Patent ID: 9555597
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B32B,G06F,Y10T

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a top and a bottom chassis cover to mate with each other, to provide a thin profile for the apparatus, wherein the top and bottom chassis covers are formed of a first material with a first property that results in the top and bottom chassis covers being flexible; a keyboard disposed on the top chassis cover; a printed circuit board disposed between the keyboard and the bottom chassis cover; and an adhesive foam core that fills a first and a second end volume between the top and the bottom chassis cover, and a bottom volume bounded by a surface of the bottom chassis cover and an entire bottom surface of the printed circuit board, wherein a portion of the adhesive foam core that fills the bottom volume adheres to the chassis cover and the printed circuit board; wherein a top volume between a substantial extent of a top surface of the printed circuit board and the keyboard does not include the foam core; and wherein the adhesive foam core is formed of a second material with a second property that provides sufficient rigidity to the apparatus, with filling only the first and second end volumes and the bottom volume, but not the top volume, to prevent the chassis covers from excessive flexing that causes damages to the printed circuit board when the keyboard is used resulting in stress being imparted on the flexible chassis covers.