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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2009
Kathleen A. Bergeron, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Laura Deforest, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kevin S. Fetterman, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michelle Goldberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Timothy S. Hibbard, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Chung-tse Huang, Fongshan, TW;
William F. Leggett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zachary Joseph Zeliff, Taipei, TW;
Kathleen A. Bergeron, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Laura DeForest, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kevin S. Fetterman, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michelle Goldberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Timothy S. Hibbard, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Chung-Tse Huang, Fongshan, TW;
William F. Leggett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zachary Joseph Zeliff, Taipei, TW;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A display housing for a portable computing device that utilizes a plastic cover bonded to an internal metal frame is described. To account for thermal cycling issues and in particular to prevent bond slippage, multiple types of adhesives are employed to join the metal frame and the plastic cover. In particular, a very high bond (VHB) adhesive material is used in certain areas to bond the metal inner frame to the plastic cover and a liquid adhesive is used in other areas. The plastic cover can be translucent to light. A method of coating the plastic cover to block light, such as from a backlight used for the display, is described.