Apple Inc.

Brian P Graves

Paul Xiaopeng Wang

Victor H Yin

Jun Qi

Pedro Mari

Adam T Garelli

Nicholas Alan Rundle

Rong Liu

Simon S Lee

Yu P Sun

David Phillip Tarkington

Tingjun Xu

Eric Lee Benson

Lauren M Farrell

Erik A Zweigle

Janos C Keresztes

Chungjae Lee

Ka Ho P Poon

Joel C Yamasaki

Kwonil D Fleischman

An electronic device can include a housing that at least partially defines an exterior surface and an internal volume of the electronic device, and a display assembly at least partially disposed in the internal volume. The display assembly can include a transparent cover that at least partially defines the exterior surface of the electronic device, a backlight unit disposed between the cover and the housing, a frame coupling the cover to the backlight unit, a portion of the frame at least partially defining an aperture, and an electronic component disposed in the internal volume and extending through the aperture.

Electronic device display assembly

An electronic device includes a housing, a speaker, control circuitry, a plurality of light-emitting components configured to emit light through an upper housing wall or other housing structure. A lens diffuser layer having lenses overlapping respective light-emitting components, a textured diffuser layer formed from textured coatings on a substrate, and a volume diffuser layer having light-scattering structures in a polymer layer might be included to project light from the light-emitting components. A light-guiding portion of the lens diffuser layer may guide light to a circular peripheral edge to form an illuminated ring visible through the upper housing wall.

Electronic device with diffusively illuminated housing portions

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Brian P Graves