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Mobile wireless communications device including conformable, shape-retaining vacuum formed film and related methods

US8718701B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 20, 2012
Grant dateMay 6, 2014
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Expiry dateMar 3, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49124
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, and at least one electronic component carried by PCB and extending upwardly therefrom. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a conformable, shape-retaining film being vacuum formed onto the at least one electronic component and may include a peripheral edge secured to the PCB and a body portion conforming to the at least one electronic component.

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