Patent Application
20100028709
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to electronic devices, particularly, to a housing of the electronic device.
2. Description of the Related Art
With the development of information technology, portable devices such as notebook computers, mobile phones, and personal digital assistants have become increasingly popular.
Metallic housings are often used to protect and decorate these portable electronic devices. A typical method for preparing a typical metallic housing includes the following steps. First, a metallic sheet is processed by punching, casting, or an inserted molding technique to form a semi-manufactured housing having a predetermined shape. Next, the semi-manufactured housing is anodized to form a protective layer with a metallic luster. Finally, paint is sprayed onto the semi-manufactured housing to decorate and protect the housing. However, the typical metallic housing described above is a flat structure, and it is difficult to form textured configurations on the metallic housing described above. Thus, the metallic housing cannot have a textured touching feeling.
What is needed, therefore, is a new housing of an electronic device to overcome the above-described shortcomings.
Many aspects of the present housing of electronic device 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 present method. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
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The weaving member 30 may be fixed in the fixing space 106 of the metallic main body 10 by a laser welding or a power bonding method. The weaving member 30 may be a metallic three-dimensional weaving net or a metallic three-dimensional weaving sheet prepared by weaving metallic threads or metallic elongated sheets. Both the main body 10 and the metallic three-dimensional weaving member 30 may be made of a magnesium alloy, a titanium alloy, and a stainless steel. In the illustrated embodiment, the weaving member 30 is a metallic three-dimensional weaving sheet weaved by a plurality of metallic elongated sheets 34, and the main body 10 and the weaving member 30 are made of stainless steel.
In the illustrated embodiment, a width of each metallic elongated sheet 34 is in a range from about 1 millimeter to about 1.2 millimeters. A thickness of each metallic elongated sheet 34 is about 0.25 millimeters. A pitch of adjacent metallic elongated sheets 34 is less than about 0.7 millimeters. In this embodiment, a width of each metallic elongated sheet 34 is about 1 millimeter. A thickness of each metallic elongated sheet 34 is about 0.25 millimeters. A pitch of adjacent metallic elongated sheets 34 is about 0.5 millimeters.
The protecting cover 20 includes a U-shaped unit 22 and a seal unit 24. The U-shaped unit 22 is configured to cover the U-shaped flange 104 and a periphery of the metallic three-dimensional weaving member 30. The seal unit 24 may be welded to the free end of the metallic main body 10 with the metallic three-dimensional weaving member 30. The U-shaped unit 22, the seal unit 24, and the main body 10 cooperatively fix and protect the weaving member 30.
In alternative embodiments, the U-shaped flange 104 of the main body 10, and the U-shaped unit 22 of the protecting cover 20 may be other shapes which are consistent with an outline of the main body 10.
Compared with the typical electronic device, the housing 100 has an appealing appearance and a textured touching feeling due to the weaving member 30.
It should be pointed out that the protecting cover 20 can be omitted, if the weaving member 30 may be tightly fixed to the main body 10. In addition, the metallic three-dimensional weaving member 30 may have any configuration.
Finally, while the present disclosure has been described with reference to particular embodiments, the description is illustrative of the disclosure and is not to be construed as limiting the disclosure. Therefore, various modifications can be made to the embodiments by those skilled in the art without departing from the true spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200810303278.0 | Jul 2008 | CN | national |
