Patent ID: 7964082

Claim:
An electroplating method for manufacturing an electroplated shell, the coating method comprising the following steps: molding a base shell, the base shell including a base body, a shell body, and a connecting body, the shell body and connecting body being molded with the base body, the shell body comprising unconnected shell portions, the connecting body comprising connecting portions, the connecting portions connecting the shell portions, enabling the unconnected shell portions to be indirectly connected as a unit, the shell body and the connecting body made of a material that can be electroplated, the base body made of another material that cannot be electroplated, the material for the shell body and the connecting body being different from the material for the base body; pretreating the shell body and the connecting body to yield conducting films covering the shell body and connecting body; electroplating the shell body and the connecting body to concurrently form electroplated layers on the shell body and the connecting body; and removing the connecting body to form the electroplated shell.