Protective cover assembly and protected electronic device
11147176 · 2021-10-12
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
G07G1/0018
PHYSICS
H05K5/069
ELECTRICITY
C09J2203/326
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
C09J7/405
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
C09J2301/124
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
C09J2301/302
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
C09J2203/318
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
B29C2071/0045
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
C09J7/25
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
C08J5/12
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
B29L2031/3481
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
C09J5/00
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
Y10T428/14
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
B29K2083/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29C71/0009
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
C09J7/25
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
Abstract
A protective cover assembly and a protected electronic device are provided. The protective cover assembly for example includes: a silicone base, having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface; a patterned double-sided adhesive layer, attached onto the inner surface of the silicone base; and a releasable protective paper, attached onto a side of the patterned double-sided adhesive layer facing away from the inner surface of the silicone base and thereby the patterned double-sided adhesive layer is sandwiched between the silicone base and the releasable protective paper. The protective cover assembly can be applied for protecting a keypad and/or display part of an electronic device to thereby make the protected electronic device gain a liquid sealing and corrosion-resistant performance and the service life is prolonged consequently.
Claims
1. A protected electronic device, comprising: a target electronic device including a main body and a display part having a display screen, wherein a gap exists between the display part and the main body and surrounds the display part; and a protective cover assembly including: a ring-shaped silicone base with a central opening; a first continuous ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer, attached onto the ring-shaped silicone base; a screen protective film; and a second continuous ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer, attached onto the screen protective film; wherein the screen protective film is attached onto the display part by the second continuous ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer to cover the display screen; wherein the ring-shaped silicone base is attached onto both the main body and the screen protective film by the first continuous ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer, and thereby the ring-shaped silicone base, the first continuous ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer, the screen protective film and the second continuous ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer are sequentially stacked on the display part in that order; wherein outer edges of the screen protective film as well as the gap are covered by the ring-shaped silicone base while the screen protective film is exposed in the central opening, outer edges of the ring-shaped silicone base and the outer edges of the screen protective film are respectively located at two opposite sides of the gap, and inner edges of the ring-shaped silicone base and the outer edges of the ring-shaped silicone base are respectively located at the two opposite sides of the gap; wherein air between the ring-shaped silicone base and the first continuous ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer is discharged by pressing the ring-shaped silicone base and the first continuous ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer via a tool for a time length equal to or greater than 0.5 minutes.
2. A protected electronic device, comprising: a target electronic device including a main body and a display part having a display screen, wherein a gap exists between the display part and the main body and surrounds the display part; and a protective cover assembly including: a ring-shaped silicone base, having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface; a first continuous ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer, attached onto the inner surface of the ring-shaped silicone base; a screen protective film; and a second continuous ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer, attached onto the screen protective film; wherein the screen protective film is attached onto the display part by the second continuous ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer to cover the display screen; wherein the ring-shaped silicone base comprises a central opening region and a ring-shaped peripheral region surrounding the central opening region, and the ring-shaped peripheral region has the first continuous ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer located therein; wherein the ring-shaped silicone base is attached onto both the main body and the screen protective film by the first continuous ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer and thereby the ring-shaped silicone base, the first continuous ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer, the screen protective film and the second continuous ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer are sequentially stacked on the display part in that order, outer edges of the screen protective film as well as the gap are covered by the ring-shaped silicone base while the screen protective film is exposed in the central opening region of the ring-shaped silicone base, the outer edges of the screen protective film are spaced from and surrounded by the gap, outer edges of the ring-shaped silicone base and the outer edges of the screen protective film are respectively located at two opposite sides of the gap, and inner edges of the ring-shaped silicone base and the outer edges of the ring-shaped silicone base are respectively located at the two opposite sides of the gap.
3. The protected electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the ring-shaped silicone base has a portion non-overlapped with the screen protective film and located at a side of the outer edges of the screen protective film away from the display screen, and the portion non-overlapped with the screen protective film belongs to the ring-shaped peripheral region.
