ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,378, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Electronic devices with structural glass members" was invented by Jeremy C. Franklin (San Francisco), Fletcher R. Rothkopf (Los Altos, Calif.), John P. Ternus (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) and Kevin D. Gibbs (San Carlos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electronic devices may be provided having internal components mounted to a structural glass support member. The structural glass support member may have a planar front surface that forms a front surface of the device. The structural glass support member may have bent portions that form sidewall surfaces of the d...