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公开(公告)号:US12210378B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-28
申请号:US18233362
申请日:2023-08-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy C. Franklin , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , John P. Ternus , Kevin D. Gibbs
IPC: G06F1/16
Abstract: 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 device. Portions of the structural glass support member may form a transparent display cover layer. A rigid or flexible display may be mounted to the structural glass support member. Additional internal device components may be mounted to the display. A thin enclosure for enclosing the internal components in the device may be mounted to the structural glass support member. The thin enclosure may be mounted to the structural glass support member using a peripheral member. The thin enclosure may be free from attachments to internal components or may be adhesively bonded to one or more internal components.
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公开(公告)号:US20240288897A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-29
申请号:US18655000
申请日:2024-05-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy C. Franklin , Scott A. Myers , Benjamin M. Rappoport , Stephen Brian Lynch , John P. Ternus , Justin R. Wodrich
IPC: G06F1/16 , G06F1/3234 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/00 , G09G3/20 , G09G3/3208 , H01M10/04 , H01M50/105 , H01M50/213 , H01M50/216 , H01M50/293 , H01M50/409 , H01M50/469 , H04M1/02 , H10K59/40 , H10K77/10 , H10K102/00
CPC classification number: G06F1/1626 , G06F1/163 , G06F1/1652 , G06F1/1677 , G06F1/3265 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/0416 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/035 , G09G3/20 , G09G3/2092 , G09G3/3208 , H01M10/0436 , H01M50/213 , H01M50/216 , H01M50/293 , H04M1/0268 , H10K59/40 , H10K77/111 , G06F2203/04101 , G06F2203/04102 , G06F2203/04103 , G06F2203/04105 , G09G2330/027 , H01M50/105 , H01M50/409 , H01M50/469 , H01M2220/30 , H04M1/0216 , H04M1/0262 , H10K2102/311 , Y02D10/00 , Y02E10/549
Abstract: Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed. Flexible displays may include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing may be a multi-stable flexible housing having one or more stable positions. The flexible housing may include a configurable support structure that, when engaged, provides a rigid support structure for the flexible housing. The flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components. A flexible battery may include flexible and rigid portions or may include a lubricious separator layer that provides flexibility for the flexible battery. A flexible printed circuit may include flexible and rigid portions or openings that allow some rigid portions to flex with respect to other rigid portions.
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公开(公告)号:US11994906B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-28
申请号:US18304285
申请日:2023-04-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy C. Franklin , Scott A. Myers , Benjamin M. Rappoport , Stephen Brian Lynch , John P. Ternus , Justin R. Wodrich
IPC: G06F1/16 , G06F1/3234 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/00 , G09G3/20 , G09G3/3208 , H01M10/04 , H01M50/105 , H01M50/213 , H01M50/216 , H01M50/293 , H01M50/409 , H01M50/469 , H04M1/02 , H10K59/40 , H10K77/10 , H10K102/00
CPC classification number: G06F1/1626 , G06F1/163 , G06F1/1652 , G06F1/1677 , G06F1/3265 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/0416 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/035 , G09G3/20 , G09G3/2092 , G09G3/3208 , H01M10/0436 , H01M50/213 , H01M50/216 , H01M50/293 , H04M1/0268 , H10K59/40 , H10K77/111 , G06F2203/04101 , G06F2203/04102 , G06F2203/04103 , G06F2203/04105 , G09G2330/027 , H01M50/105 , H01M50/409 , H01M50/469 , H01M2220/30 , H04M1/0216 , H04M1/0262 , H10K2102/311 , Y02D10/00 , Y02E10/549
Abstract: Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed. Flexible displays may include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing may be a multi-stable flexible housing having one or more stable positions. The flexible housing may include a configurable support structure that, when engaged, provides a rigid support structure for the flexible housing. The flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components. A flexible battery may include flexible and rigid portions or may include a lubricious separator layer that provides flexibility for the flexible battery. A flexible printed circuit may include flexible and rigid portions or openings that allow some rigid portions to flex with respect to other rigid portions.
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公开(公告)号:US20230384824A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-30
申请号:US18233362
申请日:2023-08-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy C. Franklin , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , John P. Ternus , Kevin D. Gibbs
IPC: G06F1/16
CPC classification number: G06F1/1626
Abstract: 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 device. Portions of the structural glass support member may form a transparent display cover layer. A rigid or flexible display may be mounted to the structural glass support member. Additional internal device components may be mounted to the display. A thin enclosure for enclosing the internal components in the device may be mounted to the structural glass support member. The thin enclosure may be mounted to the structural glass support member using a peripheral member. The thin enclosure may be free from attachments to internal components or may be adhesively bonded to one or more internal components.
