18893850. MULTI-PART DEVICE ENCLOSURE (Apple Inc.)

MULTI-PART DEVICE ENCLOSURE

Organization Name

Apple Inc.

Inventor(s)

Mikael M. Silvanto of San Francisco CA (US)

Simon J. Trivett of Waterloo (CA)

Matthew S. Theobald of San Francisco CA (US)

Dinesh C. Mathew of San Francisco CA (US)

Simon R. Lancaster-larocque of San Jose CA (US)

Robert Y. Cao of San Francisco CA (US)

Ari P. Miller of San Francisco CA (US)

Kevin M. Robinson of Sunnyvale CA (US)

Houtan R. Farahani of Cupertino CA (US)

Francesco Ferretti of Morgan Hill CA (US)

John Raff of Menlo Park CA (US)

Robert J. Lockwood of San Carlos CA (US)

Genie Kim of Sejong (KR)

Karan Bir of Bangalore (IN)

Keith J. Hendren of San Francisco CA (US)

Gurshan Deol of Santa Clara CA (US)

Antonio Clarke of Cupertino CA (US)

Prabhu Sathyamurthy of Austin TX (US)

William A. Counts of Sunnyvale CA (US)

MULTI-PART DEVICE ENCLOSURE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18893850 titled 'MULTI-PART DEVICE ENCLOSURE

Original Abstract Submitted

An electronic device includes an enclosure formed of a plurality of layers cooperating to define an interior volume. The enclosure includes a first layer formed of a first material and defining a user input surface of the enclosure and a first portion of a side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a second layer, formed of a second material different from the first material, positioned below the first layer and defining a second portion of the side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a third layer, formed of a third material different from the first and second materials, positioned below the second layer and defining a bottom surface of the enclosure and a third portion of the side surface of the enclosure.