US 12,113,565 B2
Portable electronic device with two-piece housing
Erik L. Wang, Redwood City, CA (US); Phillip Michael Hobson, Menlo Park, CA (US); Kenneth A. Jenks, San Jose, CA (US); Adam D. Mittleman, Portola Valley, CA (US); Bartley K. Andre, Palo Alto, CA (US); Daniel J. Coster, San Francisco, CA (US); Daniele De Iuliis, San Francisco, CA (US); Richard P. Howarth, Lake Forest, CA (US); Jonathan P. Ive, San Francisco, CA (US); Steven P. Jobs, Palo Alto, CA (US); Duncan Robert Kerr, San Francisco, CA (US); Shin Nishibori, Honolulu, HI (US); Matthew Dean Rohrbach, San Francisco, CA (US); Douglas B. Satzger, Menlo Park, CA (US); Calvin Q. Seid, Palo Alto, CA (US); Christopher J. Stringer, Woodside, CA (US); Eugene Anthony Whang, San Francisco, CA (US); and Rico L. Zorkendorfer, Jackson, WY (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US); and BJ Watrous, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/305,360.
Application 13/084,490 is a division of application No. 12/119,986, filed on May 13, 2008, granted, now 7,933,123, issued on Apr. 26, 2011.
Application 18/305,360 is a continuation of application No. 17/897,003, filed on Aug. 26, 2022, granted, now 11,683,063.
Application 17/897,003 is a continuation of application No. 17/174,158, filed on Feb. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,438,024, issued on Sep. 6, 2022.
Application 17/174,158 is a continuation of application No. 16/718,627, filed on Dec. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,944,443, issued on Mar. 9, 2021.
Application 16/718,627 is a continuation of application No. 15/098,742, filed on Apr. 14, 2016, granted, now 10,594,351, issued on Mar. 17, 2020.
Application 15/098,742 is a continuation of application No. 13/525,725, filed on Jun. 18, 2012, granted, now 9,344,539, issued on May 17, 2016.
Application 13/525,725 is a continuation of application No. 13/084,490, filed on Apr. 11, 2011, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/044,445, filed on Apr. 11, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2023/0261685 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04B 1/3888 (2015.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 1/3888 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1637 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/1658 (2013.01); H04M 1/0252 (2013.01); H04M 1/026 (2013.01); H04M 1/0266 (2013.01); H04M 1/0274 (2013.01); H04M 1/0277 (2013.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a touch-sensitive display comprising a capacitive touch sensor;
a display cover glass overlapping the touch-sensitive display;
a rear glass housing member; and
a metal housing member that extends between the display cover glass and the rear glass housing member, wherein the metal housing member extends at least partially around a perimeter of the touch-sensitive display.