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公开(公告)号:US11480998B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-25
申请号:US16680424
申请日:2019-11-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Stephen R. McClure , Sean S. Corbin , John P. Ternus , Kevin D. Gibbs , Jeremy C. Franklin , Elvis M. Kibiti , John Raff , Jules B. Henry , Benjamin Rappoport , Derek W. Wright , Erik A. Uttermann , Ming Yu , Carl R. Peterson
Abstract: A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and so on. The portable computing device can include at least a single piece housing. The single piece housing can be machined from a single billet of material, such as a billet of aluminum. The single piece housing can include ledges with a surface receiving a trim bead and a cover. Corner brackets can be attached to the single piece housing to improve the damage resistance of the housing.
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公开(公告)号:US20200293088A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-17
申请号:US16886532
申请日:2020-05-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy C. Franklin , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , John P. Ternus , Kevin D. Gibbs
IPC: G06F1/16
Abstract: 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 device. Portions of the structural glass support member may form a transparent display cover layer. A rigid or flexible display may be mounted to the structural glass support member. Additional internal device components may be mounted to the display. A thin enclosure for enclosing the internal components in the device may be mounted to the structural glass support member. The thin enclosure may be mounted to the structural glass support member using a peripheral member. The thin enclosure may be free from attachments to internal components or may be adhesively bonded to one or more internal components.
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公开(公告)号:US10580556B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-03
申请号:US16277800
申请日:2019-02-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Andrew D. Lauder , Matthew Dean Rohrbach , Daniel J. Coster , Christopher J. Stringer , Florence W. Ow , Jiang Ai , Jonathan P. Ive , Elvis M. Kibiti , John P. Ternus , Sean D. Lubner
Abstract: A magnetic attachment mechanism and method is described. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach at least two objects together in a preferred configuration without fasteners and without external intervention. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach an accessory device to an electronic device. The accessory device can be used to augment the functionality of usefulness of the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US20190278422A1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-12
申请号:US16421886
申请日:2019-05-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy C. Franklin , Scott A. Myers , Benjamin M. Rappoport , Stephen Brian Lynch , John P. Ternus , Justin R. Wodrich
IPC: G06F3/041 , G09G3/20 , G06F1/16 , H01M2/10 , H04M1/02 , H01M2/16 , H01M2/18 , H01M10/04 , G06F1/3234 , G06F3/044 , H01L27/32 , H01L51/00 , G09G3/3208
Abstract: Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed. Flexible displays may include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing may be a multi-stable flexible housing having one or more stable positions. The flexible housing may include a configurable support structure that, when engaged, provides a rigid support structure for the flexible housing. The flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components. A flexible battery may include flexible and rigid portions or may include a lubricious separator layer that provides flexibility for the flexible battery. A flexible printed circuit may include flexible and rigid portions or openings that allow some rigid portions to flex with respect to other rigid portions.
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公开(公告)号:US10306784B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-28
申请号:US15859118
申请日:2017-12-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy C. Franklin , Benjamin M. Rappoport , John P. Ternus , Sean Corbin , Stephen R. McClure
IPC: G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1345 , H05K5/00 , G06F1/16 , H01L29/786 , H05K1/02 , H04M1/02 , H04M1/23
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display mounted in a housing. The display may have layers such as polarizer layers, a color filter layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. Display layers such as color filter layers and thin-film-transistor layers may have glass substrates. Notches or other openings may be formed in the layers of a display. For example, a notch with a curved chamfered edge may be formed in a lower end of a thin-film-transistor layer. A component such as a button may overlap the notch. Structures such as sensors, cameras, acoustic components, and other electronic components, buttons, communications path structures such as flexible printed circuit cables and wire bonding wires, and housing structures may be received within a display layer notch.
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公开(公告)号:US10289167B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-14
申请号:US16030651
申请日:2018-07-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Stephen R. McClure , Joshua D. Banko , Kevin D. Gibbs , Benjamin M. Rappoport , John P. Ternus
Abstract: A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and so on. The portable computing device can include at least a single piece housing. The single piece housing including a plurality of steps. The plurality of mounting steps are formed by at least removing a preselected amount of housing material at predetermined locations on the interior surface. At least some of the mounting steps are used to mount at least some of the plurality of internal operating components housing.
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