as falling within the scope of the present invention as will be discussed in greater detail below the interlocking joints 130 are located about the perimeter so as to create a distributed load path such that there are no concentrated loads on the housing accordingly clamping on a perimeter seal of the housing is substantially uniform moreover the mobile terminal housing employing the torque cell structure 100 is structurally stiffer in torsion and bending as compared to the conventional housing which employs bosses and or fastening hardware in fig2 an example of a hand held mobile terminal housing design 200 is illustrated the hand held mobile terminal 200 can be a palm top u201c palm sized u201d portable computer system a cellular telephone global positioning system gps bar code scanner or the like the hand held mobile terminal 200 comprises a generally bar shaped elongate housing having two generally opposed long broad upper faces two generally opposed long shallow side faces a rear end and a front end the housing can be fabricated from metal plastic or any other suitable structural material at least one torque cell is provided within the housing for example a first torque cell 210 can be located at a top rear portion of the housing to house a display not shown for the mobile terminal 200 the display can display information relating to a mode of operation of the mobile terminal 200 or display check information relating to an item being read by an.