Laura C Burke

US Patent:

20220286539, Sep 8, 2022

Filed:

Sep 10, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/471748

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Cameron Bauer - Cupertino CA, US
Samuel J. Pliska - Cupertino CA, US
Macey E. Dade - Cupertino CA, US
Baris Ozgen - Mountain View CA, US
Lee E. Hooton - Massapequa NY, US
Benjamin S. Bustle - Cupertino CA, US
Jason M. Gillier - Cupertino CA, US
Stoyan P. Hristov - San Jose CA, US
Anthony B. Sinclair - Cupertino CA, US
Nicholas Merz - San Francisco CA, US
Daniel Jarvis - Sunnyvale CA, US
Ian A. Spraggs - San Francisco CA, US
Mitchell T. Hoertz - San Francisco CA, US
Michael D. Quinones - Campbell CA, US
David A. Pakula - San Francisco CA, US
Brandon R. Collins-Smoot - Campbell CA, US
Matthew R. McGuire - Cupertino CA, US
Richard H. Koch - Cupertino CA, US
Simon C. Helmore - San Francisco CA, US
Gareth L. Rose - Cupertino CA, US
Marwan Rammah - San Francisco CA, US
Zachary S. Scott - Cupertino CA, US
Jonathan M. Lee - Fremont CA, US
Melissa A. Wah - San Jose CA, US
Jacob Barton - Cupertino CA, US
Laura M. Burke - San Jose CA, US
Jesse P. Harris - Saratoga CA, US
Samruddhi A. Deshpande - San Jose CA, US
Ekaterina Pease - Sausalito CA, US
David J. Dunsmoor - San Jose CA, US
Nawaf Al-Baghly - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

H04M 1/02
H04R 1/02

Abstract:

A portable electronic device may include a housing having a wall defining an opening in the housing and at least a portion of four side surfaces of the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device may further include a display at least partially within the housing, a front cover positioned in the opening in the housing and over the display, the front cover defining a front surface, a peripheral side surface extending from the front surface and at least partially surrounded by the wall of the housing, and a notch that, together with a portion of the wall of the housing, defines an acoustic port of the portable electronic device. The electronic device may further include an acoustic port cover positioned at least partially in the acoustic port and a speaker at least partially within the housing and configured to direct sound through the acoustic port cover.

US Patent:

20220286545, Sep 8, 2022

Filed:

Sep 10, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/472097

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Jonathan M. Lee - Fremont CA, US
Laura M. Burke - San Jose CA, US
Ekaterina Pease - Sausalito CA, US
Nicholas Merz - San Francisco CA, US
Daniel Jarvis - Sunnyvale CA, US
Ian A. Spraggs - San Francisco CA, US
Lee E. Hooton - Massapequa NY, US
Kodiak D. Burke - Los Gatos CA, US
David A. Pakula - San Francisco CA, US
Marwan Rammah - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

H04M 1/02

Abstract:

A portable electronic device may include a housing member, a rear cover coupled to the housing member, and a top module coupled to the housing member and including a front cover defining an exterior surface and an interior surface opposite to the exterior surface, a display stack attached to the interior surface of the front cover and comprising a flexible circuit element extending from a side of the display stack, a frame member attached to the interior surface of the front cover and extending at least partially around a periphery of the display stack, and an encapsulating structure positioned between the frame member and the display stack and at least partially encapsulating a portion of a peripheral side of the display stack and the flexible circuit element. The encapsulating structure may cover at least a portion of a bottom side of the display stack.