# US 12,113,920 B2 · Electronic devices with convex displays > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,113,920 B2 - Document ID: US12113920B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/863,549 - Filed: 2022-07-13 - Published: 2022-10-27 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2011-03-21 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: Stephen Brian Lynch - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12113920B2 ## CPC - H04M 1/0266: {for a display module assembly} - G02F 1/133308: {Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels} - G06F 1/1637: {Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing} - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - H04M 1/0202: {Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets (constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03)} - H04M 1/0269: {mounted in a fixed curved configuration, e.g. display curved around the edges of the telephone housing} - G02F 1/133305: {Flexible substrates, e.g. plastics, organic film} - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Electronic devices may be provided with convex displays. A convex display may be used to maximize the internal volume of a device. Convex displays may be formed from one or more flexible layers. A flexible display layer may be mounted to a rigid support structure or a rigid cover layer. Flexible display layers that conform to the curved shape of a rigid structure may provide additional internal volume in which internal components of the device may be positioned. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device having a front face and an opposing rear face, comprising: a side wall; a flexible display, wherein the flexible display has a first display portion that displays images through the front face and a second display portion that folds behind the first display portion, and wherein the flexible display comprises a third display portion between the first and second display portions that is more curved than the first and second display portions and that is located adjacent to the side wall; and a rigid cover layer overlapping the first display portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device defined in claim 1 wherein the rigid cover layer comprises glass. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device defined in claim 1 wherein the rigid cover layer has a portion with a convex outer surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device defined in claim 1 further comprising a metal member coupled between first and second opposing edges of the flexible display. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device defined in claim 1 wherein the side wall comprises a curved side wall. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic device defined in claim 5 wherein the third display portion conforms to the curved side wall. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic device defined in claim 1 further comprising electrical components interposed between the first and second display portions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device defined in claim 1 wherein the flexible display comprises organic light-emitting diode pixels. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic device defined in claim 1 wherein the flexible display comprises a flexible polymer substrate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic device defined in claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the front face is convex. ### Claim 11 An electronic device having opposing first and second surfaces, comprising: a curved side wall; a flexible display, wherein the flexible display has a first set of pixels that displays images through the first surface and a second set of pixels that is located behind the first set of pixels, and wherein the flexible display has a bent region between the first and second sets of pixels that has different curvature than the rest of the flexible display and that is located adjacent to the curved side wall; a glass cover layer overlapping the first set of pixels; and a metal member coupled between first and second opposing edges of the flexible display. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic device defined in claim 11 wherein the glass cover layer has a portion with an outer convex surface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The electronic device defined in claim 11 wherein the bent region conforms to the curved side wall. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The electronic device defined in claim 11 further comprising electrical components between the first and second sets of pixels. ### Claim 15 An electronic device having a front surface and an opposing rear surface, comprising: a curved side wall; a flexible display, wherein the flexible display has a first display region that displays images through the front surface and a second display region that folds behind the first display region, and wherein the flexible display has a bent region between the first and second display regions that conforms to the curved side wall; and a rigid cover layer overlapping the first display region. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The electronic device defined in claim 15 further comprising a metal member coupled between first and second opposing edges of the flexible display. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The electronic device defined in claim 15 wherein the flexible display comprises organic light-emitting diode pixels. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The electronic device defined in claim 15 wherein the bent region is more curved than the rest of the flexible display. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The electronic device defined in claim 15 wherein the rigid cover layer has a portion with an outer convex surface.