6. The electronic device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the groove is divided into plural grooves by ribs arranged along the edge of the housing, and
wherein the conducting wire is divided into plural conducting wires by the ribs.
7. An electronic device comprising:
a plate-like housing; and
a conductor disposed at a periphery of the plate-like housing,
wherein a sidewall of the plate-like housing includes:
an outer sidewall located on an outer side of the plate-like housing;
an inner sidewall located on an inner side of the plate-like housing; and
a reinforcement formed by filling a groove formed between the outer sidewall and the inner sidewall.
8. The electronic device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the plate-like housing includes a frame at an edge portion
wherein the groove is formed in a portion of the frame to which a housing component forming a front surface or a back surface of the plate-like housing is attached, and
wherein the reinforcement is covered by the plate-like housing component attached to the frame.
9. The electronic device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the plate-like housing includes a frame at an edge portion and the groove is formed in a portion of the frame,
wherein the frame is made of a resin that is harder than the resin of which the reinforcement is made.
10. The electronic device according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a conducting wire extending along the edge of the housing and made by plating an exposed portion of the reinforcement that is exposed in an opening of the groove.
11. The electronic device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the conducting wire is disposed discontinuously along the edge of the housing.
12. The electronic device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the groove is divided into plural grooves by ribs arranged along the edge of the housing, and
wherein the conducting wire is divided into plural conducting wires by the ribs.
13. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:
a plate-like housing;
a frame forming an edge portion of the housing;
a groove defining a hollow, along an edge of the housing, in the frame;
a reinforcement disposed in the frame and made of a platable resin with which the groove is filled; and
an antenna disposed on a surface of the reinforcement.
14. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 13 ,
wherein the groove is formed in a portion of the frame to which a housing component forming a front surface or a back surface of the plate-like housing is attached, and
wherein the reinforcement is covered by the housing component attached to the frame.
15. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 13 ,
wherein the frame is made of a resin that is harder than the resin of which the reinforcement is made.
16. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 13 , further comprising:
a conducting wire extending along the edge of the housing and made by plating an exposed portion of the reinforcement that is exposed in an opening of the groove.
17. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 16 ,
wherein the conducting wire is disposed discontinuously along the edge of the housing.
18. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 16 ,
wherein the groove is divided into plural grooves by ribs arranged along the edge of the housing, and
wherein the conducting wire is divided into plural conducting wires by the ribs.