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Patent No.:

US 12795009 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 07, 2023

Handheld electronic device

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jon F. Housour, San Francisco, CA (US);

Macey E. Dade, Burlingame, CA (US);

Benjamin R. Gray, Millbrae, CA (US);

Reema Shalan, Cupertino, CA (US);

Daniel W. Jarvis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jason P. Shannon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Marwan Rammah, San Francisco, CA (US);

Robert F. Meyer, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Richard H. Koch, Cupertino, CA (US);

Lee E. Hooton, Massapequa, NY (US);

Christopher S. Tomasetta, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Lewis G West

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04M 1/22 (2006.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); H04M 1/72466 (2021.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/0266 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/1683 (2013.01); G06F 1/169 (2013.01); G06F 1/181 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); H04M 1/0262 (2013.01); H04M 1/0264 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H04M 1/0283 (2013.01); H04M 1/22 (2013.01); H04M 1/724631 (2022.02); H04M 1/72466 (2021.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01); H04M 2207/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mobile phone may include a housing. The housing may include a first housing component including a cladding portion formed from a first metal and defining a first portion of a side exterior surface of the mobile phone, and a core portion coupled to the cladding portion, the core portion defining a portion of an interior surface of the mobile phone and formed from a second metal different from the first metal, a second housing component defining a second portion of the side exterior surface of the mobile phone, and a joint structure coupled to the first housing component and the second housing component and defining a third portion of the side exterior surface of the mobile phone between the first portion of the side exterior surface and the second portion of the side exterior surface. The cladding portion may be bonded directly to the core portion.

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Housour, Jon. (2026). Handheld electronic device (U.S. Patent No. 12795009). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12795009

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