Handheld electronic device

US11503143B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Benjamin J. Kallman · Menlo Park, US
• Luman Zhang · Sunnyvale, US
• Hugh J. Jay · Mountain View, US
• Trent Canales · Roseville, US
• Lindsay M. Alanen · San Jose, US
• Christopher B. Lyons · Bourbonnais, US
• Brian A. Argyres · San Mateo, US
• Sherry Cao · San Francisco, US
• Jaden A. Barney · Charlotte, US
• Lucy E. Browning · San Francisco, US
• Sawyer I. Cohen · Sunnyvale, US
• Benjamin J. Pope · Mountain View, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 12, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2022
• Expiry date: Oct 12, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K1/147
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a housing, a display at least partially within the housing, a front cover coupled to the housing and positioned over the display, a rear cover coupled to the housing and defining a first portion of a rear exterior surface of the portable electronic device, a protrusion defining a sensor array region of the rear cover and a second portion of the rear exterior surface, and an internal surface opposite the second portion of the rear exterior surface. The portable electronic device also includes a sensor array mounted within the housing along the sensor array region and comprising a frame member coupled to the rear cover along the internal surface and defining a wall structure defining a first container region and a second container region, a camera module positioned in the first container region, and a depth sensor module positioned in the second container region and attached to the internal surface of the rear cover.