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Patent No.:

US 11963425 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2021

Electronic devices having displays with curved surfaces

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael B. Wittenberg, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Tyler R. Kakuda, San Francisco, CA (US);

Christopher D. Prest, San Francisco, CA (US);

Marwan Rammah, San Francisco, CA (US);

Rasamy Phouthavong, San Jose, CA (US);

Richard H. Dinh, Saratoga, CA (US);

David A. Pakula, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Treyz Law Group, P.C.

G. Victor Treyz

David K. Cole

Primary Examiner:

Meless N Zewdu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 59/50 (2023.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); H10K 50/854 (2023.01); H10K 50/858 (2023.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 59/50 (2023.02); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); H04M 1/026 (2013.01); H04M 1/0266 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H04M 1/0269 (2022.02); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); H10K 50/854 (2023.02); H10K 50/858 (2023.02); H10K 59/12 (2023.02); H10K 59/40 (2023.02); H10K 77/111 (2023.02); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02);
Abstract

An electronic device may have a display overlapped by a cover layer. Portions of the surface of the display and cover layer may have curved profiles. The display may include a flexible substrate and may have bent edge portions protruding from a central region. Gaps may be formed between regions of pixels on a common substrate or between separate display panels. Gap-overlapping structures may overlap the gaps to hide internal components from view or to blend the appearance of gaps with the appearance of adjoining portions of a display layer. The gap-overlapping structures may include light sources such as crystalline semiconductor light-emitting diodes. The diodes may emit light through light diffusing structures. Protruding display layer fingers and other structures may be used to accommodate display cover layer surfaces with curved profiles such as corner surfaces of compound curvature.

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