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Hand-held portable electronic device having a heat spreader

US7486517B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 2006
Grant dateFeb 3, 2009
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/0277
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A hand-held portable electronic device frame assembly including a heat spreader made from a thermally conductive material; and an overmolded frame member which has been overmolded onto the heat spreader. The overmolded frame member includes a molded polymer material which forms a thermal insulator on the heat spreader. The frame member is adapted to structurally support at least one component of a hand-held portable electronic device thereon.

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