# US 11,907,465 B2 · Electronic devices with display and touch sensor structures > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,907,465 B2 - Document ID: US11907465B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/085,772 - Filed: 2022-12-21 - Published: 2023-05-04 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2015-06-05 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: Isaac W. Chan; Chun-Hao Tung; Fletcher R. Rothkopf; Sunggu Kang; John Z. Zhong - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11907465B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers} - G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]} - G06F 1/1643: {the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615)} - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/0445: {using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer} - G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes} - H10K 59/40: OLEDs integrated with touch screens - G06F 2203/04102: Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper - G06F 2203/04103: Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices - H10K 2102/311: {Flexible OLED} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract Display layers and touch sensor layers may be overlapped by enclosure walls in an electronic device. The electronic device may have a front wall and opposing rear wall and curved sidewalls. The front wall and the curved sidewalls may be formed from a glass layer or other transparent member. A touch sensor layer and display layer may extend under the glass layer with curved sidewalls. A touch sensor layer may also extend under the opposing rear wall. A foldable electronic device may have a flexible transparent wall portion that joins planar transparent walls. Components may be interposed between the transparent planar walls and opaque walls. Display and touch layers may be overlapped by the transparent walls and the transparent flexible wall portion. Touch sensor structures may also be overlapped by the opaque walls. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A laptop computer, comprising: a housing having an outer surface, an inner surface, and first and second housing portions coupled by a hinge, wherein the housing is operable in open and closed positions; a flexible display on the inner surface that spans at least partially across the first and second housing portions; an additional display on the outer surface that covers only a portion of the outer surface; and a touch sensor configured to gather touch input on the outer surface when the housing is in the closed position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The laptop computer defined in claim 1 wherein the flexible display and the additional display are formed from a common display layer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The laptop computer defined in claim 1 further comprising an opaque layer that overlaps a portion of the flexible display. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The laptop computer defined in claim 3 wherein the opaque layer comprises an opaque masking layer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The laptop computer defined in claim 3 wherein the opaque layer comprises an opaque portion of the housing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The laptop computer defined in claim 1 further comprising an additional touch sensor that gathers touch input on the flexible display. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The laptop computer defined in claim 6 wherein the additional touch sensor spans at least partially across the first and second housing portions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The laptop computer defined in claim 6 wherein the touch sensor and the additional touch sensor share a common substrate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The laptop computer defined in claim 6 wherein the flexible display and the additional touch sensor are configured to bend along a bend axis aligned with the hinge. ### Claim 10 A laptop computer, comprising: a housing having a sidewall and having an opaque portion on the sidewall, wherein the housing is operable in open and closed positions; a first display that is visible in the open position and hidden from view in the closed position; a second display that is visible in the open and closed positions; and a touch sensor that gathers touch input on the opaque portion of the housing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The laptop computer defined in claim 10 wherein the housing comprises first and second housing portions coupled by a hinge. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The laptop computer defined in claim 11 wherein the first display comprises a flexible display that spans at least partially across the first and second housing portions. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The laptop computer defined in claim 10 further comprising an additional touch sensor that overlaps at least one of the first display and the second display. ### Claim 14 A laptop computer, comprising: a foldable housing having an opaque portion without pixels and having first and second housing portions that fold relative to one another along a fold axis; a flexible display that overlaps the fold axis; and a touch sensor having a first portion that gathers touch input on the flexible display and a second portion that gathers touch input on the opaque portion of the foldable housing. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The laptop computer defined in claim 14 further comprising a display cover layer overlapping the flexible display. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The laptop computer defined in claim 15 wherein the display cover layer comprises glass. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The laptop computer defined in claim 14 further comprising an additional display on an outer surface of the foldable housing. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The laptop computer defined in claim 17 wherein the additional display is touch-sensitive.