Patent ID: 6635210
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: B29C,B29L,H04M,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a shell element for an electronic device, said shell element having a front part and at least one flange that extends from the front part and that is angled in relation to said front part, said shell element further comprising a formed sheet that constitutes at least a part of the outer surface of said front part and at least a part of said at least one flange, said method comprising:forming a sheet that includes a front part and a flange that extends from and is angled in relation to the front part; and injection moulding a plastics material on the back of the formed sheet, said injection moulding including: providing at least one opening in the flange of the formed sheet before the plastics material is injection moulded on the back of the formed sheet; and leaving the at least one opening in the flange open during the injection moulding of the plastics material on the back of the formed sheet.