Patent ID: 7296345
Filing Date: 2007-11-20
Classification: B29C,B29L,G11B,H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a memory device incorporating a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) including a substrate, a metal plug connector mounted on a front edge of the substrate and one or more IC components mounted adjacent to a back edge of the substrate, and wherein the substrate includes a peripheral edge defined by the front and back edges, and by longitudinal side edges extending between the front and back edges, the method comprising: molding a lower housing portion; mounting the PCBA onto the lower housing portion such that a peripheral edge of the lower housing portion is exposed around the peripheral edge of the substrate; and molding an upper housing portion by disposing molten thermoplastic material over the PCBA and the lower housing portion such that said molten thermoplastic material forming a peripheral edge of the upper housing portion fuses with the peripheral edge of the lower housing portion, and such that the plug connector protrudes from a front wall of a housing formed by the upper and lower housing portions.