Electronic devices with displays and camera windows
Electronic devices may be provided with components such as displays and cameras. A display may be mounted in a housing. The housing may have a sidewall. A bent portion of the display may be embedded in epoxy that is separated from the sidewall by an air gap. Adhesive may attach the epoxy to the housing. A metal support that is chemically bonded to the epoxy may be welded to metal structures such as camera brackets and other metal supports. The housing may have a glass layer that forms a rear wall. The glass layer may have a protruding portion that forms a glass plateau with openings through which cameras operates. A camera may have a protruding portion that is received within one of the glass plateau openings. The protruding portion may extend into a metal camera trim in one of the openings that is attached to the glass plateau.
1 . An electronic device, comprising:
a housing;
a flexible display layer in the housing, wherein the flexible display layer has a bent tail;
epoxy in which the bent tail is embedded;
a metal support that is bonded to the epoxy; and
a weld on the metal support.
2 . The electronic device defined in claim 1 further comprising an additional metal support, wherein the weld on the metal support attaches the additional metal support to the metal support.
3 . The electronic device defined in claim 2 wherein the housing has a sidewall and wherein the epoxy does not contact the sidewall.
4 . The electronic device defined in claim 3 further comprising a transparent display cover layer that covers the flexible display layer, wherein the epoxy and the transparent display cover layer are separated from the sidewall by an air gap.
5 . The electronic device defined in claim 4 further comprising adhesive that attaches the epoxy to the housing.
6 . The electronic device defined in claim 5 further comprising an opaque border that runs along a peripheral portion of the transparent display cover layer.
7 . The electronic device defined in claim 6 wherein the opaque border comprises an opaque polymer layer on a surface of the transparent display cover layer and comprises a clear epoxy layer on the opaque polymer layer and wherein the epoxy in which the bent tail is embedded contacts the clear epoxy layer.
8 . The electronic device defined in claim 7 further comprising a packaged circuit having a plurality of printed circuit boards that are attached to each other with epoxy encapsulant.
9 . The electronic device defined in claim 8 wherein the housing has first and second conductive peripheral segments separated by an epoxy-filled slit.
10 . The electronic device defined in claim 9 wherein the housing has first and second portions joined by an epoxy seal.
11 . The electronic device defined in claim 10 further comprising:
a camera trim; and
epoxy camera trim sealant.
12 . The electronic device defined in claim 11 wherein the housing has a glass rear wall with a rear protruding plateau portion and wherein the epoxy camera trim sealant attaches the camera trim to the rear protruding plateau portion.
13 . An electronic device, comprising:
a housing;
a display in the housing, wherein the display has a bent portion; and
epoxy in which the bent portion is embedded, wherein the epoxy includes a photoinitiator sensitive at a wavelength between 450 nm and 490 nm.
14 . The electronic device defined in claim 13 wherein the housing has a sidewall portion that is separated from the epoxy by an air gap, the electronic device further comprising a metal support that is chemically bonded to the epoxy.