US 12,003,657 B2
Handheld electronic device
Richard H. Koch, Cupertino, CA (US); Jonathan M. Lee, Fremont, CA (US); Laura M. Burke, San Jose, CA (US); Ekaterina Pease, Sausalito, CA (US); Nicholas Merz, San Francisco, CA (US); Daniel Jarvis, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Ian A. Spraggs, San Francisco, CA (US); Lee E. Hooton, Massapequa, NY (US); Kodiak D. Burke, Los Gatos, CA (US); David A. Pakula, San Francisco, CA (US); and Marwan Rammah, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/472,097.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/208,477, filed on Jun. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/170,327, filed on Apr. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/155,693, filed on Mar. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0286545 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04B 1/03 (2006.01); H04B 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0266 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1637 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable electronic device comprising:
a housing member;
a rear cover coupled to the housing member; and
a top module coupled to the housing member and comprising:
a front cover defining an exterior surface and an interior surface opposite to the exterior surface;
a display stack attached to the interior surface of the front cover and comprising a flexible circuit element extending from a side of the display stack;
a frame member attached to the interior surface of the front cover and extending at least partially around a periphery of the display stack; and
an encapsulating structure positioned between the frame member and the display stack and at least partially encapsulating a portion of a peripheral side of the display stack and the flexible circuit element.