公开(公告)号：US20230091389A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：US17519344

申请日：2021-11-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Meizi Jiao ,  Joshua A. Spechler ,  Jie Xiang ,  Zhenyue Luo ,  Chungjae Lee ,  Morteza Amoorezaei ,  Mengyang Liang ,  Xinyu Zhu ,  Mingxia Gu ,  Jun Qi ,  Eric L. Benson ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Youchul Jeong ,  Xiang Fang ,  Yanming Li ,  Michael J. Lee ,  Marianna C. Sbordone ,  Ari P. Miller ,  Edward J. Cooper ,  Michael C. Sulkis ,  Francesco Ferretti ,  Seth G. McFarland ,  Mary M. Morrison ,  Eric N. Vergo ,  Terence Chan ,  Ian A. Guy ,  Keith J. Hendren

IPC: G02F1/13357 ,  G06F1/16

Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a direct-lit backlight unit. The backlight unit may include an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on a printed circuit board. The display may have a notch to accommodate an input-output component. Reflective layers may be included in the notch. The backlight may include a color conversion layer with a property that varies as a function of position. The light-emitting diodes may be covered by a slab of encapsulant with recesses in an upper surface.

公开(公告)号：US10915151B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-09

申请号：US16145019

申请日：2018-09-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mikael M. Silvanto ,  Simon J. Trivett ,  Matthew S. Theobald ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque ,  Robert Y. Cao ,  Ari P. Miller ,  Kevin M. Robinson ,  Houtan R. Farahani ,  Francesco Ferretti ,  John Raff ,  Robert J. Lockwood ,  Genie Kim ,  Karan Bir ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Gurshan Deol ,  Antonio Clarke ,  Prabhu Sathyamurthy ,  William A. Counts

IPC: G06F1/18 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H04M1/02

Abstract: An electronic device includes an enclosure formed of a plurality of layers cooperating to define an interior volume. The enclosure includes a first layer formed of a first material and defining a user input surface of the enclosure and a first portion of a side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a second layer, formed of a second material different from the first material, positioned below the first layer and defining a second portion of the side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a third layer, formed of a third material different from the first and second materials, positioned below the second layer and defining a bottom surface of the enclosure and a third portion of the side surface of the enclosure.

公开(公告)号：US20200379526A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16586851

申请日：2019-09-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Bart K. Andre ,  Edward J. Cooper ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Houtan R. Farahani ,  Steven A. Gerasimoff ,  William H. Greenbaum ,  James T. Handy ,  Daniel D. Hershey ,  PengYuan Huang ,  Eric A. Knopf ,  Richard D. Kosoglow ,  Mariel L. Lanas ,  Michael E. Leclerc ,  Michael D. McBroom ,  Rodrigo Dutervil Mubarak ,  David C. Parell ,  Sabrina K. Paseman ,  Eric R. Prather ,  Jacob W. Rutheiser ,  Christopher G. Siegel ,  Cheng-Han Yang ,  James M. Cuseo ,  Francesco Ferretti

IPC: G06F1/20 ,  G06F1/18 ,  H05K7/20 ,  H05K5/03

Abstract: An electronic device can include a frame configured to receive and support an electronic component, a shell defining an internal volume sized to encompass the frame and the electronic component, the shell being slidably removable from the frame, the electronic component positioned within the internal volume and including an aperture, and a sealing member including a seal body and a compressible lip extending from the seal body, the sealing member at least partially surrounding the electronic component. The compressible lip is oriented such that the shell compresses the lip in a direction against the seal body at a first position adjacent to the electronic component and in the direction against the seal body at a second position adjacent to the electronic component opposite the first position.

公开(公告)号：US09985345B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-29

申请号：US14971791

申请日：2015-12-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Francesco Ferretti ,  Joseph B. Marcinkowski ,  Collin D. Chan ,  Tom H. Engbersen

IPC: H01Q1/42 ,  H04M1/02

CPC classification number: H01Q1/42 ,  H04M1/0202

Abstract: Unitary structures having conductive portions electrically separated by non-conductive portions are described. In some embodiments, the non-conductive portions are made of metal oxide. In some embodiments, the method involves an oxidizing process adapted to convert an entire thickness at a selected portion of a metal substrate to a metal oxide, thereby creating metal portions that are electrically isolated from one another. In some embodiments, the thickness of the metal substrate is reduced at certain regions prior to oxidizing in order to provide a sufficiently thin metal for complete oxidization through the entire thickness. In some embodiments, the oxidizing process involves a plasma electrolytic oxidation process. In some embodiments, the plasma is concentrated at certain regions of the substrate for preferential oxidation. Applications for the substrate include enclosures and electrical components for electronic devices that use radio frequency communication.