4. The protected electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the screen protective film has a hardness of pencil hardness 4H, and the screen protective film is made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
5. The protected electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the display part further comprises a peripheral portion surrounding the display screen, the gap exists between the main body and the peripheral portion, and the screen protective film fully covers the display screen but partially covers the peripheral portion.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) In order to more clearly illustrate technical solutions of embodiments of the invention or the prior art, drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
(29) The technical solutions in the embodiments of the invention will be clearly and completely described below, with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the invention.
Embodiment 1
(30) Referring to
(31) The silicone base 11 has an inner surface 113 and an outer surface 111 opposite to the inner surface 113. The silicone base 11 is exemplarily made of a silicone material and typically is transmissive to visible light.
(32) The patterned double-sided adhesive layer 13 is attached onto the inner surface 113 of the silicone base 11. The patterned double-sided adhesive layer 13 is exemplarily a 3M double-sided adhesive tape.
(33) The releasable protective paper 15 is attached onto a side of the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 13 facing away from the inner surface 113 of the silicone base 11 and thereby the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 13 is sandwiched between the silicone base 11 and the releasable protective paper 15.
(34) As illustrated in
(35) Moreover, the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 13 includes a ring-shaped adhesive portion 132 and at least one bar-shaped adhesive portion 134 (
(36) In summary, the keypad protective cover assembly 10 as illustrated in
Embodiment 2
(37) Referring to
(38) In particular, as illustrated in
(39) Moreover, the display part 1500 is disposed on the main body 1100 and includes a display screen 1510 and a peripheral portion 1530 surrounding the display screen 1510. Similarly, a gap usually exists between the display part 1500 and the main body 1100, and surrounds the display part 1500.
(40) Water, disinfectant, alcohol, acid, etc. would easily enter the inside of the target electronic device 1000 such as a POS device in use via the gap surrounding the key 1310 of the keypad 1300 and/or the gap surrounding the display part 1500 and corrodes the target electronic device 1000, which would cause the target electronic device 1000 to malfunction. Therefore, as illustrated in
Embodiment 3
(41) Referring to
(42) As illustrated in
(43) As illustrated in
(44) In addition, the silicone base 31 is configured for covering outer edges 370 of the screen protective film 37, and being attached onto the screen protective film 37 by the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 33 after removing the releasable protective paper 35 attached onto the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 33.
(45) In summary, the display protective cover assembly as illustrated in
Embodiment 4
(46) Referring to
(47) In particular, as illustrated in
(48) Moreover, the display part 1500 is disposed on the main body 1100 and includes a display screen 1510 and a peripheral portion 1530 surrounding the display screen 1510. Similarly, a gap usually exists between the display part 1500 and the main body 1100, and surrounds the display part 1500.
(49) Water, disinfectant, alcohol, acid, etc. would easily enter the inside of the target electronic device 1000 such as a POS device in use via the gap surrounding the key 1310 of the keypad 1300 and/or the gap surrounding the display part 1500 and corrodes the target electronic device 1000, which would cause the target electronic device 1000 to malfunction. Therefore, as illustrated in
Embodiment 5
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Embodiment 6
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(52) The silicone base 61 has an inner surface and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface. The silicone base 61 is exemplarily made of a silicone material and typically is transmissive to visible light.
(53) The patterned double-sided adhesive layer 63 is attached onto the inner surface of the silicone base 61. The patterned double-sided adhesive layer 63 is exemplarily a 3M double-sided adhesive tape.
(54) The releasable protective paper 65 is attached onto a side of the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 63 facing away from the inner surface of the silicone base 61 and thereby the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 63 is sandwiched between the silicone base 61 and the releasable protective paper 65.
(55) As illustrated in
(56) Moreover, the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 63 includes a ring-shaped adhesive portion 632 and two bar-shaped adhesive portions 634, and two opposite ends of each bar-shaped adhesive portion 634 are connected with the ring-shaped adhesive portion 632. The ring-shaped adhesive portion 632 is located in the ring-shaped peripheral region of the silicone base 61, the two bar-shaped adhesive portions 634 are located in the central region and demarcate the central region into three non-adhesive sub-regions. The plurality of key-accommodation protrusions 1120 are distributed in the three non-adhesive sub-regions. In addition, different from the illustration of
Embodiment 7
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(58) The silicone base 71 has an inner surface and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface. The silicone base 71 is exemplarily made of a silicone material and typically is transmissive to visible light.
