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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Yu P Sun, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Caijie Yan, Shanghai, CN;
Jared M Kole, San Jose, CA (US);
Jia Chen Pang, San Jose, CA (US);
Jun Qi, San Jose, CA (US);
Ka Ho P Poon, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Lindsay M Epstein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pulkit Verma, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rong Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Syed F Mohiuddin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Victor H Yin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Zhongnan Hu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a cylindrical shape. The electronic device may include a housing, a speaker in the housing configured to emit sound, and a display in the housing. The display may include a substrate, light-emitting components mounted on the substrate, an opaque support structure mounted on the substrate, a diffuser that is mounted to the opaque support structure and that overlaps the light-emitting components, a display cover layer that overlaps the diffuser, and foam that is interposed between the opaque support structure and the display cover layer. The light-emitting components may be arranged in groups that have the same layout and orientations that vary as a function of angular position relative to the center of the display. The foam and/or an adhesive layer may be formed from two or more discrete pieces that have footprints with complementary protrusions.