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US 12,697,765 B2

Methods for forming electronic devices with bent display edges

US 12,697,765 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-04. Applicant: Apple Inc. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.

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Applicant
Apple Inc.
Inventors
Jeremy C. Franklin; Scott A. Myers; Stephen Brian Lynch; John Raff
Publication date
2026-08-04
Filing date
2019-01-18
Document type
B2 Granted patent
Also written as
US 12,697,765 B2 · US12697765 · 12697765

Abstract

An electronic device may have a display with a bent portion such as one or more bent edge portions. The display may be formed from a flexible display layer such as an organic light-emitting-diode layer. The organic light-emitting-diode layer may include a substrate layer such as a sheet of polymer. The flexible display may be attached to a support structure such as a flexible support layer using adhesive. To facilitate bending, the display may be heated.…

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