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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2014
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kwang Soon Park, Cupertino, CA (US);

Byung Duk Yang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Kyung-Wook Kim, Cupertino, CA (US);

Shih-Chang Chang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Yong Kwan Kim, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/04 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/1362 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/13439 (2013.01); G02F 1/133308 (2013.01); G02F 1/133514 (2013.01); G02F 1/136204 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133334 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquid crystal display having an outer layer such as a thin-film transistor layer and an inner layer such as a color filter layer may be mounted in a metal device housing. Transparent conductive coating material may be formed on display layers. The transparent conductive coating material may include a layer on the upper surface of the thin-film transistor layer, a layer on the lower surface of the color filter layer, and an edge coating that extends between the upper surface layer and lower surface layer. Electrostatic discharge protection structures for the display may include a conductive elastomeric gasket that couples the upper surface layer to an inner surface of the housing, a conductive tape that couples the lower surface layer to the inner surface, and a conductive material on the inner surface that contacts the edge coating.


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