IP Library Granted Patent US 10,123,437
Granted Patent B2
US 10,123,437 · App. 15/218,358 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Electronic device and assembly method thereof

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Patent No.
US 10,123,437
App. No.
15/218,358
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device is provided, including a housing, a channel, and a flexible circuit. The housing includes a frame and a buffer structure connected to the frame by overmolding, wherein the hardness of the frame exceeds that of the buffer structure. The channel is extended along a sidewall of the frame, through the housing and adjacent to the buffer structure. The flexible circuit is disposed through the channel to connect a first circuit unit and a second circuit unit of the electronic device.

Claims (8)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a housing, comprising a frame and a buffer structure, wherein the buffer structure is connected to the frame by overmolding;

a channel, extending through the housing and being defined by a recessed portion of the frame, wherein the channel is adjacent to the buffer structure and extends along a sidewall of the frame such that the channel is disposed between the buffer structure and the frame; and

a flexible circuit, disposed through the channel and configured for insertion and removal from the channel via an opening defined by the frame and the buffer structure.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the frame has a hole extending through the frame.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a first circuit unit and a second circuit unit respectively on opposite sides of the housing, and the flexible circuit is disposed through the channel and electrically connected to the first and second circuit units.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hardness of the frame exceeds that of the buffer structure.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the frame comprises polycarbonate, and the buffer structure comprises thermoplastic polyurethane.

Assignments (3)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 18, 2025
From: RPX CORPORATION
To: BARINGS FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 070551/0860 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2025
From: ACER, INC
To: RPX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070422/0667 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2016
From: WU, SHENG WEN; HUANG, YU-CHENG; LIN, KE-HUA; CHUANG, SHAO-CHI; LEE, WEN-SHU
To: ACER INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 039243/0957 →