PATENT DOCUMENT

Publication Number: US-9986668-B2
Application Number: US-201414559472-A
Country: US
Kind Code: B2

Title: Metal retaining features for handheld electronic device casing

Abstract:
This invention is directed to mechanical and electromagnetic shielding features of an electronic device case. An electronic device case is formed of two housings, each housing having integrated snaps, channels, or other retaining features used to secure the housings together. The housings additionally include integrated retaining features used to secure electronic components within the device case. The housings and retaining features are formed of amorphous metals or other materials with high elasticities. Because the retaining features necessary to assemble the case and secure the electronic components to the case form integral parts of the housings, no external retaining features are required to assemble the electronic device in the case.

Claims:
What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An electronic device comprising:
 a housing formed from an amorphous metal and having a retaining feature that is integrally formed within the housing, the retaining feature having a shaft portion extending into an internal volume of the housing and a spring portion extending from an end of the shaft portion; and 
 an internal component disposed within the housing and coupled to the housing by the retaining feature, wherein the retaining feature is formed from the amorphous metal and has an ability to bend without yielding while the internal component is being assembled within the housing. 
 
     
     
       2. The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the shaft portion extends substantially perpendicularly from an internal surface of the housing. 
     
     
       3. The electronic device case of  claim 1 , wherein the retaining feature is configured to allow the internal component to displace upon application of an external force to the housing. 
     
     
       4. The electronic device case of  claim 1 , wherein the spring portion is compliant and mechanically insulates the internal component from vibrations applied to the housing. 
     
     
       5. The electronic device case of  claim 1 , wherein the spring portion forms a retaining surface configured to retain the component. 
     
     
       6. The electronic device case of  claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a second retaining feature that is integrally formed within the housing and extends inward from the internal surface of the housing. 
     
     
       7. The electronic device case of  claim 6 , wherein the first retaining feature and the second retaining feature both deform and bend without yielding when the internal component is being assembled within the housing. 
     
     
       8. The electronic device of  claim 7 , wherein the at least one of the retaining feature and the second retaining feature remains deformed when the internal component is assembled within the housing. 
     
     
       9. The electronic device case of  claim 1 , wherein the internal component includes a battery disposed relative to the internal surface of the housing. 
     
     
       10. The electronic device case of  claim 1 , wherein the internal component includes a printed circuit board disposed relative to the internal surface of the housing. 
     
     
       11. The electronic device case of  claim 10 , further comprising a second internal component disposed between the printed circuit board and the internal surface of the housing. 
     
     
       12. The electronic device case of  claim 1 , further comprising: an indentation in a surface of the housing, wherein the indentation engages the internal component to retain the internal component. 
     
     
       13. The electronic device case of  claim 1 , wherein the housing shields the internal component from electromagnetic interference and electro-static discharges. 
     
     
       14. An electronic device case comprising:
 a first housing comprising:
 a first retaining feature comprising an amorphous metal having an ability to bend without yielding while the first housing is being assembled to a second housing; 
 an internal retaining feature that is integrally formed within the first housing and having a shaft portion extending into an interior of the first housing and a spring portion extending from an end of the shaft portion; 
 
 the second housing having a second retaining feature configured to engage the first retaining feature and to couple the first and second housings together; and 
 an internal component disposed within the electronic device case and coupled to the first housing by the internal retaining feature; wherein: 
 the internal retaining feature is formed from the amorphous metal and has an ability to bend without yielding while the internal component is being assembled within the first housing. 
 
     
     
       15. The electronic device case of  claim 14 , wherein the first housing comprises a flange that extends from an outer edge of the first housing, and wherein the flange is operative to create a seal at the interface between the flange and the second housing when the first and second housings are assembled. 
     
     
       16. The electronic device of  claim 14 , wherein the coupling of the first and second housings form an outer surface of the electronic device case. 
     
