US 12,360,567 B2
Electronic devices with molded display mounting structures
Daniel J. Barrett, Redwood City, CA (US); Dakota A. Bass, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Sameer Pandya, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Shang L. Tsuei, San Jose, CA (US); Elizabeth C. Porter, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Erik G. de Jong, San Francisco, CA (US); Jingjing Xu, Cupertino, CA (US); Jacquelynn M. Pok, San Jose, CA (US); Kiran S. Pillai, San Bruno, CA (US); Xuan Liu, Santa Clara, CA (US); Adam J. Brinkman, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Paul Choiniere, Livermore, CA (US); Daniel W. Jarvis, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Jia Liu, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/618,749.
Application 18/618,749 is a continuation of application No. 17/340,893, filed on Jun. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/109,128, filed on Nov. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/044,306, filed on Jun. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0241548 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/163 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display comprising a display layer with a bent tail, wherein the bent tail has a first surface and an opposing second surface, and the bent tail has a first portion and a second portion that is folded-over relative to the first portion;
a molded polymer member that is coupled to the first surface of the bent tail and to the second surface of the bent tail and that is coupled to at least part of the first portion of the bent tail and at least part of the second portion of the bent tail; and
adhesive between the first and second portions of the bent tail, wherein the adhesive is surrounded by the molded polymer member.