Patent ID: 8333862

Claim:
A self-fixturing method for bonding a metal frame to an electronic device housing, comprising: receiving the metal frame, the metal frame having at least a first part of a permanent attachment feature mold used to form a permanent attachment feature used to bond the metal frame to the electronic device housing, the permanent attachment feature mold comprising a semi-spherical cross-sectional perforation having a diameter D 1 at a first surface of the metal frame and a diameter D 2 at a second surface of the metal frame wherein D 2 is greater than D 1 ; applying a thermal cure epoxy adhesive on a portion of the first surface of the metal frame; placing the first surface of the metal frame in contact with a first surface of an electronic device housing; compressing the metal frame and electronic device housing together using at least a compression force C 1 ; and forming the permanent attachment feature by, injecting an amount of UV cure adhesive into the permanent attachment feature mold at the second surface that does not overfill the permanent attachment feature mold thereby allowing the permanent attachment feature to remain below the level of the second surface of the metal frame, and curing the UV cure adhesive by exposing the amount of UV cure adhesive in the permanent attachment feature mold to UV light.