     
       17. The electronic device of  claim 14 , wherein the first retaining feature is configured to engage the second retaining feature by fitting the first and second housings together, and wherein the first retaining feature and the second retaining feature extend substantially along the length of the first and second housings. 
     
     
       18. A method for constructing an electronic device, the method comprising:
 forming a housing from an amorphous metal, wherein a retaining feature is integrally formed within the housing and has a shaft portion extending into an internal volume of the housing and a spring portion extending from an end of the shaft portion; and 
 engaging an internal component to the housing by deforming the retaining feature; wherein: 
 the retaining feature bends without yielding while the internal component is being assembled within the housing. 
 
     
     
       19. The method of  claim 18 , wherein the shaft portion is formed from the amorphous material and bends without yielding when the internal component is being assembled within the housing. 
     
     
       20. The method of  claim 18 , further comprising engaging the internal component to a second retaining feature that is integrally formed within the housing, wherein the retaining feature and the second retaining feature both deform while the internal component is being assembled within the housing.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation patent application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/340,407, filed Dec. 29, 2011 and titled “Metal Retaining Features for Handheld Electronic Device Casing,” which is a continuation patent application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/123,728, filed May 20, 2008 and titled “Metal Retaining Features for Handheld Electronic Device Casing,” which is a nonprovisional patent application of and claims the benefit to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/010,078, filed Jan. 3, 2008 and titled “Metal Retaining Features for Handheld Electronic Device Casing,” the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     This invention is directed to mechanical and electromagnetic shielding features of an electronic device case. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An electronic device case is provided. In some embodiments, the case includes a first housing having a retaining feature extending from it. The retaining feature forms an integral part of the first housing, and is formed of an elastic material. The case further includes a second housing having an inner surface, the inner surface having a channel formed on it along an edge of the second housing. The retaining feature engages the channel when the electronic case is assembled, and securely couples the first and second housings together. 
     In other embodiments, the electronic device case includes a housing having an inner surface and having a retaining feature extending from the inner surface. The retaining feature forms an integral part of the housing and is formed of an elastic material. The retaining feature engages a component of the electronic device and elastically couples the component to the housing. 
     A method for constructing an electronic device case is also provided. In some embodiments, the method includes producing a first housing using a single production step. The first housing is produced such that the housing has a retaining feature that is formed as an integral part of the housing, and that extends from an edge of the housing. The retaining feature is formed of an elastic material. The method further includes producing a second housing using a single production step, the second housing being produced such that it has a channel formed along an edge of an inner surface of the housing. The channel is formed such that the retaining feature engages the channel when the electronic case is assembled, and such that the first and second housings are securely coupled together when the retaining feature engages the channel. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The above and other features of the present invention, its nature and various advantages will be more apparent upon consideration of the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and in which: 
         FIG. 1A  is a front view of an illustrative electronic device case in accordance with one embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 1B  is a top view of the electronic device case of  FIG. 1A  in accordance with one embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 2  is a cross-sectional view of an illustrative assembled case in accordance with one embodiment of the invention; and 
         FIGS. 3A-3D  are oblique views of four illustrative retaining feature assemblies in accordance with various embodiments of the invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     An electronic device case is provided having mechanical and material design features enabling the device and device case to have a smaller form factor, reduced weight, and simplified device and assembly characteristics as compared to prevailing device cases. The mechanical and material design features described herein may also enable other advantageous electronic device case features. 
