Patent ID: 7109427

Claim:
A method for producing a finished multimedia card (MMC) in a single molding operation, comprising the steps of: a) providing an already assembled printed circuit board (PCB) having a substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, a rear edge, a left side edge, a right side edge, a thickness T 1 , a width W 1 and a length L 1 ; said PCB having electronic components secured on said top surface of said substrate; the greatest height of any of said electronic components above said top surface of said substrate being H 1 ; b) providing an already molded top plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, a rear edge, a left side edge, a right side edge, a thickness T 2 , a width W 2 and a length L 2 ; spacer means extending downwardly from a plurality of locations on said bottom surface of said top plate; said spacer means being integrally formed on said bottom surface of said top plate; c) providing a mold assembly having a top mold plate and a bottom mold plate; said top mold plate having a bottom surface having at least one top plate cavity therein; said bottom mold plate having at least one PCB cavity therein; d) placing one or more top plates in said respective top plate cavities; placing one or more already assembled PCB's in said respective PCB cavities; e) injecting plastic resin into said assembled mold plates to fill the space between said bottom surface of said molded top plates and said top surface of said already assembled PCB's; and f) opening said mold assembly and ejecting the MMC.'s.