Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Two-shot knuckles for coupling electrically isolated sections of an electronic device and methods for making the same
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Application No.: US15678704Application Date: 2017-08-16
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Publication No.: US10290926B2Publication Date: 2019-05-14
- Inventor: Daniel William Jarvis
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: H01Q1/22
- IPC: H01Q1/22 ; H01Q1/24 ; G06F1/16 ; H01Q1/52 ; H04M1/02

Abstract:
Two shot knuckles include a first shot component and a second shot component. Both shot components are composed of different dielectric materials, where the first shot is composed of a relatively high strength structural material and the second is composed of a cosmetic material. The first shot component can physically couple two conductive sections together by interfacing with a coupling structure of that section. The first shot component includes second shot retaining regions and a cosmetic region. The second shot component occupies the cosmetic region and anchors itself to the first shot component using the second shot retaining regions. The second shot may be the only part of the two-shot knuckle visible to a user of an electronic device and can exhibit any desired color.
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