EP1501262A3
Component assembly cushioning device for mobile devices
Abstract
A spacer (120) for use in a mobile device (100) fills the space between a component assembly and a housing (110). The spacer includes a layer of compressible material for insertion between the component assembly and the housing. A plurality of compressible features (124) are provided on a face of the layer. Upon insertion of the component assembly and assembly of the housing, the compressible features are compressed to fill a gap between the component assembly and the housing without over-compressing the main body of the spacer, allowing the body of the spacer to cushion any subsequent impact to the mobile device.
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Numbers
- Publication
- 1501262
- Publication, DOCDB
- 1501262
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP1501262
- Application
- 4254218
- Application, DOCDB
- 04254218
- Application, EPODOC
- EP20040254218
Titles3
- German
- Polstervorrichtung einer Baugruppe für ein Mobilfunkgeràt
- English
- Component assembly cushioning device for mobile devices
- French
- Dispositif de rembourrage d 'un ensemble de composants pour téléphones mobiles
Classification
- CPC, 5
- H04M1/0277
- H04M1/02
- H04M1/725
- H05K7/1417
- H05K7/12
- IPC, 3
- H04M1 02
- H05K7 14
- H04M1 725
Designated states33
- Contracting states, 28
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
and 4 moreShow fewer
- Sweden
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Türkiye
- Extension states, 5
- Albania
- Croatia
- Lithuania
- Latvia
- North Macedonia