US 11,792,309 B2
Housing features of an electronic device
Matthew D. Hill, Santa Clara, CA (US); Derek C. Krass, Cupertino, CA (US); Benjamin Shane Bustle, Cupertino, CA (US); Lucy Elizabeth Browning, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US); James B. Smith, Cupertino, CA (US); Ashutosh Y. Shukla, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Scott A. Myers, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/378,695.
Application 17/378,695 is a continuation of application No. 16/740,668, filed on Jan. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,070,655.
Application 16/740,668 is a continuation of application No. 16/241,914, filed on Jan. 7, 2019, granted, now 10,547,717, issued on Jan. 28, 2020.
Application 16/241,914 is a continuation of application No. 15/449,797, filed on Mar. 3, 2017, granted, now 10,218,827, issued on Feb. 26, 2019.
Application 14/618,744 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2015/015127, filed on Feb. 10, 2015.
Application 15/449,797 is a continuation of application No. 14/618,744, filed on Feb. 10, 2015, granted, now 9,591,110, issued on Mar. 7, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/047,466, filed on Sep. 8, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0344784 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/23 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0249 (2013.01) [H04M 1/02 (2013.01); H04M 1/0202 (2013.01); H04M 1/0247 (2013.01); H04M 1/23 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable electronic device comprising:
a display;
a transparent cover positioned over the display and defining a front surface of the portable electronic device; and
an enclosure at least partially surrounding the display and coupled to the transparent cover, the enclosure comprising:
a first metal enclosure component defining at least a portion of a top surface of the portable electronic device;
a second metal enclosure component defining:
at least a portion of a first side surface of the portable electronic device;
at least a portion of a second side surface of the portable electronic device opposite the first side surface; and
a first portion of a back surface of the portable electronic device; and
a molded polymer structure between the first metal enclosure component and the second metal enclosure component and defining a second portion of the back surface of the portable electronic device.