US 11,907,465 B2
Electronic devices with display and touch sensor structures
Isaac W. Chan, San Jose, CA (US); Chun-Hao Tung, Santa Clara, CA (US); Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Los Altos, CA (US); Sunggu Kang, San Jose, CA (US); and John Z. Zhong, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/085,772.
Application 18/085,772 is a continuation of application No. 17/224,999, filed on Apr. 7, 2021.
Application 17/224,999 is a continuation of application No. 15/159,074, filed on May 19, 2016, granted, now 10,983,626, issued on Apr. 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/171,634, filed on Jun. 5, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0136768 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 3/0416 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0445 (2019.05); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); H10K 50/841 (2023.02); H10K 59/40 (2023.02); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laptop computer, comprising:
a housing having an outer surface, an inner surface, and first and second housing portions coupled by a hinge, wherein the housing is operable in open and closed positions;
a flexible display on the inner surface that spans at least partially across the first and second housing portions;
an additional display on the outer surface that covers only a portion of the outer surface; and
a touch sensor configured to gather touch input on the outer surface when the housing is in the closed position.