公开(公告)号：US20200081489A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-12

申请号：US16277999

申请日：2019-02-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： James A. STRYKER ,  Caitlin M. MCLAIN ,  Travis C. PEDLEY ,  Nicholas A. TREADWELL ,  Hao ZHU ,  Yang ZHOU

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  A45C13/10 ,  A45C11/38

Abstract: An accessory device for a portable electronic device is described. The accessory device includes a front cover connected to a back cover. The front cover includes multiple segments rotatable with respect to each other. The segments include magnets that allow the segments, through magnetic coupling, to couple with another segment or with the portable electronic device. When the front cover engages the back cover, a user may remove, or pull away, a segment from the back cover, causing the remaining segments to sequentially fall away from the back cover. In some instances, when the front cover at least partially engages the back cover, one of the segments includes magnets designed to couple with magnets in the back cover, but not with magnets in another segment. The accessory device may further include an opening that receives a camera assembly of the portable electronic device and forms a mechanical interlock.

公开(公告)号：US20200244298A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-30

申请号：US16847051

申请日：2020-04-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： James A. STRYKER ,  Yoonhoo JO ,  Nicholas A. TREADWELL

IPC: H04B1/3877 ,  H04B1/3888

Abstract: This application relates to a computing device case that provides some amount of torsional force in order to cancel at least some static and dynamic loads experienced by the computing device when the case is arranged as a stand. By canceling out these loads, the computing device to be angled at an almost unlimited number of angles relative to a surface on which the computing device is resting. Flexible elements in the case can resist the static and dynamic loads of the computing device, thereby allowing the computing device to receive touch inputs at almost any angle without causing the case and the computing device to collapse.

公开(公告)号：US20180241427A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-23

申请号：US15957799

申请日：2018-04-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： James A. STRYKER ,  Yoonhoo JO ,  Nicholas A. TREADWELL

IPC: H04B1/3877 ,  H04B1/3888

CPC classification number: H04B1/3877 ,  H04B1/3888

Abstract: This application relates to a computing device case that provides some amount of torsional force in order to cancel at least some static and dynamic loads experienced by the computing device when the case is arranged as a stand. By canceling out these loads, the computing device to be angled at an almost unlimited number of angles relative to a surface on which the computing device is resting. Flexible elements in the case can resist the static and dynamic loads of the computing device, thereby allowing the computing device to receive touch inputs at almost any angle without causing the case and the computing device to collapse.

公开(公告)号：US20170250719A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-31

申请号：US15273861

申请日：2016-09-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： James A. STRYKER ,  Yoonhoo JO ,  Nicholas A. TREADWELL

IPC: H04B1/3877 ,  H04B1/3888

CPC classification number: H04B1/3877 ,  H04B1/3888

Abstract: This application relates to a computing device case that provides some amount of torsional force in order to cancel at least some static and dynamic loads experienced by the computing device when the case is arranged as a stand. By canceling out these loads, the computing device to be angled at an almost unlimited number of angles relative to a surface on which the computing device is resting. Flexible elements in the case can resist the static and dynamic loads of the computing device, thereby allowing the computing device to receive touch inputs at almost any angle without causing the case and the computing device to collapse.