Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cover glass to housing interface system
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Application No.: US16387372Application Date: 2019-04-17
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Publication No.: US10976772B2Publication Date: 2021-04-13
- Inventor: Todd F. Gotham , Shin Nishibori , Christopher J. Stringer , Michael McBroom , Daniel McBroom , Brian Sudderth , John Ternus
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agent David K. Cole
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16 ; H05K5/02 ; H05K5/00 ; H05K13/00

Abstract:
A display cover to housing interface system includes a display screen fronted by a display cover having front and obverse faces and a distal edge between the faces around a circumference thereof (i.e., edge thickness), and also an outer housing that provides support for the display cover. A portion of the display cover distal edge or thickness is fully exposed to outside, such that the display cover is exposed and substantially visible when viewed directly from the front and at least one side while installed. The display cover can be glass, while the housing is metal. A protective layer located between the housing and display cover protects the display cover from the housing. Various support components hold the display cover in place, and can include magnets and/or a stabilizer assembly affixed along a bottom edge of the display cover and adapted to couple to a bottom chin of the housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190243416A1 Cover Glass To Housing Interface System Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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