Patent ID: 7846362

Claim:
A method for making a housing, comprising steps of: providing a mold, the mold including a first female mold, a second female mold, a male mold, a mold core, and a moldboard; the male mold slidably fixed on the moldboard, the mold core supported on the moldboard and slidably received in the male mold, the male mold and the mold core rotated with the moldboard for being matingly engageable with either the first female mold or the second female mold; mating the first female mold with the mold core of the male mold to form a first mold chamber; injecting molten material into the first mold chamber to form a main body on the mold core; setting a decorative film in the second female mold; rotating the mold core of the male mold and mating the mold core with the main body and the second female mold to form a second mold chamber; injecting transparent resin material into the second mold chamber, the resin material filled between the main body and the decorative film; sliding the mold core and the moldboard relative to the male mold toward the second female mold to compress the transparent resin material in the second mold chamber; forming a transparent plate, the decorative film covering the transparent plate and combining with the main body to form a housing; cooling the mold and removing the housing.