       FIG. 1A  is a front view of an illustrative electronic device case  100  in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. Case  100  may include screen  105 , input mechanism  107 / 109 , and upper housing  101 . Upper housing  101  functions as a bezel. Screen  105  may be any suitable screen or display for providing content to a user of the electronic device. For example, screen  105  may include a glass, plastic, composite, combinations thereof, or any other suitable material surface by which content may be displayed. In some embodiments, screen  105  may include an input mechanism for providing input to the electronic device (e.g., a touch screen). In other embodiments, screen  105  may be eliminated, or may be replaced by one or more diodes, visual indicators, or other user feedback devices. 
     Input mechanism  107 / 109  may include any suitable mechanism for providing inputs to the electronic device. For example, the input mechanism may include a wheel  107  and one or more buttons  109  (e.g., a click-wheel). In some embodiments, input mechanisms may be incorporated in screen  105  as a touch-screen input mechanism, such as that described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,323,846, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. The user interface may emulate a rotary phone or a multi-button keypad, which may be implemented on a touch screen or the combination of a click wheel or other user input device and a screen. A more detailed discussion of such a rotary phone interface may be found, for example, in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/591,752, filed Nov. 1, 2006, entitled “Touch Pad with Symbols based on Mode,” which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. 
     Upper housing  101  may form the upper outer surface of case  100 . Housing  101  may include apertures for receiving screen  105  and input mechanism  107 / 109 , and may include features on the inner surface of housing  101  for coupling each of screen  105  and input mechanism  107 / 109  in housing  101 . In some embodiments, housing  101  may include additional apertures for accessing connectors and input mechanisms.  FIG. 1B  is a top view of the electronic device case of  FIG. 1A  in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. As shown in  FIG. 1B , housing  101  may include apertures for accessing connector  111  and jack plug  113 . Case  100  may include lower housing  103 , which may be coupled to housing  101  to form the outer surface of case  100 . 
     One or both of housing  101  and housing  103  may be constructed from any suitable material, and using any suitable approach. For example, housing  101  and housing  103  may be formed from metal in order to protect the electronic and/or other devices located inside case  100  from electro-magnetic interference (EMI) and electro-static discharge (ESD). Alternatively, one, both, or a portion of housing  101  and housing  103  may be constructed of a non-metallic material to enable the electronic device located inside case  100  to emit or receive electro-magnetic signals (e.g., radio, WIFI, GSM, or other signals). Housing  101  and housing  103  may be constructed from a material selected for its weight, strength, shielding properties, compliance or elasticity, durability, cost, aesthetics, or any suitable attribute or combination of attributes. 
       FIG. 2  is a cross-sectional view of a portion of an illustrative assembled case  200  in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. Case  200  includes upper housing  201  which is coupled to lower housing  203  to form the outer surface  221  of case  200 . Upper housing  201  and lower housing  203  are coupled to each other by retaining features  214 / 215  and  217 . 
     Retaining feature  214 / 215  extends outwards from the outer edge of housing  201 , and includes flange  214  and snap  215 . In some embodiments, retaining feature  214 / 215  may extend from housing  201  in a direction substantially perpendicular to (or orthogonal or transverse to) a substantially planar portion of housing  201 . In the embodiment shown in  FIG. 2 , for example, retaining feature  214 / 215  extends from housing  201  in a direction substantially perpendicular to (or transverse to) the substantially planar portion of housing  201  on which indentation  210  and perforation  208  are formed. In other embodiments, retaining feature  214 / 215  may extend along or parallel to an outer wall of housing  201 , effectively extending the length of the outer wall. In the embodiment shown in  FIG. 2 , for example, retaining feature  214 / 215  extends along the outer wall of housing  201  (the outer wall being depicted as the vertical portion of housing  201  that is substantially perpendicular to the planar portion of the housing). 
