Patent ID: 7749590

Claim:
An electric apparatus comprising: a frame including a metal sheet formed with a mounting surface and mounting hole extending into the mounting surface; an anti-chipping film being flexible and having opposite first and second surfaces and a plurality of outer peripheral edges defining an outer periphery of the anti-chipping film, an adhesive disposed on the first surface of the anti-chipping film and extending along all of the outer peripheral edges, the adhesive being attached to the mounting surface of the metal sheet at locations outwardly from the mounting hole, at least one slit extending through the anti-chipping film at locations inwardly from the adhesive, portions of the anti-chipping film inwardly of the adhesive and adjacent the at least one sit being deformed into the mounting hole, anti-tearing holes being provided at ends of the slit for substantially preventing tearing; and a resin member having an engagement protrusion projecting from the surface, the engagement protrusion being inserted into the mounting hole through the slit so that the surface of the resin member engages portions of the second surface of the anti-chipping film outwardly of the mounting hole and so that portions of the anti-chipping film adjacent the slit are disposed in the mounting hole between the engagement protrusion and the metal sheet.