(59) The patterned double-sided adhesive layer 73 is attached onto the inner surface of the silicone base 71. The patterned double-sided adhesive layer 73 is exemplarily a 3M double-sided adhesive tape.
(60) The releasable protective paper 75 is attached onto a side of the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 73 facing away from the inner surface of the silicone base 71 and thereby the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 73 is sandwiched between the silicone base 71 and the releasable protective paper 75.
(61) As illustrated in
(62) Moreover, the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 73 includes a ring-shaped adhesive portion 732 and one bar-shaped adhesive portion 734, and two opposite ends of the bar-shaped adhesive portion 734 are connected with the ring-shaped adhesive portion 732. The ring-shaped adhesive portion 732 is located in the ring-shaped peripheral region of the silicone base 71, the bar-shaped adhesive portion 734 is located in the central region and demarcates the central region into two non-adhesive sub-regions. The plurality of key-accommodation protrusions 1120 are distributed in the two non-adhesive sub-regions. In addition, different from the illustration of
Embodiment 8
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(64) The silicone base 81 has an inner surface and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface. The silicone base 81 is exemplarily made of a silicone material and typically is transmissive to visible light.
(65) The patterned double-sided adhesive layer 83 is attached onto the inner surface of the silicone base 81. The patterned double-sided adhesive layer 83 is exemplarily a 3M double-sided adhesive tape.
(66) The releasable protective paper 85 is attached onto a side of the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 83 facing away from the inner surface of the silicone base 81 and thereby the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 83 is sandwiched between the silicone base 81 and the releasable protective paper 85.
(67) As illustrated in
(68) Moreover, the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 83 includes a ring-shaped adhesive portion 832 and two bar-shaped adhesive portions 834, and two opposite ends of each the bar-shaped adhesive portion 834 are connected with the ring-shaped adhesive portion 832. The ring-shaped adhesive portion 832 is located in the ring-shaped peripheral region of the silicone base 81, the two bar-shaped adhesive portions 834 are located in the central region and demarcate the central region into three non-adhesive sub-regions. The plurality of key-accommodation protrusions 1120 are distributed in the three non-adhesive sub-regions. In addition, different from the illustration of
Embodiment 9
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(70) The silicone base 91 has an inner surface and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface. The silicone base 91 is exemplarily made of a silicone material and typically is transmissive to visible light.
(71) The patterned double-sided adhesive layer 93 is attached onto the inner surface of the silicone base 91. The patterned double-sided adhesive layer 93 is exemplarily a 3M double-sided adhesive tape.
(72) The releasable protective paper 95 is attached onto a side of the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 93 facing away from the inner surface of the silicone base 91 and thereby the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 93 is sandwiched between the silicone base 91 and the releasable protective paper 95.
(73) As illustrated in
(74) Moreover, the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 93 includes a ring-shaped adhesive portion 932 and one bar-shaped adhesive portion 934, and two opposite ends of the bar-shaped adhesive portion 934 are connected with the ring-shaped adhesive portion 932. The ring-shaped adhesive portion 932 is located in the ring-shaped peripheral region of the silicone base 91, the bar-shaped adhesive portions 934 are located in the central region and demarcates the central region into two non-adhesive sub-regions. The plurality of key-accommodation protrusions 1120 are distributed in the two non-adhesive sub-regions. In addition, different from the illustration of
Embodiment 10
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(76) The silicone base 101 has an inner surface and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface. The silicone base 101 is exemplarily made of a silicone material and typically is transmissive to visible light.
(77) The patterned double-sided adhesive layer 103 is attached onto the inner surface of the silicone base 101. The patterned double-sided adhesive layer 103 is exemplarily a 3M double-sided adhesive tape.
(78) The releasable protective paper 105 is attached onto a side of the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 103 facing away from the inner surface of the silicone base 101 and thereby the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 103 is sandwiched between the silicone base 101 and the releasable protective paper 105.
