ELECTRONIC DEVICES HAVING CURVED DISPLAYS WITH SUPPORTING FRAMES

    公开(公告)号:US11737307B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-22

    申请号:US16386129

    申请日:2019-04-16

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display overlapped by a cover layer. Portions of the surface of the display and cover layer may have curved profiles. The display may include a flexible substrate with bent edge portions protruding from a central region. Gaps may be formed between regions of pixels on a common display substrate or between separate display substrates. A light source may emit light through a gap. Optical components such as sensors may be aligned with windows in the display. The windows may be formed from transparent portions of a display layer that are surrounded by pixels. A frame may be used to support the flexible substrate. The frame may have a metal portion and a polymer portion molded to the metal portion. Openings and other structures in the frame may accommodate components such as optical sensors. Components may be aligned with frame openings and display windows.

    Methods for forming image transport layers

    公开(公告)号:US11619779B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US16536733

    申请日:2019-08-09

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with pixels configured to display an image. An image transport layer may be formed from a coherent fiber bundle or Anderson localization material. The image transport layer may overlap the pixels and may have an input surface that receives the image from the pixels and a corresponding output surface on which the received image is viewable. The image transport layer may form an exterior surface of the electronic device or may be overlapped by a transparent cover layer. Various methods such as swelling, piping, and slumping may be used to process fibers and form image transport layers. A fiber bundle that is used to form an image transport layer may include fibers that have varying properties.

    Display with Integrated Backlight
    5.
    发明申请
    Display with Integrated Backlight 有权
    集成背光显示

    公开(公告)号:US20160320658A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-03

    申请号:US14863260

    申请日:2015-09-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with electrical components mounted in an electronic device housing. A display module may be attached to a display cover layer with a layer of adhesive to form a display module assembly. The display module assembly and a backlight unit assembly may together form a display that is mounted within an electronic device housing. A support structure that supports the display cover layer may be integrated with the backlight unit assembly. The support structure may have an upper surface to which the display cover layer is attached and a lower portion that is molded to a metal chassis that supports the backlight unit. The lower portion of the support structure may form a plastic chassis that surrounds the backlight unit. In this way, an integrated support structure may be used to support both the display module and the backlight unit.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有安装在电子设备外壳中的电气部件。 显示模块可以用粘合剂层附接到显示器覆盖层以形成显示模块组件。 显示模块组件和背光单元组件可以一起形成安装在电子设备壳体内的显示器。 支持显示覆盖层的支撑结构可以与背光单元组件集成。 支撑结构可以具有安装显示器盖层的上表面和模制到支撑背光单元的金属底盘的下部。 支撑结构的下部可以形成围绕背光单元的塑料底盘。 以这种方式,可以使用集成的支撑结构来支持显示模块和背光单元。

    Electronic devices with inhomogeneous image transport layers

    公开(公告)号:US11747553B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-05

    申请号:US17026063

    申请日:2020-09-18

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G02B6/06 G02B6/02052

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display overlapped by an image transport layer such as a coherent fiber bundle or layer of Anderson localization material. The image transport layer may have an input surface that receives an image from the display and a corresponding output surface to which the image is transported. The input surface and output surface may have different shapes. During fabrication of the image transport layer, molding techniques, grinding and polishing techniques, and other processes may be used to deform the image transport layer and the shape of the output surface. To accommodate differences in material deformation and other factors that vary as a function of position across the image transport layer, the image transport layer may be formed from canes of fibers or other material with one or more properties that vary as a function of position.

    Display with integrated backlight
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09759937B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-12

    申请号:US14863260

    申请日:2015-09-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with electrical components mounted in an electronic device housing. A display module may be attached to a display cover layer with a layer of adhesive to form a display module assembly. The display module assembly and a backlight unit assembly may together form a display that is mounted within an electronic device housing. A support structure that supports the display cover layer may be integrated with the backlight unit assembly. The support structure may have an upper surface to which the display cover layer is attached and a lower portion that is molded to a metal chassis that supports the backlight unit. The lower portion of the support structure may form a plastic chassis that surrounds the backlight unit. In this way, an integrated support structure may be used to support both the display module and the backlight unit.

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