Patent ID: 9400349
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G02B,G02F

Claim Text:
1. An electronic device, comprising: a display; a light source configured to provide light; a light guide plate configured to receive the light and to provide the light to the display as backlight illumination; a metal display chassis that has a curved portion that flexes about a flex axis and that at least partly surrounds the light source, wherein the metal display chassis includes at least one flex promotion feature in the curved portion that helps the curved portion of the metal display chassis to flex about the flex axis, wherein the curved portion has a first surface and a second surface interposed between the first surface and the light source and wherein the flex promotion feature comprises a plurality of openings that extend through the first and second surfaces; and an opaque film on the first surface that covers the plurality of openings, wherein the first surface is interposed between the opaque film and the second surface.