US 11,961,946 B2
Electronic devices with flexible displays
Chang-Chia Huang, San Jose, CA (US); Hoon Sik Kim, Los Gatos, CA (US); Paul S. Drzaic, Morgan Hill, CA (US); Terry C. Lam, Mountain View, CA (US); Yasmin F. Afsar, San Jose, CA (US); and Zhichun Shao, Albany, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/390,504.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/076,835, filed on Sep. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0077352 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 33/48 (2010.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 33/483 (2013.01) [H05K 1/028 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10272 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a foldable housing that is configured to bend about a bend axis and that has a support layer;
a flexible display panel separated from the support layer by a gap; and
a spring layer between the support layer and the flexible display panel, wherein the spring layer comprises a spring having a first end attached to the support layer and a second end attached to the flexible display panel and extending across the gap.