IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,147,605
Granted Patent B2
US 12,147,605 · App. 18/212,137 · Granted Nov 19, 2024

Device having integrated interface system

Inventors: Christiaan A. Ligtenberg (San Carlos, CA); Brett W. Degner (Menlo Park, CA); Ron A. Hopkinson (Campbell, CA); Asif Hussain (San Jose, CA); Dinesh C. Mathew (San Francisco, CA); Mikael M. Silvanto (San Francisco, CA); Chang Zhang (San Jose, CA); Zheng Gao (Sunnyvale, CA); Robert Y. Cao (San Francisco, CA); Keith J. Hendren (San Francisco, CA); Bryan W. Posner (LaSelva Beach, CA); Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque (San Jose, CA); Alex J. Lehmann (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: APPLE INC.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,147,605
App. No.
18/212,137
Granted
Nov 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable computer includes a display portion comprising a display and a base portion pivotally coupled to the display portion. The base portion may include a bottom case and a top case, formed from a dielectric material, coupled to the bottom case. The top case may include a top member defining a top surface of the base portion and a sidewall integrally formed with the top member and defining a side surface of the base portion. The portable computer may also include a sensing system including a first sensing system configured to determine a location of a touch input applied to the top surface of the base portion and a second sensing system configured to determine a force of the touch input.

Claims (50)

1. A portable computer comprising:

a display portion comprising:

a first glass member defining a first exterior surface of the portable computer;

a second glass member defining a second exterior surface of the portable computer opposite the first exterior surface, the first and second glass members defining an interior cavity therebetween; and

a display positioned in the interior cavity and between the first glass member and the second glass member and coupled to an interior surface of the first glass member; and

a base portion flexibly coupled to the display portion and comprising:

a bottom case defining a bottom side of the base portion; and

a top case coupled to the bottom case and defining a top side of the base portion, the top side of the base portion having a keyboard region and a trackpad region.

2. The portable computer of claim 1 , wherein the display portion further comprises a joining member coupling the first glass member to the second glass member and defining at least a portion of a side surface of the display portion.

3. The portable computer of claim 1 , wherein the top case is a glass top case.

4. The portable computer of claim 3 , wherein:

the glass top case defines a key web in the keyboard region, the key web defining a plurality of openings; and

the base portion further comprises a keyboard comprising a respective key positioned in a respective opening of the plurality of openings of the key web.

5. The portable computer of claim 1 , wherein the keyboard region and the trackpad region have a same width.

6. The portable computer of claim 1 , wherein the top case is formed from metal.

7. The portable computer of claim 1 , further comprising a potting material occupying at least a portion of the interior cavity.

8. A notebook computer comprising:

a display portion defining:

a first exterior surface of the notebook computer;

a second exterior surface of the notebook computer opposite the first exterior surface; and

a side exterior surface extending from the first exterior surface to the second exterior surface, the display portion comprising:

a first housing portion formed from glass and defining the first exterior surface of the display portion;

a second housing portion formed from glass and defining the second exterior surface of the display portion, the first and second housing portion at least partially defining an interior cavity therebetween; and

a display positioned within the interior cavity between the first housing portion and the second housing portion and configured to produce a graphical output visible through the first exterior surface;

a base portion flexibly coupled to the and comprising:

a third housing portion defining a user input surface of the notebook computer; and

a fourth housing portion coupled to the third housing portion and defining a third exterior surface of the notebook computer.

9. The notebook computer of claim 8 , wherein the display is adhered to an interior surface of the first housing portion.

10. The notebook computer of claim 8 , further comprising a joint structure positioned between the first housing portion and the second housing portion and defining at least a portion of the side exterior surface of the display portion.

11. The notebook computer of claim 10 , wherein:

the first housing portion is adhered to the joint structure; and

the second housing portion is adhered to the joint structure.

12. The notebook computer of claim 8 , further comprising a coating positioned on a surface of the second housing portion.

13. The notebook computer of claim 8 , wherein the third housing portion is a glass member.

14. The notebook computer of claim 13 , wherein the third housing portion defines a key web defining a plurality of respective key openings configured to receive respective keys of a keyboard therein.

15. A portable computer comprising:

a base portion comprising:

a keyboard; and

a trackpad region; and

a display portion coupled to the base portion and movable between an open position relative to the base portion and a closed position relative to the base portion and comprising:

a first glass housing structure defining a first exterior surface of the portable computer;

a second glass housing structure coupled to the first glass housing structure and defining a second exterior surface of the portable computer, the second exterior surface parallel to the first exterior surface; and

a display positioned in an interior cavity defined between the first glass housing structure and the second glass housing structure, the display configured to produce a graphical output visible through the second exterior surface.

16. The portable computer of claim 15 , wherein the keyboard and the trackpad region have a same width.

17. The portable computer of claim 15 , wherein the base portion comprises a third glass housing structure defining the trackpad region.

18. The portable computer of claim 15 , wherein the display portion further comprises a joint structure positioned between the first glass housing structure and the second glass housing structure.

19. The portable computer of claim 18 , wherein:

the first glass housing structure is adhered to a first side of the joint structure; and

the second glass housing structure is adhered to a second side of the joint structure.

20. The portable computer of claim 19 , wherein the joint structure defines at least part of an exterior side surface of the display portion.

Continuity (7)
Continuation 17843756 · Jun 17, 2022
Continuation 15931192 · May 13, 2020
Continuation 15939016 · Mar 28, 2018
Continuation 15939082 · Mar 28, 2018
Continuation 15939123 · Mar 28, 2018
Provisional Application 62478537 · Mar 29, 2017
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