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US 9,310,845 B2Granted
Handheld computing device
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsTeodor Dabov, Phillip M. Hobson, Anthony Montevirgen
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Abstract
A handheld computing device is disclosed. The handheld computing device includes a seamless housing formed from an extruded metal tube. The extruded tube includes open ends and internal rails which serve as a guide for slidably assembling an operational assembly through the open ends of the extruded tube, a reference surface for positioning the operational assembly relative to an access opening in the seamless housing, and a support structure for supporting the operational assembly during use.
Claims20
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a housing having walls that define an internal cavity and comprising a first wall and a second wall opposite the first wall, the second wall having edges that define a display opening that extends through the second wall, the first wall having a resilient reference structure attached to an interior surface of the first wall opposite the display opening and comprising a rail formed of resilient material different from the housing and that extends out from the interior surface and into the internal cavity;
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- an internal frame member that uses the resilient reference structure as a reference surface for insertion and placement within the internal cavity and comprising:
- a display cover assembly comprising a display cover frame having flanges and a display cover attached to the display cover frame, wherein the flanges engage the second wall and lock the display cover within the display opening resulting in a compressive force being applied to the internal frame member that is transmitted to the resilient reference structure that responds by providing an opposing force that biases the display cover against the second wall.
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An electronic device, comprising:
- a housing including a number of walls that cooperate to define an internal volume;
- a frame member separate and distinct from the housing that is disposed within the internal volume and carries a number of electrical components, the electrical components including a display assembly comprising a display for presenting visual content and a protective cover overlaying the display, the display assembly secured to a side of the internal frame member that faces a first wall of the housing that comprises a display opening that accommodates the protective cover;
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- a resilient reference structure attached to an interior surface of a second wall opposite the display opening and comprising a rail formed of resilient material different from the housing and that extends out from the interior surface and into the interior volume and that locks the protective cover in place within the display opening by biasing the protective cover against an interior surface of the first wall.
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A method of assembling a portable electronic device, comprising:
- the portable electronic device comprising:
- a housing having walls that define an internal cavity and a resilient reference structure attached to an interior surface of a wall opposite a display opening and comprising resilient material different from the housing and that extends out from the interior surface and into the internal cavity,
- using the resilient reference structure as a guide for inserting and placement of an internal frame member within the internal cavity, the internal frame member comprising:
- a display cover assembly comprising a display cover frame having flanges and a display cover attached to the display cover frame;
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- engaging the flanges at the display opening, wherein the engaging causes a compressive force to be applied to the internal frame member that is transmitted to the resilient reference structure that responds by providing an opposing force that biases the display cover against the display opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.