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Patent No.:

US 10082828 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2017

Device with a mid-frame structure and reverse draft

Applicant:

Rakuten Kobo, Inc., Toronto, CA;

Inventors:

Archer Wun, Maple, CA;

Anna Buechin, Toronto, CA;

James Wu, Newmarket, CA;

Ernesto Salas, Toronto, CA;

Assignee:

RAKUTEN KOBO, INC., Toronto, CA;

Attorney:

Xsensus, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Lisa Lea Edmonds

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); H01H 13/83 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/04 (2006.01); F21W 111/10 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); F21V 23/003 (2013.01); F21V 33/0056 (2013.01); G02F 1/133308 (2013.01); G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 1/1698 (2013.01); G06F 1/203 (2013.01); H01H 13/83 (2013.01); H01Q 1/22 (2013.01); H04M 1/0279 (2013.01); H04M 1/04 (2013.01); H05K 7/1417 (2013.01); A45C 2011/002 (2013.01); A45F 2200/0516 (2013.01); F21W 2111/10 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1633 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1634 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic reading device includes a mid-frame structure such that the mid-frame structure can include a reverse draft. A reverse draft corresponds to a back of the electronic reading device being a predetermined amount wider than a front of the electronic reading device. Additionally, a co-molded mid-frame stiffener provides a predetermined rigidity of the electronic reading device. The electronic reading device also includes a display integrated with the front of the mid-frame structure, wherein a space between the display and the mid-frame structure includes one or more electronic reading device components. Similarly, a back cover is integrated with the back of the mid-frame structure, wherein a space between the back cover and the mid-frame structure includes additional electronic reading device components.

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