     Retaining feature  214 / 215  can come into contact with inner surface  219  of housing  203  when case  200  is assembled. In a preferred embodiment, flange  214  and snap  215  form integral parts of housing  201  (i.e., they are formed as a unit) and are formed as part of the same manufacturing process as housing  201 . The physical contact between flange  214  and housing  203  may create a seal (e.g., an air-tight seal, water-proof seal, electromagnetic barrier) at the interface between the flange and housing, ensuring that particulate matter (e.g., dust, water, dirt) and electromagnetic waves (e.g., EMI, ESD) cannot penetrate assembled case  200 . In some embodiments, a sealing gasket such as a rubber gasket or o-ring may be placed between flange  214  and housing  203  to create a seal at the interface(s) between the gasket, flange  214 , and housing  203 . 
     Snap  215  may extend either from flange  214  (as shown) or directly from housing  201  in embodiments in which flange  214  is absent (see, e.g.,  FIG. 3A  showing snap  331  extending outwards from housing  311 ). Snap  215  may be designed to engage retaining feature  217 . Retaining feature  217  may take the form of, for example, an indentation, channel, or other receiving feature formed in inner surface  219  of housing  203  (as shown). In a preferred embodiment, snap  215  may form an integral part of housing  201  and be formed of the same material and as part of the same manufacturing process as housing  201 . Retaining feature  217  may similarly form an integral part of housing  203  and be formed of the same material and as part of the same manufacturing process as housing  203 . Snap  215  and feature  217  may be formed from any suitable material that allows snap  215  and/or feature  217  to be elastically deformed when housing  201  is inserted into housing  203 . In particular, snap  215  and feature  217  may be formed of an elastic material, i.e. a material with high elasticity which allows snap  215  and/or feature  217  to bend or deform without yielding when a force is applied to them, and to regain their shapes once the force is removed. For example, snap  215  and feature  217  may be formed of an amorphous metal alloy having a high elasticity and an ability to bend without yielding (e.g., liquidmetal, vitreloy, metallic glasses). In embodiments in which both snap  215  and feature  217  are made of elastic materials, snap  215  and feature  217  may be deformed by substantially the same amount (measured as, e.g., the same distance from the snap&#39;s or the feature&#39;s rest position, or the same distance from their positions when the housings are coupled) when housing  201  is inserted into housing  203 . In some embodiments, snap  215  and/or feature  217  may remain deformed while housings  201  and  203  are secured to each other. In other embodiments, snap  215  and/or feature  217  may only be deformed while housing  201  is being inserted into housing  203 . 
     Retaining features  214 / 215  and  217  may take various forms including, for example, the form of snaps (as shown at  215 ), flanges (as shown at  214 ) hooks, tabs, springs, stubs, perforations, indentations (as shown at  217 ). Various combinations of retaining or receiving features formed on upper and lower housings  201  and  203  may be used to secure the housings to each other. Retaining features may be designed to permanently secure housings  201  and  203  together, or to temporarily or reversibly secure the housings together. While case  200  is illustratively shown as being formed of two housings  201  and  203 , case  200  may be formed of greater numbers of housings secured to each other by any number or combinations of retaining features. Additional characteristics of retaining features that may be used in accordance with the invention are shown in  FIGS. 3A-3D  and described in the detailed description associated with those figures. 
     Electronic device case  200  can be used to secure the various electronic and other components of the electronic device housed by case  200 . Components of the electronic device may be mounted on the surface of case  200 , or may be housed inside of case  200 . Input/output mechanisms  207 / 209  may be located on portions of outer surface  221  of case  200 . Input/output mechanism  209  may be mounted in indentation  210  of the outer-surface  221  of housing  201 . Input/output mechanism  207  may be mounted in perforation  208  traversing the wall of housing  201 . Input/output mechanisms  207 / 209  may be, for example, a screen, touch-screen, diode, button, scroll-wheel, connector, jack plug, or any other appropriate input and/or output mechanism of the electronic device. 
