Electronic device structure with housing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12436562-B2
Application number	US-202218147568-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2022
Priority date	Jun 11, 2020
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display assembly at least partially positioned in the aperture. The display assembly can include a substrate having a conductive portion, a display layer having pixels, a touch sensitive layer positioned on a first side of the substrate, an operational component positioned on a second side of the substrate opposite the first side, and a flexible electrical connector electrically coupled with the conductive portion and the operational component. The flexible electrical connector can include an electromagnetic antenna. A transparent cover can overlay the display assembly and can be secured to the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A housing assembly of an electronic device, comprising:
a housing component at least partially defining a first exterior surface and an internal volume of the electronic device, the housing component further defining:
an aperture;
a first planar surface at least partially surrounding a periphery of the aperture; and
a housing sidewall adjacent to at least a portion of a periphery of the first planar surface opposite the aperture;

a sealing component defining a rectangular cross-sectional area, the sealing component adhered to the first planar surface and surrounding the aperture; and
an optically transparent cover overlying the aperture and defining:
a second exterior surface forming a back side of the housing assembly opposite a display assembly;
an electromagnetically transparent cover at least partially occluding the aperture and defining a third exterior surface, the electromagnetically transparent cover secured to the second exterior surface;
a second planar surface adhered on the sealing component opposite the first planar surface; and
a cover sidewall oriented perpendicular to the first planar surface and spaced apart from the housing sidewall by a distance;

wherein the housing component defines a planar datum surface offset from and parallel to the first planar surface, the planar datum surface contacting the second planar surface.

2. The housing assembly of claim 1 , wherein the sealing component comprises a first adhesive layer adhered to the first planar surface, a second adhesive layer adhered to the second planar surface, and a compliant layer disposed between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer.

3. The housing assembly of claim 2 , wherein the compliant layer comprises silicone rubber.

4. The housing assembly of claim 2 , further comprising:
a first polymer layer disposed between the compliant layer and the first adhesive layer; and
a second polymer layer disposed between the compliant layer and the second adhesive layer.

5. The housing assembly of claim 2 , wherein the compliant layer has a Shore A hardness of between 5 and 15.

6. The housing assembly of claim 1 , wherein the sealing component has a thickness of between 200 microns and 600 microns.

7. The housing assembly of claim 2 , wherein the compliant layer has a thickness of between 50 microns and 500 microns.

8. The housing assembly of claim 1 , wherein the sealing component prevents ingress of liquids into the internal volume at locations between the housing component and the transparent cover.

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Chiang Eric T
• Roach Steven C
• Jackson Ross L
• Spencer Maegan K
• Lukens William C
• Parker Michael R
• Kim Younghoon

Classifications

• H04R1/2803

  for loudspeaker transducers · CPC title

• H04R1/026

  Supports for loudspeaker casings · CPC title

• H04R1/025

  Arrangements for fixing loudspeaker transducers, e.g. in a box, furniture · CPC title

• G06F1/1643

  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) · CPC title

• H01Q1/2283

  mounted in or on the surface of a semiconductor substrate as a chip-type antenna or integrated with other components into an IC package · CPC title