Patent ID: 7256355
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: H04M,H05K

Abstract:
1. A spacer for use in a mobile device, the spacer for filling a space between a component assembly and a housing, the component assembly including a display component, the spacer comprising: a layer of compressible material for insertion between the component assembly and the housing; and a plurality of compressible features integrally formed on a face of the layer, the compressible features being compressible, via volumetric pressure difference, upon assembly of the mobile device and extending between the component assembly and the housing to space the component assembly inside the housing when the mobile device is assembled, and the depth of the layer and uncompressed compressible features exceeding the depth of the space between the component assembly and the housing, and the depth of the compressed layer and the compressed compressible features exceeding a predetermined critical depth; wherein the compressible material is a compressible foam.