EXPOSED GLASS ARTICLE WITH ENHANCED STIFFNESS FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOUSING

    公开(公告)号:US20190086963A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-21

    申请号:US16138945

    申请日:2018-09-21

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: A transparent article, such as a transparent cover, for use as a cover glass for an electronic device, as well as methods for producing transparent articles, are disclosed. The transparent article can form a part of a housing of the portable electronic device and can provide an outer surface for a portion of the housing. The transparent article can be provided over a display of portable electronic device to provide a protective outer cover over the display. In one embodiment, the transparent article can be formed with a laminate structure. In another embodiment, the transparent article can be formed with a ribbed structure. In still another embodiment, a sapphire coating can be deposited on the transparent article to improve it strength. Advantageously, the transparent article is able to be not only thin and lightweight but also provide sufficient stiffness for use as a cover glass.

    Flexible printed circuit cables with slits
    3.
    发明授权
    Flexible printed circuit cables with slits 有权
    带狭缝的柔性印刷电路电缆

    公开(公告)号:US09402303B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-26

    申请号:US13908280

    申请日:2013-06-03

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: An electronic device contains electrical circuits. The circuits may include circuitry on printed circuit boards and components such as a touch screen display and buttons. Signal paths for routing signals between the electrical circuits may be formed from metal traces on flexible printed circuit cables. The flexible printed circuit cables may be bent around one or more bend axes. A flexible printed circuit cable may be formed from a flexible polymer substrate having one or more layers of polymer. Upper and lower ground layers may be supported by the flexible polymer substrate. The metal traces for the signal paths may lie between the upper and lower ground layers. Longitudinal slits within the flexible printed circuit may be formed that pass through the ground layers and the polymer layers. Vias may be formed that couple the ground layers together. The vias may run along the edges of the slits.

    摘要翻译: 电子设备包含电路。 电路可以包括印刷电路板上的电路和诸如触摸屏显示器和按钮的部件。 用于在电路之间路由信号的信号路径可以由柔性印刷电路电缆上的金属迹线形成。 柔性印刷电路电缆可围绕一个或多个弯曲轴弯曲。 柔性印刷电路电缆可以由具有一层或多层聚合物的柔性聚合物基材形成。 上下接地层可以由柔性聚合物基底支撑。 用于信号路径的金属迹线可位于上层和下层之间。 可以形成柔性印刷电路内的纵向狭缝,其穿过接地层和聚合物层。 可以形成将接地层耦合在一起的通孔。 通孔可以沿着狭缝的边缘延伸。

    Electronic Devices With Flexible Circuit Light Shields
    5.
    发明申请
    Electronic Devices With Flexible Circuit Light Shields 有权
    具有柔性电路灯罩的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US20140092034A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-03

    申请号:US13770527

    申请日:2013-02-19

    申请人: APPLE INC.

    IPC分类号: G09F13/04 H05K1/02

    摘要: Electronic devices may include displays. A display may include backlight structures that generate light and display layers that generate images using the generated light. An electronic device may include an opaque flexible printed circuit that is wrapped around one or more edges of the backlight structures. The opaque flexible printed circuit may prevent light from the backlight structures from reaching other electronic components or escaping from the device. The opaque flexible printed circuit may include signal lines that communicate signals between a printed circuit board and the display. The opaque flexible printed circuit may be a layer of the printed circuit board that extends from an edge of the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board may include an additional flexible extended printed circuit layer that wraps around a surface of the printed circuit board and forms a portion of a conductive shield over that surface.

    摘要翻译: 电子设备可以包括显示器。 显示器可以包括产生光的背光结构和使用所产生的光产生图像的显示层。 电子设备可以包括缠绕在背光结构的一个或多个边缘上的不透明柔性印刷电路。 不透明的柔性印刷电路可以防止来自背光结构的光到达其他电子部件或从装置逸出。 不透明柔性印刷电路可以包括在印刷电路板和显示器之间传递信号的信号线。 不透明的柔性印刷电路可以是印刷电路板的从印刷电路板的边缘延伸的层。 印刷电路板可以包括附加的柔性扩展印刷电路层,其包裹在印刷电路板的表面上并在该表面上形成导电屏蔽的一部分。

    Features and manufacturing methods for a case for a portable electronic device

    公开(公告)号:US10044395B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-07

    申请号:US15275262

    申请日:2016-09-23

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: An accessory unit for use with an electronic device is described. Accessory unit includes a front flap and a rear cover. The rear cover includes a recessed portion that defines a chamber and a lip portion. The chamber is configured to receive a consumer electronic device, and the lip portion is configured to hold the consumer electronic device therein by an interference fit that exposes substantially all of a display portion of the consumer electronic product. The front flap can include segments formed from panels with folding regions therebetween, which allow the front flap to fold. Further, an end region of the front flap pivotally couples the front flap to the rear cover, such that the front flap may be moved between open and closed configurations. The front may include magnetic elements.

    OPTICAL CONNECTOR
    9.
    发明申请
    OPTICAL CONNECTOR 有权
    光学连接器

    公开(公告)号:US20160091678A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-31

    申请号:US14597995

    申请日:2015-01-15

    申请人: APPLE INC.

    IPC分类号: G02B6/42 H04B10/80

    摘要: An electronic device having an optical connector that provides and/or receives optical signals through openings or perforations formed at an external surface of the electronic device. These openings can serve as the interface of the optical connector through which the electronic device can engage in one-way or two-way communication with corresponding optical connectors of other electronic devices. These openings can be sized such that they are not visible or not easily visible with the naked human eye. As such, these openings can be too small for communicating with corresponding optical connectors using any single one of these openings. But light that is collectively transmitted through or received through a group of these openings can provide optical signals that can be used to communicate with corresponding optical connectors using optical signals.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有光学连接器的电子设备,其通过形成在电子设备的外表面处的开口或穿孔提供和/或接收光信号。 这些开口可以用作光学连接器的接口,电子设备可以通过该接口与其它电子设备的相应光学连接器进行单向或双向通信。 这些开口的大小可以使其不可见或不容易用肉眼看到。 因此,这些开口可能太小,以便使用这些开口中的任何一个与相应的光学连接器连通。 但是通过一组这些开口集体传输或接收的光可以提供可用于使用光信号与对应的光连接器进行通信的光信号。

    MECHANISMS HAVING A MAGNETIC LATCH AND TACTILE FEEDBACK
    10.
    发明申请
    MECHANISMS HAVING A MAGNETIC LATCH AND TACTILE FEEDBACK 审中-公开
    具有磁力锁和机械反馈的机构

    公开(公告)号:US20160042897A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-11

    申请号:US14456074

    申请日:2014-08-11

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    发明人: Amy Qian

    IPC分类号: H01H36/00

    摘要: A mechanism using one or more pairs of magnets to generate a force that provides tactile feedback and/or a latching force for the mechanism. The one or more pairs of magnets may be used to generate a specific tactile response that may mimic the response of a traditional purely mechanical system. The a pair of magnets may also be used to generate a latching force that retains or holds a movable element when activated.

    摘要翻译: 使用一对或多对磁体产生提供触觉反馈和/或机构的锁定力的力的机构。 可以使用一对或多对磁体来产生可以模拟传统纯机械系统的响应的特定触觉响应。 一对磁体也可以用于产生在活动时保持或保持可移动元件的闭锁力。