US 12,193,183 B2
Electronic device display and housing assembly
Michael R. Parker, Loomis, CA (US); Daniel T. McDonald, San Jose, CA (US); Devon K. Copeland, San Francisco, CA (US); Tyler S. Atura Bushnell, San Francisco, CA (US); Christopher M. Werner, San Jose, CA (US); Michael A. Fisher, San Jose, CA (US); Natalie Y. Homsi, San Francisco, CA (US); Alexandros J. Petrakis, San Francisco, CA (US); and Trent J. Canales, Roseville, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/934,275.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/374,738, filed on Sep. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/364,012, filed on May 2, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/266,829, filed on Jan. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0232560 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 5/06 (2006.01); G04G 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/06 (2013.01) [G04G 17/04 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing sidewall defining an opening;
a display component disposed in the opening and defining a gap between the housing and the display component;
a cavity defined by the sidewall and the display component, the cavity in fluid communication with an external environment through the gap;
an epoxy at least partially defining the cavity and in direct contact with the housing sidewall; and
an antenna component defining the cavity and in fluid communication with the external environment through the gap.
 
7. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing sidewall having an upper sidewall portion and a lower sidewall portion bonded to a middle sidewall portion, the middle sidewall portion disposed between the upper and lower sidewall portions, the housing defining an opening;
a display disposed in the opening and defining a gap between the housing and the display;
an epoxy seal disposed between the display and the housing, the epoxy extending laterally across the gap, and the epoxy seal bonded directly to the middle sidewall portion; and
an antenna component disposed between the epoxy seal and the display, the antenna layer defining a cavity in communication with an external environment through the gap.
 
13. An electronic device, comprising:
a sidewall defining an internal volume and an opening, the sidewall including:
an upper portion;
a lower portion; and
a middle portion disposed between and bonded to the upper portion and the lower portion;
a display cover disposed in the opening and defining the internal volume;
a side cavity defined by the display cover and the sidewall, the cavity in fluid communication with an external environment through a gap formed between the display cover and the sidewall;
an epoxy layer contacting the lower portion and the middle portion and at least partially defining the cavity; and
an antenna layer disposed between the epoxy layer and the display cover and defining the cavity such that the antenna layer is in fluid communication with the external environment.