Apple patents trim piece that seals laptop screen edges
Apple describes a design for a laptop screen that uses a specific trim piece to seal the gap between the glass cover and the outer housing. This trim is made of polymer material and is bonded directly to both parts to create a tight, protruding edge around the display.
In the filing’s own words
A laptop computer may include a base portion having a keyboard and a display portion flexibly coupled to the base portion and positionable in an open configuration relative to the base portion and in a closed configuration relative to the base portion. The display portion may include a display stack, a display cover positioned over the display stack and may define a peripheral side surface and an exterior surface. A housing may define a side exterior surface of the display portion and may extend at least partially around a periphery of the display cover, and a trim member. The trim member may be positioned between the display cover and the housing. The trim member may be bonded to a peripheral side surface of the display cover and define a protruding portion.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A laptop comprising: a base portion comprising a keyboard; and a display portion flexibly coupled to the base portion and positionable in an open configuration relative to the base portion and in a closed configuration relative to the base portion, the display portion comprising: a display stack; a display cover positioned over the display stack; a housing defining a bottom surface and a wall extending from the bottom surface, the wall extending at least partially around a periphery of the display cover and the display stack, the wall defining: an exterior peripheral surface of the housing; a side interior surface opposite the exterior peripheral surface; and a front-facing surface extending from the exterior peripheral surface to the side interior surface; and a trim member comprising a polymer material, the trim member positioned between the display cover and the housing and at least partially surrounding the display stack and the display cover, the polymer material of the trim member bonded directly to the side interior surface of the wall and directly to a portion of the bottom surface of the housing, the trim member defining a protruding portion protruding from the front-facing surface.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Protective trims for electronic devices
- Patent number
- US12761693B2
- Application number
- 18781864
- Filed
- Jul 23, 2024
- Granted
- Oct 13, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 21
Classified under
G06F 1/1637 Physics & computingG06F 1/1662 Physics & computingG06F 1/1681 Physics & computingG06F 1/1686 Physics & computingMore from Apple in Phones & computers
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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