US 12,436,562 B2
Electronic device structure with housing
Eric T. Chiang, San Francisco, CA (US); Steven C. Roach, San Francisco, CA (US); Ross L. Jackson, San Francisco, CA (US); Maegan K. Spencer, La Honda, CA (US); William C. Lukens, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael R. Parker, Santa Cruz, CA (US); and YoungHoon Kim, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/147,568.
Application 18/147,568 is a continuation of application No. 17/019,151, filed on Sep. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,573,599.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/037,987, filed on Jun. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0139537 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/163 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2283 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 1/026 (2013.01); H04R 1/2803 (2013.01); H05K 5/0026 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing assembly of an electronic device, comprising:
a housing component at least partially defining a first exterior surface and an internal volume of the electronic device, the housing component further defining:
an aperture;
a first planar surface at least partially surrounding a periphery of the aperture; and
a housing sidewall adjacent to at least a portion of a periphery of the first planar surface opposite the aperture;
a sealing component defining a rectangular cross-sectional area, the sealing component adhered to the first planar surface and surrounding the aperture; and
an optically transparent cover overlying the aperture and defining:
a second exterior surface forming a back side of the housing assembly opposite a display assembly;
an electromagnetically transparent cover at least partially occluding the aperture and defining a third exterior surface, the electromagnetically transparent cover secured to the second exterior surface;
a second planar surface adhered on the sealing component opposite the first planar surface; and
a cover sidewall oriented perpendicular to the first planar surface and spaced apart from the housing sidewall by a distance;
wherein the housing component defines a planar datum surface offset from and parallel to the first planar surface, the planar datum surface contacting the second planar surface.