US 12,142,632 B2
Electronic devices with folding displays having textured flexible areas
Que Anh S. Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US); Christian Weddeling, Niefern-Öschelbronn (DE); Hoon Sik Kim, San Jose, CA (US); and Terry C. Lam, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/506,784.
Application 18/506,784 is a continuation of application No. 17/542,129, filed on Dec. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,862,664.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/136,955, filed on Jan. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0079442 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01L 27/15 (2006.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B32B 17/10 (2006.01); H01L 33/20 (2010.01)
CPC H01L 27/156 (2013.01) [B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 17/10 (2013.01); H01L 33/20 (2013.01); B32B 2457/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing having first and second housing portions that rotate relative to one another about an axis;
a display supported by the housing and having a first display portion overlapping the first housing portion and a second display portion overlapping the second housing portion, wherein the display is configured to display images across the axis; and
a cover layer supported by the housing, wherein the cover layer has first and second rigid portions joined by a flexible portion, wherein the first and second rigid portions respectively overlap the first and second display portions, and wherein the flexible portion overlaps the axis and comprises a roughened glass surface.