| abstract |
A portable electronic device housing comprises a plate and a sidewall. The plate can define a front major surface, a back major surface, and a periphery, and can be formed of an asymmetric laminate comprising two or more laminae. At least one of the laminae can include a plurality of continuous fibers dispersed within a polymeric matrix material. The sidewall can comprise a polymeric body coupled to the plate with the polymeric body extending along at least a majority of the periphery of the plate and extending away from the back major surface of the plate in a direction opposite the front major surface. |