Glass enclosure

摘要

A handheld computing device that includes an enclosure having structural walls formed from a glass material that can be radio-transparent. The enclosure can be formed from a hollow glass tube or two glass members bonded together. A laser frit bonding process may be used to hermetically seal the two glass members together to create a water resistant electronic device.

主权项

1. A portable computing device, the portable computing device comprising:
an integral and substantially seamless enclosure that surrounds and protects internal operational components of the portable computing device, the enclosure including a tube like main body that is extruded with glass material that permits wireless communications therethrough, the enclosure having an inner glass layer and an outer glass layer, wherein the outer glass layer has a higher coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) than the inner glass layer.