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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Douglas G. Fournier, San Jose, CA (US);
James R. Krogdahl, Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel W. Jarvis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Edward S. Huo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lee E. Hooton, Ridge, NY (US);
Srikanth V. Thiruppukuzhi, San Jose, CA (US);
Garrett R. Owoc, Burlingame, CA (US);
Michael Ngo, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David A. Pakula, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert F. Meyer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device having a display assembly is disclosed. Several layers may combine to form the display assembly. For example, the display assembly may include a touch sensitive layer (or touch detection layer), a display layer that present visual information, and a force sensitive layer (or force detection layer). The display layer may include a bend or curve that allows a portion of the display layer to bend around the force sensitive layer. Also, the connectors (that provide electrical and mechanical connections) may be positioned at different locations of the layers. For example, the display layer may include a connector on a first edge region, and the force sensitive layer may include a connector on a second edge region that is perpendicular, or at least substantially perpendicular, to the first edge region. By positioning the connectors on perpendicular edge regions, the display assembly may reduce its footprint.