A cover part of an electronic equipment that exposes or closes a portion of the electronic equipment with which an electronic part is connected, including a housing external appearance constituent portion that constitutes a part of an external appearance surface of a housing of the electronic equipment. An inner mount lid portion fixed to the housing external appearance constituent portion and a housing fixing member sandwiched between the housing external appearance constituent portion and the inner mount lid portion are provided, where the housing external appearance constituent portion and the inner mount lid portion are formed of a constituent material different from a constituent material of the housing fixing member.

Claims

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›1.independentA cover part for an electronic equipment that exposes or closes a portion of the electronic equipment with which an electronic part is connected, comp…+4

›6.independentElectronic equipment having a housing and a cover part that is engagedly fitted in a portion of the housing with which an electronic part is connected…

Classifications

5 codes

IPC · International Patent Classification

Section H — Electricity

H04M1/00

USPC · US Patent Classification

455/575.1455/550.1455/90.3455/575.8

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Pablo Tran

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Type	Document	Date
related publication	US 20090207570 A1	20 Aug 2009

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