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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Isaac W. Chan, San Jose, CA (US);

Chun-Hao Tung, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Los Altos, CA (US);

Sunggu Kang, San Jose, CA (US);

John Z. Zhong, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0445 (2019.05); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); H10K 50/841 (2023.02); H10K 59/40 (2023.02); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02);
Abstract

Display layers and touch sensor layers may be overlapped by enclosure walls in an electronic device. The electronic device may have a front wall and opposing rear wall and curved sidewalls. The front wall and the curved sidewalls may be formed from a glass layer or other transparent member. A touch sensor layer and display layer may extend under the glass layer with curved sidewalls. A touch sensor layer may also extend under the opposing rear wall. A foldable electronic device may have a flexible transparent wall portion that joins planar transparent walls. Components may be interposed between the transparent planar walls and opaque walls. Display and touch layers may be overlapped by the transparent walls and the transparent flexible wall portion. Touch sensor structures may also be overlapped by the opaque walls.


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