Electronic device comprising a rounded edge covered by a screen

Abstract

The invention relates to a portable electronic device (HW1) comprising a housing (5) and a screen (20) extending onto a front wall (15) and a rounded edge (11) of the housing, the screen comprising a termination (20b) extending onto a rear wall (16b) of the housing. The device includes a retaining bar (30) arranged parallel to the rounded edge (11) of the housing, the retaining bar comprising a proximal portion (31) and a distal portion (32), the proximal portion (31) being fixed to the housing, the distal portion (32) bearing against the termination (20b) of the screen in order to press it against the rear wall (16b) of the housing. Figure 4

Claims

beveled lower face (320) extending over the second part (20b) of the screen termination and coming into contact (CL) with it, and a flat upper face (322) serving as a support for the second part (23b) of the termination of the protective sheet (23).

15. Method according to claim 14, comprising the step of giving the distal part (32, 32') of the retaining bar (30, 30') a tapered end shaped to occupy most of the volume (200) delimited by the second part (23b) of the termination of the protective sheet and the second part (20b) of the termination of the screen.

16. Method according to any one of claims 12 and 15, comprising the step of arranging a third part (20c) of the screen between a support surface (15) provided in the housing and the proximal part (31, 31') of the retaining bar.

17. A method according to any one of claims 11 to 16, wherein the retaining bar (30, 30') is fixed to the housing by its ends (34, 34', 35, 35').

18. Method according to claim 17, comprising a step of giving the retaining bar (30, 30'), before its assembly in the housing, a concave shape, in order to ensure that a central part of the distal part (32, 32') of the bar is in contact with the termination (20b) of the screen.

19. A method according to any one of claims 11 to 18, comprising the steps of: - providing two fixing lugs (34, 34', 35, 35') at two ends of the support bar, and - providing in the housing two shoulders (130, 140) for receiving the fixing lugs of the support bar.

20. A method according to any one of claims 11 to 19, comprising a step of assembling a display (21) and a touch module (22) together forming the screen (20). [Fig. 1] (Previous Art) [Fig. 2] [Fig. 3] [Fig. 4] -,0 [Fig. 8] [Fig. 9] 30' 322 [Fig. 10A] 30* tp 33' 32' X î / f J / / ...... Z 7 / Fig. 10A -2 ___________—35" [Fig. 10B] 30' 22!„„ !*_ [Fig. 11] mu [Fig. 12] 220 221 ' ■ .'24 Fig. 12 * \ 226-^^41 5 / 6

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