US 11,637,919 B2Granted

Handheld electronic device

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsJohn J. Baker, Eric W. Bates, Lucy E. Browning, Kodiak Burke, Benjamin S. Bustle, Trent Canales, Tyler B. Cater, Sawyer I. Cohen, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Michael Firka, Kevin M. Froese, Jun Sik Ham, Matthew D. Hill, Hugh J. Jay, Benjamin J. Kallman, Paul U. Leutheuser, Matthew W. Miller, Michael K. Mondry, Donald J. Parr, Benjamin J. Pope, Matthew P. Rao, Griffin Schmitt, Allegra Shum, Christopher R. Xydis, Luman Zhang, Yaocheng Zhang, Zhipeng Zhang, Xiao Ying Zhao

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Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a housing member defining a first portion of an exterior front surface of the portable electronic device, a first portion of an exterior rear surface of the portable electronic device, at least a portion of an exterior side surface of the portable electronic device, a recess along an interior side of the housing member, and a ledge feature along the interior side of the housing member. The device also includes a top module coupled to the housing member and including a front cover defining a second portion of the exterior front surface of the portable electronic device, a display stack attached to the front cover, and a frame member extending at least partially around a periphery of the display stack and set apart from a surface of the recess by a gap.

Claims23

Dependent claims

A portable electronic device comprising:

a top module comprising:
a front cover defining a first portion of an exterior front surface of the portable electronic device;
a display stack attached to the front cover;
and
a frame member attached to the front cover and extending at least partially around a periphery of the display stack;
a housing member comprising a wall, the wall defining:
a second portion of the exterior front surface of the portable electronic device;
a first portion of an exterior rear surface of the portable electronic device;
at least a portion of an exterior side surface of the portable electronic device;
a first interior surface set apart from a peripheral side surface of the front cover by a first gap of a first distance;
a ledge portion extending below the frame member and attached to the frame member, thereby securing the top module to the housing member;
and
a recess between the first interior surface and the ledge portion and at least partially defined by a second interior surface that is recessed relative to the first interior surface and is set apart from a side of the frame member by a second gap of a second distance greater than the first distance;
and
a rear cover coupled to the housing member and defining a second portion of the exterior rear surface of the portable electronic device.

12 more elements

A portable electronic device comprising:

a top module comprising:
a transparent cover defining:
at least a portion of an exterior front surface of the portable electronic device;
and
a peripheral side surface;
a display stack attached to the transparent cover;
and
a frame member attached to the transparent cover and extending at least partially around the display stack, the frame member defining an outer peripheral surface;
a housing member comprising a wall, the wall defining:
a second portion of the exterior front surface of the portable electronic device;
a first portion of an exterior rear surface of the portable electronic device;
at least a portion of an exterior side surface of the portable electronic device;
a first interior surface set apart from the peripheral side surface of the front cover by a first gap of a first distance;
a ledge portion extending below the frame member and attached to the frame member, thereby securing the top module to the housing member;
and
a recess between the first interior surface and the ledge portion and at least partially defined by a second interior surface that is recessed relative to the first interior surface and is set apart from the outer peripheral surface of the frame member by a second gap of a second distance greater than the first distance;
and
a rear cover coupled to the housing member and defining at least a portion of an exterior rear surface of the portable electronic device.

15 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/068,432Filed 12 Oct 2020 · us provisional application
Priority: 3 Dec 2019
Published: US 2021/0168230 A13 Jun 2021
Granted: 25 Apr 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

H04M 1/0202
Constructional features of telephone sets: portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
G06F 1/1626
For portable computers: with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
G06F 1/1635
Constructional details or arrangements of portable computers not specific to the type of enclosures covered by groups G06F1/1615 - G06F1/1626:…
G06F 1/1637
Constructional details or arrangements of portable computers not specific to the type of enclosures covered by groups G06F1/1615 - G06F1/1626:…

Family

Application62/943,199Us provisional application · filed 3 Dec 2019
Application62/946,920Us provisional application · filed 11 Dec 2019
Application63/047,760Us provisional application · filed 2 Jul 2020
US 2021/0168230 A1Pre-grant publication · published 3 Jun 2021
US 11,637,919 B2This patent

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