Electronic Devices With Folding Displays Having Textured Flexible Areas

    公开(公告)号:US20250040329A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-30

    申请号:US18911125

    申请日:2024-10-09

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A foldable electronic device may bend about a bend axis. A foldable display panel may be configured to bend along the bend axis as the foldable device is folded. A display cover layer may overlap the display panel. The display panel may have an array of pixels configured to display an image viewable through the display cover layer. The display cover layer may be formed from a layer of glass. A recess may be formed in the layer of glass that runs parallel to the bend axis and that overlaps the bend axis. The recess forms a flexible locally thinned portion in the glass that allows the display cover layer to bend. A rough surface texture and polymer coating may be provided in the recess. The recess may have shallowly sloping walls.

    Segmented Glass for Foldable Devices

    公开(公告)号:US20240370058A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-07

    申请号:US18596261

    申请日:2024-03-05

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display and may be configured to fold about a bend axis that overlaps the display. The display may have a display cover layer having first, second, and third portions that are joined side-by-side. The second portion may have a strip shape that extends along the bend axis and may be configured to bend as the first and third portions are folded towards each other. The second portion may be formed from a different material than the first and third portions to facilitate bending. The second portion may also be characterized by a compressive stress layer that is shallower than compressive stress layers on the first and third portions.

    HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230421679A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US18243523

    申请日:2023-09-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04M1/0266 H04N23/90 H04M1/0264

    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display and an enclosure. The enclosure may include a housing, a front cover coupled to the housing and comprising a front cover member positioned over the display, and a rear cover coupled to the housing and including a rear cover member. The rear cover member may be formed from a glass material including metal nanoparticles configured to impart color to the glass material and having a dielectric constant from 5.5 to 7.5 in a frequency band from 5 GHz to 45 GHz. The rear cover member may include a first portion defining a first thickness and characterized by a first color, and a second portion defining a second thickness, greater than the first thickness, and characterized by a second color, different from the first color.

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