Glass Device Housing

摘要

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.

主权项

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display; and a housing in which the display is mounted, wherein the housing includes a glass housing structure having a recess at a central portion of the glass housing structure, wherein at least part of the display is provided in the recess, wherein the glass housing structure provides an outer facing surface of the housing, and wherein the glass housing structure has a thickness of T1 at the central portion and a thickness of T2 at a peripheral portion of the glass housing structure, the thickness of T1 being less than the thickness of T2.