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Matched Legal Cases: ['§120', 'Application No. 61', 'Application No. 61', 'Application No. 09790546', 'Application No. 2011203145', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 2011']

US8250724B2 - Method for handheld computer device - Google Patents
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US8250724B2
US8250724B2 US12/712,900 US71290010A US8250724B2 US 8250724 B2 US8250724 B2 US 8250724B2 US 71290010 A US71290010 A US 71290010A US 8250724 B2 US8250724 B2 US 8250724B2
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US20100146766A1 (en
2010-02-25 Priority to US12/712,900 priority patent/US8250724B2/en
2010-06-17 Publication of US20100146766A1 publication Critical patent/US20100146766A1/en
2012-08-28 Publication of US8250724B2 publication Critical patent/US8250724B2/en
This application is a continuation of and claims priority under 35 USC §120 to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/205,824 filed Sep. 5, 2008 and is incorporated herein by reference.
This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/205,826 filed Sep. 5, 2008 and is incorporated herein by reference. This patent application is also related to (i) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/094,811, filed Sep. 5, 2008, entitled “ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SHIELDS WITH PIEZOS”, which is incorporated herein by reference and (ii) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/094,816, filed Sep. 5, 2008, entitled “COMPACT HOUSING FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INTERNAL SPEAKER”, each of which are herein incorporated herein by reference.
providing a single seamless housing, the single seamless housing having a front opening,
an integral bottom and side walls, wherein the integral bottom and side walls cooperate to form a cavity in cooperation with the front opening;
placing a cover unit within the front opening, the cover unit having a flat top surface and substantially filling the front opening; and
attaching the cover unit to the seamless housing without a bezel, wherein the integral bottom wall has a curved bottom surface, the side walls being rounded such that they form a curved side surface and an undercut within the cavity, an inside edge of the side walls surrounding and defining the front opening.
4. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein attaching the cover unit to the seamless housing without a bezel comprises:
attaching the frame to the housing within the cavity.
5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the cover unit further comprises:
a display unit having at least a display screen;
a cover glass through which the display screen is visible; and
a substantially transparent touch sensing layer disposed between the cover glass and the display screen.
providing a single seamless housing, the single seamless housing having, an outside edge, an inside edge, a front opening, an integral bottom wall and side walls, wherein the integral bottom wall and side walls cooperate to form a cavity in cooperation with the front opening; and attaching a mounting bracket to the integral bottom wall, the mounting bracket arranged to secure at least an electronic assembly to the integral bottom wall of the housing wherein the mounting bracket comprises: at least one mounting bracket datum bump, the at least one mounting bracket datum bump arranged to reduce Z height tolerance between the electronic assembly secured to the integral bottom wall of the housing and an uppermost flat portion of the housing between the inside edge and the outside edge.
11. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the mounting bracket comprises:
a plurality of sacrificial Z adjustment bumps having a sacrificial portion arranged along the length of the mounting bracket.
machining off a top most portion of the seamless housing and the sacrificial portion of the sacrificial Z adjustment bumps; and
concurrently with the machining, drilling a plurality of XY alignment holes, wherein the machining off and the drilling are performed in the single machine set up.
centering the racetrack with respect to outside edge.
14. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the centering the racetrack comprises:
optically determining a plurality of reference points on the outside edge of the seamless and cutting the inside edge using the plurality of optical reference points.
15. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein the optically determining a plurality of reference points on the outside edge, comprises:
taking a series of optical measurements using a camera to measure an outside racetrack profile after a rough cut of the outside racetrack profile is complete.
16. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the racetrack is centered by forming an inner profile using the optical measurements to find a center (x0, y0) and a rotation angle φ for cutting the inner profile.
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