METHOD OF MAKING A DEVICE HOUSING AND DEVICE HOUSING COMPRISING A TRANSPARENT LENS WITH A STEPPED FLANGE

摘要

A method of making a device housing involves providing a transparent lens (500) with a front surface and a rear surface, and a stepped flange (540) along at least a portion of the lens perimeter. The method includes injecting plastic onto the transparent lens perimeter, including the stepped flange (540), the plastic forming a plastic feature that has a front surface that is tangent to the front surface of the transparent lens (500), a rear surface that is tangent to the rear surface of the transparent lens (500), and that extends outward from the sides of the transparent lens away from a device width center line. The plastic feature is molded to the rear surface of the transparent lens at at least one of two ends of the device housing, and the plastic encapsulates a stepped middle surface of the transparent lens flange (540). A device housing that is made by this method is also included.