Patent Application
20160352877
This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201510285159.7 filed on May 29, 2015, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.
The subject matter herein generally relates to an enclosure for an electronic device, and particularly to an enclosure for a handheld electronic device which has a transparent cover.
Handheld electronic devices, such as tablet computers or mobile phones such as smartphones, generally have transparent covers to facilitate touch controls made to the handheld electronic devices. The transparent covers are made of glass plates which are secured to bases of enclosures of the handheld electronic devices through double-sided adhesive tapes. Due to the double-sided adhesive tapes being very sticky, it is difficult to remove the covers from the bases to perform maintenances or repairs to the handheld electronic devices when necessary.
Many aspects of the disclosure can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures, and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts may be exaggerated to better illustrate details and features. The description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein.
Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented.
The term “coupled” is defined as connected, whether directly or indirectly through intervening components, and is not necessarily limited to physical connections. The connection can be such that the objects are permanently connected or releasably connected. The term “substantially” is defined to be essentially conforming to the particular dimension, shape or other word that substantially modifies, such that the component need not be exact. For example, substantially cylindrical means that the object resembles a cylinder, but can have one or more deviations from a true cylinder. The term “comprising” means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in a so-described combination, group, series and the like.
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When it is necessary to remove the transparent protective plate 41 to process maintenance or repair to the electronic device 100, the transparent protective plate 41 is forcedly separated from the silicone rubber layer 42. The silicone rubber layer 42 has such a stickiness that it can adhere the transparent protective plate 41 thereto under a normal use of the electronic device 10, yet readily be removed/peeled away; this differs from the adhesion of the tape, which in this environment would be destructive to the tape (in that it would tear or separate). The transparent protective plate 42 can be separated from the silicone rubber layer 42 when a sufficiently large non-destructive removal force is applied thereto, without the worry that a part of the silicone rubber layer 42 will remain on and contaminate the rear face of the transparent protective plate 41 by the forced separation. After the maintenance or repair of the electronic device 100, the transparent protective plate 41 can be put back to its original position again to be reliably adhered to the silicone rubber layer 42.
The embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present technology have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the present disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in the detail, including in particular the matters of shape, size and arrangement of parts within the principles of the present disclosure, up to and including the full extent established by the broad general meaning of the terms used in the claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201510285159.7 | May 2015 | CN | national |