     Other components of the electronic device, such as plate  222 , circuit board  223 , memory or hard-disk  225 , battery  227 , may be housed within case  200 . One or more of the components housed in case  200  may be secured to one or both of upper housing  201  and lower housing  203 . Components may be firmly or elastically secured to one or more of the housings. 
     Components may be mounted to or secured to housings  201  or  203  using any number of retaining mechanisms or features. Components may be mounted or secured using retaining features such as one or more shafts  229 , springs  231 , hooks  233 , indentations  235 , or other features extending from inner-surface  219  of case  200 . Components may be secured by direct physical contact with a retaining feature, such as the contact between circuit board  223  and spring  231 , or the contact between battery  227  and hook  233 . Alternatively, components can be secured through their physical interactions with other components, such as the interaction between plate  222  and circuit board  223  and input/output mechanism  207 . In some embodiments, the retaining features  229 / 233  used to secure components within case  200  may extend substantially orthogonally to (or perpendicularly, or transversely) the surface of the housing they extend from, or orthogonally to the portion of the surface they extend from. In case  200  shown in  FIG. 2 , for example, shaft  229  and hook  233  extend substantially perpendicularly to the surfaces of housings  201  and  203  they respectively extend from. 
     Retaining features designed to secure components within case  200  can form integral parts of the housings they extend from, and be formed as part of the same manufacturing process as those housings. For example in case  200 , shaft  229  and spring  231  may form an integral part of housing  201  and be formed as part of the same manufacturing process as housing  201 . Similarly, hook  233  may form an integral part of housing  203  and be formed as part of the same manufacturing process as housing  203 . In preferred embodiments, the retaining features  229 ,  231 , and  233  are formed of the same material as the housing they extend from. The retaining features may in particular be formed of materials with high elasticities, such as amorphous metals, in order for the retaining features to elastically deform when the components they secure are inserted into the housings. 
     Retaining features may be designed or shaped so as to elastically couple components to the case, such that components can move if external forces are applied to the components or to the case and can return to their original positions once the forces are removed. Such retaining features may be designed or shaped so as to be compliant and to deform in response to forces applied to the components they secure. For example, shaft  229  and spring  231  may be compliant and deform in response to forces being applied to circuit board  223 . In the embodiment of  FIG. 2 , the compliance of shaft  229  and spring  231  may prevent plate  222  and circuit board  223  from deforming in response to forces applied to mechanism  207 . The compliance of shaft  229  and spring  231  may additionally mechanically insulate plate  222 , circuit board  223 , and any other components coupled to them, from vibrations or other forces (e.g., bumps, drops, etc.) applied to housing  201  or case  200 . 
     Retaining features may alternatively be designed so as not to be compliant. For example, battery  227  is secured to housing  203  by the non-compliant retaining indentation  235  in inner-surface  219  of the housing. Indentation  235  is formed by a localized thinning of the wall of housing  203  (e.g., a thinning of the housing wall from a thickness of approximately 0.6 mm to a thickness of approximately 0.3 mm). Indentation  235  may secure battery  227  by hindering lateral movement of the battery along inner surface  219  when the battery is engaged in the indentation. Indentation  235  may also serve to reduce the quantity of material used in manufacturing housing  203 , reduce the weight of housing  203 , increase the volume contained within housing  203  and case  200 , and increase the number or size of components that can be secured within case  200 . 
     Components of the electronic device may include retaining features designed to facilitate the securing of the components to housings  201  or  203 . Components may have indentations, perforations, edges, tabs, or other features operative to engage or interact with retaining features of the housings to secure the components. For example, beveled edge  237  of battery  227  is designed such that the elastic pressure exerted by compliant hook  233  on beveled edge  237  keeps battery  227  securely coupled to housing  203 . Hook  233  elastically deforms when battery  227  is inserted into housing  203 , and exerts a constant elastic force on beveled edge  237  to elastically secure battery  227  to inner-surface  219  of indentation  235 . 
