Handheld electronic device

US11632448B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• John J. Baker · Campbell, US
• Yaocheng Zhang · Cupertino, US
• Paul U. Leutheuser · Saratoga, US
• Kevin M. Froese · San Francisco, US
• Tushar S. Deshpande · Cupertino, US
• Kai Wu · Hong Kong, CN
• Marta M. Giachino · San Francisco, US
• Sean Suri · Sunnyvale, US
• Matthew D. Hill · Santa Clara, US
• Tyler B. Cater · Cupertino, US
• Benjamin J. Pope · Mountain View, US
• Jun Ham · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 12, 2020
• Grant date: Apr 18, 2023
• 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 member. The portable electronic device also includes a front cover coupled to the housing member and defining a top surface defining a portion of an exterior front surface of the portable electronic device, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, a peripheral side surface, and a chamfered edge extending from the bottom surface to the peripheral side surface. The portable electronic device further includes a display stack attached to the bottom surface of the front cover, an opaque coating positioned on at least a portion of each of the peripheral side surface, the chamfered edge, and the bottom surface and configured to absorb light emitted by the display stack, and a rear cover coupled to the housing member and defining a second portion of the exterior rear surface of the portable electronic device.