US 11,782,483 B2
Uniformly narrow display bezels in portable electronic devices
Michael J. Lombardi, South Barrington, IL (US); Joseph L. Allore, Mundelein, IL (US); Chi-Jer Wang, New Taipei (TW); Stuart Kyle, San Francisco, CA (US); Ssu-Chieh Yu, New Taipei (TW); and Kuan-Ku Kuo, Taichung (TW)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/507,293.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/237,007, filed on Aug. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0043488 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1656 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1626 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable electronic device comprising:
a cover layer having a top face and an opposing bottom face, the cover layer including at least one chamfer between the top face and the bottom face, the at least one chamfer defining a chamfered face, the chamfered face angled between zero and ninety degrees from a horizontal plane defined by the top face; and
a housing configured to house the cover layer, the housing comprising:
an opening that is larger than a surface area of the top face; and
an interior face contiguous with the opening in the housing, the interior face configured to extend over at least portions of the chamfered face in a direction parallel to the horizontal plane and provide a force perpendicular to and at contact the chamfered face of the cover layer sufficient to enable the housing to mechanically retain the cover layer.