Electronic devices with sheet-packed coherent fiber bundles
US11500228B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 22, 2021 |
| Grant date | Nov 15, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/448
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electronic device may have a display, a display cover layer, and a sheet-packed coherent fiber bundle. The coherent fiber bundle may have an input surface that receives an image from the display and a corresponding output surface to which the image is transported. The coherent fiber bundle may be placed between the display and the display cover layer and mounted to a housing. The coherent fiber bundle may have fiber cores with bends that help conceal the housing from view and make the display appear borderless. The coherent fiber bundle has filaments formed from elongated strands of binder in which multiple fiber cores are embedded. Sheets of filaments are stacked and fused together to form the coherent fiber bundle. By aligning and fusing the sheets with respect to each other the filaments are packed with a desired density and uniformity.
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