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Component assembly

US8570736B2 · kind B2 · utility

20Cited by

21References

26Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Stephen R. McClure · San Francisco, US
Sean S. Corbin · Menlo Park, US
John P. Ternus · Loomis, US
Kevin D. Gibbs · Menlo Park, US
Jeremy C. Franklin · San Rafael, US
Elvis M. Kibiti · Daly City, US
Jules B. Henry · Palo Alto, US
Benjamin M. Rappoport · Los Gatos, US
Erik A. Uttermann · San Francisco, US
Alex Chun Lap Yeung · South San Francisco, US
John Raff · Menlo Park, US
Carl R. Peterson · Santa Clara, US
Brianna C. Wilson · East Palo Alto, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 31, 2011
Grant date	Oct 29, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 22, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49002
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms, such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and so on. The portable computing device can include at least a single piece housing with a cavity having a substantially flat bottom wall. A battery assembly and main logic board can be mounted directly to the substantially flat bottom wall with a plurality of additional components arranged around a peripheral edge of the battery assembly and main logic board.

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