US 12,238,401 B2
Housing structure for handheld electronic device
John K. Queeney, Mountain View, CA (US); James A. Stryker, San Francisco, CA (US); Jeremy Hill, Cupertino, CA (US); Kienan D. McCarty, Cupertino, CA (US); Lee B. Hamstra, Mountain View, CA (US); Tavys Q. Ashcroft, San Jose, CA (US); and Trevor M. Cardiff, San Ramon, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/078,864.
Application 18/078,864 is a continuation of application No. 16/880,803, filed on May 21, 2020, granted, now 11,528,399.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/986,588, filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112239 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/57 (2023.01); G03B 17/12 (2021.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/57 (2023.01) [G03B 17/12 (2013.01); G06F 1/1633 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G03B 2217/002 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tablet computer comprising:
a front cover;
a display below the front cover;
a unitary housing member coupled to the front cover and defining:
a first portion of a back surface of the tablet computer;
a hole extending through the back surface of the tablet computer; and
a raised rim extending at least partially around the hole and defining a second portion of the back surface of the tablet computer; and
a rear-facing sensor assembly positioned at least partially within the hole and comprising:
a depth sensor module;
a first camera module;
a second camera module; and
a cover member defining:
a third portion of the back surface of the tablet computer; and
a first window region over the first camera module, a second window region over the second camera module, and a third window region over the depth sensor module.