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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Paul U. Leutheuser, Saratoga, CA (US);
Martin J. Auclair, Campbell, CA (US);
Kevin M. Froese, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher J. Durning, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jun Ham, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lucy E. Browning, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sawyer I. Cohen, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Donald J. Parr, Mountain View, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A device includes a display and a housing. The housing at least partially surrounds the display. The housing includes a first housing segment defining at least a first portion of an exterior surface of the device and a first interlock feature having an interlock surface that is offset with respect to an end surface of the first housing segment. The first interlock feature has a first opening formed in the interlock surface. The housing further includes a second housing segment defining at least a second portion of the exterior surface of the device and a second interlock feature having a second opening aligned with the first opening, and a non-conductive housing component defining a third portion of the exterior surface of the device and extending into the first opening and the second opening.