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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Toshinobu Ogatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Toshinobu Ogatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/23 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29L 31/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/026 (2013.01); B29C 45/14336 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); H04M 1/0249 (2013.01); H04M 1/23 (2013.01); B29C 45/14311 (2013.01); B29L 2031/445 (2013.01);
Abstract
A box-shaped metal structure is formed by press-working or the like, and a resin shell is integrally molded to the periphery of the metal structure by extrusion molding a resin. A flexible circuit board for key switches is disposed on a switch-receiving surface of the metal structure. The resin shell and the box-shaped metal structure are not bonded together, but the resin fills the connecting holes in the metal structure, whereby the shell and the metal structure are kept together after molding. A casing for a portable device having a structure suitable for obtaining reduced thickness and size reduction is thereby obtained.