US 12,108,547 B2
Electronic devices with molded polymer structures
Dakota A Bass, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Erik G de Jong, San Francisco, CA (US); Sameer Pandya, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Shang L Tsuei, San Jose, CA (US); and Trent J Canales, Roseville, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/701,516.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/164,949, filed on Mar. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/229,259, filed on Aug. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0312607 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0217 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4253 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
19. An electronic device having a rectangular outline and opposing ends, comprising:
a display cover layer;
a flexible display layer that is overlapped by the display cover layer and that has a bent tail at one of the ends;
molded polymer in which at least part of the bent tail is embedded;
a housing having a rear wall; and
a metal structure that extends through the molded polymer from the rear wall to the display cover layer.