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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
John J. Baker, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eric W. Bates, San Jose, CA (US);
Lucy E. Browning, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kodiak Burke, Cupertino, CA (US);
Benjamin S. Bustle, Cupertino, CA (US);
Trent Canales, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tyler B. Cater, San Jose, CA (US);
Sawyer I. Cohen, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael Firka, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kevin M. Froese, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jun Sik Ham, Mountain View, CA (US);
Matthew D. Hill, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Hugh J. Jay, Cupertino, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Kallman, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Paul U. Leutheuser, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew W. Miller, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael K. Mondry, San Francisco, CA (US);
Donald J. Parr, Mountain View, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Pope, Mountain View, CA (US);
Matthew P. Rao, San Francisco, CA (US);
Griffin Schmitt, San Francisco, CA (US);
Allegra Shum, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Christopher R. Xydis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Luman Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yaocheng Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Zhipeng Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Xiao Ying Zhao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A portable electronic device includes a housing member defining a first portion of an exterior front surface of the portable electronic device, a first portion of an exterior rear surface of the portable electronic device, at least a portion of an exterior side surface of the portable electronic device, a recess along an interior side of the housing member, and a ledge feature along the interior side of the housing member. The device also includes a top module coupled to the housing member and including a front cover defining a second portion of the exterior front surface of the portable electronic device, a display stack attached to the front cover, and a frame member extending at least partially around a periphery of the display stack and set apart from a surface of the recess by a gap.