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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
May. 03, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Xia Li, San Jose, CA (US);
Tore Nauta, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Gilbert Huppert, San Jose, CA (US);
Dongwoo Shin, San Jose, CA (US);
Hjalmar Edzer Ayco Huitema, Lexington, MA (US);
Ruize Xu, Campbell, CA (US);
Wei Lin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Nathan K. Gupta, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kian Kerman, San Jose, CA (US);
Elmar Gehlen, San Jose, CA (US);
Jin Yan, San Jose, CA (US);
Se Hyun Ahn, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Young Cheol Yang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Arnoldus Alvin Barlian, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ran He, San Jose, CA (US);
Francois R. Jacob, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brent J. Bollman, Alameda, CA (US);
Wei-Liang Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Di Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonathan P. Mar, San Mateo, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Display structures and methods of manufacture of display structure including a display panel with a curved three-dimensional film contour are described. In an embodiment, a display panel includes display area with a main body area and a plurality of petals extending from the main body area. The petals are folded into a curved three-dimensional (3D) film contour, and are separated by corresponding trenches between petals. The trenches may be filled with various seam hiding materials to visually obscure the trenches.