Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device with diffusively illuminated housing portions
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Application No.: US16882307Application Date: 2020-05-22
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Publication No.: US11346542B2Publication Date: 2022-05-31
- Inventor: Janos C. Keresztes , Yu P. Sun , Rong Liu , Chungjae Lee , Ka Ho P. Poon , Brian P. Graves , Jun Qi , Victor H. Yin , Joel C. Yamasaki , Pedro Mari
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Jason Tsai
- Main IPC: F21V33/00
- IPC: F21V33/00 ; F21V5/00 ; F21V23/04 ; F21V19/00 ; F21V3/04 ; F21V8/00 ; F21Y115/00

Abstract:
An electronic device includes a housing, a speaker, control circuitry, a plurality of light-emitting components configured to emit light through an upper housing wall or other housing structure. A lens diffuser layer having lenses overlapping respective light-emitting components, a textured diffuser layer formed from textured coatings on a substrate, and a volume diffuser layer having light-scattering structures in a polymer layer might be included to project light from the light-emitting components. A light-guiding portion of the lens diffuser layer may guide light to a circular peripheral edge to form an illuminated ring visible through the upper housing wall.
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