Patent ID: 7697275

Claim:
A screen unit for a hand-held electronic device, wherein: the screen unit comprises a shell and a stack of layers; an uppermost one of the layers comprises a generally flat display screen, which, in plan view of the screen unit, has an outer periphery; another one of the layers in the stack is a metal backing plate; the metal backing plate is mainly flat, and defines a flat plane of the backing plate; the display screen is carried rigidly in the metal backing plate; the metal backing plate includes a number N of springy tabs, where N is at least two, and in respect of each springy tab: the springy tab comprises a fold of the metal of the backing plate, in which the metal is bent out of the flat plane of the backing plate; in plan view, the springy tab protrudes outwards from the outer periphery of the display screen; the screen unit is so configured that the springy tab is able to undergo resilient deflection in direction D, being a direction that lies parallel to the flat plane of the backing plate and is directed inwards with respect to the periphery of the display screen; and the springy tab is able to absorb energy from an impact to the screen unit.