(79) As illustrated in
(80) Moreover, the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 103 includes a ring-shaped adhesive portion 1032. The ring-shaped adhesive portion 1032 is located in the ring-shaped peripheral region of the silicone base 101. The plurality of key-accommodation protrusions 1120 are distributed in the central region. In addition, different from the illustration of
Embodiment 11
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(82) The silicone base 111a has an inner surface and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface. The silicone base 111a is exemplarily made of a silicone material and typically is transmissive to visible light.
(83) The patterned double-sided adhesive layer 113a is attached onto the inner surface of the silicone base 111a. The patterned double-sided adhesive layer 113a is exemplarily a 3M double-sided adhesive tape.
(84) The releasable protective paper 115a is attached onto a side of the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 113a facing away from the inner surface of the silicone base 111a and thereby the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 113a is sandwiched between the silicone base 111a and the releasable protective paper 115a.
(85) As illustrated in
(86) Moreover, the patterned double-sided adhesive layer 113a includes a ring-shaped adhesive portion 1132. The ring-shaped adhesive portion 1132 is located in the ring-shaped peripheral region of the silicone base 111a. The key-accommodation protrusion 1120 is located in the central region. In addition, different from the illustration of
Embodiment 12
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(88) The ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer 128 is attached onto the screen protective film 127, the second releasable protective paper 129 is attached onto the ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer 128 and thereby the ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer 128 is sandwiched between the screen protective film 127 and the second releasable protective paper 129. The second releasable protective paper 129 completely covers the ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer 128. Exemplarily, the screen protective film 127 is made of polythylene terephthalate (PET) and has a harness of pencil hardness 4H, the ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer 128 is a 3M double-sided adhesive tape, the second releasable protective paper 129 is formed with a tab 1290 for facilitating the removing of the second releasable protective paper 129 from the ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer 128. In addition, different from the illustration of
Embodiment 13
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(90) The ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer 138 is attached onto the screen protective film 137, the second releasable protective paper 139 is attached onto the ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer 138 and thereby the ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer 138 is sandwiched between the screen protective film 137 and the second releasable protective paper 139. Exemplarily, the screen protective film 137 is made of polythylene terephthalate (PET) and has a harness of pencil hardness 4H, the ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer 138 is a 3M double-sided adhesive tape, the second releasable protective paper 139 is formed with a tab 1390 for facilitating the removing of the second releasable protective paper 139 from the ring-shaped double-sided adhesive layer 138. In addition, different from the illustration of
Embodiment 14
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(92) S1: forming a silicone base by molding, wherein the silicone base has an inner surface and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface;
(93) S2: cleaning the inner surface of the silicone base by a processed water;
(94) S3: attaching a patterned double-sided adhesive layer onto the inner surface of the silicone base after the cleaning;
(95) S4: pressing the silicone base and the patterned double-sided adhesive layer together by a tool for a time length equal to or greater than 0.5 minutes to discharge air between the silicone base and the patterned double-sided adhesive layer;
(96) S5: attaching a releasable protective paper onto a side of the patterned double-sided adhesive layer facing away from the inner surface of the silicone base, after removing the tool.
(97) More specifically, the manufacturing method can be used for manufacturing the keypad protective cover assembly including a silicone base, a patterned double-sided adhesive layer and a releasable protective paper as described in any one of the above embodiments and for manufacturing the sealing member (including a silicone base, a patterned double-sided adhesive layer and a releasable protective paper) of the display protective cover assembly as described in any one of the above embodiments. In addition, in the step S2, the processed water may be a distilled water; and in the step S4, the time length is preferably in a range of 0.5-3 minutes so as to achieve the purpose of discharging/eliminating air bubbles between the silicone base and the patterned double-sided adhesive layer as much as possible, and the tool may be a fixture or clamping apparatus.
(98) In addition, it can be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are only illustrative descriptions of the invention, on the premise that the technical features are not conflicting, the structures are not contradictory, and the purpose of the invention is not violated, the technical solutions of the various embodiments can be arbitrarily combined and used together.
(99) Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing description merely illustrates some preferable embodiments of the invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Any person skilled in the art can make some amendments or modifications as equivalent embodiments according to the above disclosed technical contents without departing from the technical scope of the invention. As long as they are without departing from the technical scope of the invention, any simple amendments, equivalent changes and modifications to the above embodiments according to the technical essence of the invention are still within the technical scope of the invention.