       FIGS. 3A-3D  are oblique views of four illustrative retaining feature assemblies  301 - 304  in accordance with various embodiments of the invention. Each retaining feature assembly  301 - 304  may be used to secure one of housings  311 - 314  to the corresponding housing  321 - 324 . 
       FIG. 3A  is an oblique view of illustrative retaining feature assembly  301  used to secure housing  311  to housing  321 . Housing  311  includes a retaining feature, illustratively shown as snap  331 , configured to engage retaining channel  341  of housing  321  in order to secure housings  311  and  321  together when the housings are assembled. A seal may be formed at the interface of housings  311  and  321  when snap  331  is engaged in channel  341 . In a preferred embodiment, snap  331  forms an integral part of housing  311  and is formed of the same material and as part of the same manufacturing process as housing  311 . Snap  331  may be formed from an elastic material that allows snap  331  to be elastically deformed when housing  311  is assembled to housing  321 . 
       FIG. 3B  is an oblique view of illustrative retaining feature assembly  302  used to secure housing  312  to housing  322 . Assembly  302  is substantially similar to assembly  301 , and similarly numbered elements of assembly  302  are formed and function in substantially similar ways as correspondingly numbered parts of assembly  301 . Similarly to assembly  301 , assembly  302  includes discrete snap  332  of housing  312  configured to engage into discrete indentation  342  of housing  322 . Assembly  302  additionally includes a continuous flange  352  which extends from the outer edge of housing  312  and is configured to fit into a corresponding continuous indentation  362  of housing  322  when housings  312  and  322  are assembled. Flange  352  and indentation  362  may form a tight seal at their interface when housings  312  and  322  are assembled. The seal can ensure that neither particulate matter nor electromagnetic waves can penetrate through the assembly of housings  321  and  322 . 
       FIG. 3C  is an oblique view of illustrative retaining feature assembly  303  used to secure housing  313  to housing  323 . Assembly  303  is substantially similar to assembly  302 , and similarly numbered elements of assembly  303  are formed and function in substantially similar ways as correspondingly numbered elements of assembly  302 . Assembly  303  differs from assembly  302  in that housing  313  of assembly  303  includes a continuous snap  333  and a continuous flange  353  which extend substantially along the entire length of the outer edge of housing  313 . Housing  323  has a continuous retaining indentation  342  which extends substantially along the entire length of housing  323  and is configured to engage with snap  333 . When snap  333  engages indentation  342 , housings  313  and  333  may be held securely to each other and a tight seal may be formed at the interface of flange  353  and indentation  362 . 
       FIG. 3D  is an oblique view of illustrative retaining feature assembly  304  used to secure housing  314  to housing  324 . Assembly  304  is substantially similar to assembly  301 , and similarly numbered elements of assembly  304  are formed and function in substantially similar ways as correspondingly numbered part of assembly  301 . Assembly  304  differs from assembly  301  in that retaining snap  334  of assembly  304  includes a perforation  354 , and housing  324  of assembly  304  includes a retaining protrusion  344 . Snap  334  and protrusion  344  can be configured to secure housings  314  and  324  to each other. When protrusion  344  is engaged in perforation  354  of snap  334 , housings  314  and  324  may be secured together. In some embodiments, retaining feature assembly  304  may include a flange (not shown in  FIG. 3D ) which extends from the outer edge of housing  314  and is configured to fit into a corresponding indentation (not shown in  FIG. 3D ) of housing  324  when housings  314  and  324  are assembled. The flange and indentation of assembly  304  may be substantially similar to, and function in a manner substantially similar to, flanges  352  and  353  and indentations  362  and  363  of  FIGS. 3B and 3C . In a preferred embodiment, snap  334  forms an integral part of housing  314  and may be formed as part of the same manufacturing process as housing  314 . Snap  334  may be formed from any suitable material that allows snap  334  to be elastically deformed when housing  314  is assembled to housing  324 . For example, snap  334  may be formed of an amorphous metal alloy having a high elasticity and an ability to bend without yielding (e.g., liquidmetal). 
     The above described embodiments of the invention are presented for purposes of illustration and not of limitation, and the present invention is limited only by the claims which follow.

Metadata:
Filing Date: 20141203
Publication Date: 20180529
Grant Date: 20180529
Priority Date: 20080103
Inventors: ZADESKY, STEPHEN P.
Assignee: APPLE INC
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