Fused glass device housings
First Claim
1. An electronic device, comprising:
- a display; and
a housing in which the display is mounted, wherein the housing includes glass structures that have a recess that receives at least part of the display, wherein the glass structures include a planar glass member and a peripheral glass member that extends around at least some peripheral edge portions of the planar glass member to form the recess,wherein the planar glass member has a thickness of T1 and the glass structures at the at least some peripheral edge portions have a thickness of T2, and wherein the thickness of T1 is less than the thickness of T2.
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Abstract
An electronic device may have a glass housing structures. The glass housing structures may be used to cover a display and other internal electronic device components. The glass housing structure may have multiple glass pieces that are joined using a glass fusing process. A peripheral glass member may be fused along the edge of a planar glass member to enhance the thickness of the edge. A rounded edge feature may be formed by machining the thickened edge. Raised fused glass features may surround openings in the planar glass member. Multiple planar glass members may be fused together to form a five-sided box in which electronic components may be mounted. Raised support structure ribs may be formed by fusing glass structures to a planar glass member. Opaque masking material and colored glass may be used to create portions of the glass housing structures that hide internal device components from view.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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a display; and a housing in which the display is mounted, wherein the housing includes glass structures that have a recess that receives at least part of the display, wherein the glass structures include a planar glass member and a peripheral glass member that extends around at least some peripheral edge portions of the planar glass member to form the recess, wherein the planar glass member has a thickness of T1 and the glass structures at the at least some peripheral edge portions have a thickness of T2, and wherein the thickness of T1 is less than the thickness of T2. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An electronic device, comprising:
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an electronic device housing formed from glass members including at least first and second opposing planar glass members that are separated by a gap formed between the first and second opposing planar glass members; and display structures inserted into the gap. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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