US 12,079,036 B2
Electronic devices with molded display mounting structures
Daniel J. Barrett, Redwood City, CA (US); Dakota A. Bass, Foster City, 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)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/340,893.
Prior Publication US 2021/0405688 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
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 configured to produce an image, wherein the display has a display layer with a bent tail;
a housing surrounding an interior region; and
a molded polymer member having a surface attached to the housing, wherein at least a portion of the bent tail is embedded in the molded polymer member, and the molded polymer member comprises a ring-shaped member running along a peripheral edge of the display.