Patent ID: 9694526
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B29C,H01R,H05K

Claim:
1. A housing for electronic components, the housing comprising: a body having a major interior surface that defines an interior cavity and a major exterior surface comprising at least first and second intersecting surfaces; a major aperture formed in the body and extending from the interior cavity through the major interior surface and major exterior surface, wherein the major aperture passes through a portion of the first surface and the second surface but not the entirety of the first surface and the second surface and wherein the interior cavity is dimensionally larger than the major aperture such that a largest cross-section of the interior cavity is larger than a largest cross-section of the major aperture; a receiving lip formed around a perimeter of the major aperture; a retention cap having first and second exterior cap surfaces that intersect at an elbow of the retention cap, wherein the retention cap is coupled to the receiving lip such that the first and second exterior cap surfaces are flush with the first and second surfaces of the body, respectively, and wherein the retention cap includes a protrusion that extends outward from the first exterior cap surface and a minor aperture that extends through the second exterior cap surface to the interior cavity; and wherein the housing body is of a single, unitary construction formed of a rigid material of substantially uniform thickness that defines the entirety of the major exterior surface such that the major exterior surface does not include any seams.