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US 7,697,281 B2Granted
Handheld computing device
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsTeodor Dabov, HuiLeng Lim, Kyle Yeates, Stephen Brian Lynch
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Abstract
A minimum Z height handheld electronic device and methods of assembly is described. The electronic device includes a single seamless housing having a front opening and a cover disposed within the front opening and attached to the seamless housing without a bezel.
Claims32
A handheld electronic device, comprising:
- a single seamless metal housing having a front opening;
- and
- a cover glass disposed within the front opening and attached to the seamless housing without a bezel;
- a display unit disposed within the cavity of the metal housing;
- a display screen of the display unit being visible through the cover glass;
- and
- a substantially transparent touch sensing layer disposed between the cover glass and the display screen of the display unit.
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A handheld electronic device, comprising:
- a single seamless housing having a front opening and an integral bottom and side walls that cooperate to form a cavity in cooperation with the front opening, the bottom wall having a curved bottom surface, the side walls being rounded such that they form a curved side surface and an undercut within the cavity, an inside edge of the side walls surrounding and defining the front opening;
- and
- a cover disposed within the front opening and attached to the seamless housing without a bezel.
A handheld electronic device, comprising:
- a single seamless metal housing having a front opening;
- and
- a cover glass disposed within the front opening and attached to the seamless housing without a bezel;
- and
- a racetrack, the racetrack being a region between a formed edge and an inside edge of the seamless housing wherein the racetrack is centered with respect to the formed edge by determining a center point of the display portion, determining an angle of tilt of the display portion, and cutting the inside edge based upon the center point and the angle of tilt.
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A handheld electronic device, comprising:
- a single seamless metal housing having a front opening;
- and
- a cover glass disposed within the front opening and attached to the seamless housing without a bezel;
- and
- a racetrack, the racetrack being a region between a formed edge and an inside edge of the seamless housing wherein the racetrack is centered with respect to the formed edge by optically determining a plurality of reference points on the formed edge of the seamless enclosure and cutting the inside edge using the plurality of optical reference points.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.