Patent · US Expired

Electronic device with housing supplement

US6978123B2 · kind B2 · utility

10Cited by

28References

36Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. · FI

Inventors

Thomas Fuhrmann · Eningen unter Achalm, DE
Annett Wilke · Bochum, DE
Dirk Umbach · Hildesheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 2002
Grant date	Dec 20, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 3, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M1/0283
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an electronic device having a housing (1) which has a housing wall (5) with openings (7) for control elements (8) and/or display elements (9, 10). Attachment means (11) for detachably connecting to the housing (1) an external wall element (14) which at least partially covers the housing wall (5) being present on the housing (1), the external wall element (14) having openings (7′) which are aligned with the openings (7) in the housing wall (5). As a result, by using different external wall elements (14) the external appearance of the electronic device can be easily modified.

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