Patent ID: 6614405
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: H01Q,H05K

Abstract:
A frame for an electronic device, comprising:an extruded frame structure having a generally planar base with particular dimensions and upstanding sides extending from the base, said frame structure supporting substantially all elements of the device; at least one extruded fixing means for fastening a planar component of the electronic device to the frame structure by shaping of said fixing means, the planar dimensions of the component being smaller than the planar dimensions of the base, said fixing means having been extruded in one piece with said frame structure during the same extrusion process that formed the frame structure, and axes of said fixing means being essentially perpendicular to the base and extending from the upstanding sides of the frame structure; and wherein also an electrical contact between the frame structure and said component is provided by shaping said fixing means.