公开(公告)号：US20200378481A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16583222

申请日：2019-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Kristopher P. Laurent ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Danny L. McBroom ,  David H. Narajowski ,  Edward T. Sweet

IPC: F16H21/10 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/02 ,  G06F1/16

Abstract: A display assembly has a linkage and counterbalance made to provide non-tilting movement of a display at the end of a support arm while providing counterbalance equal to a change in potential energy of the display. The linkage can be a four-bar, parallelogram-shaped linkage, and the counterbalance can include a Scotch yoke configured to store energy in an energy storage device of the assembly as the support arm rotates. The display assembly can improve comfort and ease of moving a supported display while minimizing friction, hysteresis, and counterbalance mismatch.

公开(公告)号：US10813236B1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-20

申请号：US16692570

申请日：2019-11-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brett W. Degner ,  Michael E. Leclerc ,  Danny L. McBroom ,  Houtan R. Farahani ,  Michael D. McBroom ,  Bart K. Andre ,  Sabrina K. Paseman

IPC: H05K5/03 ,  H05K5/02 ,  G06F1/20 ,  G06F1/18 ,  H05K5/04 ,  H05K7/20

Abstract: A housing for an electronic device can include an enclosure at least partially defining an internal volume. The enclosure can include a bottom panel. The housing can also include a tubular frame that includes a first pair of tubular support members extending from the bottom panel and a second pair of tubular support members extending from the bottom panel. The housing can also include a first tubular top frame member disposed outside the internal volume and connected to an end of each of the first pair of tubular support members through an opening defined by the enclosure, and a second tubular top frame member disposed outside the internal volume and connected to an end of each of the second pair of tubular support members through an opening defined by the enclosure.

公开(公告)号：US10673035B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-02

申请号：US15618957

申请日：2017-06-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ron A. Hopkinson ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Robert S. Murphy ,  Christiaan A. Ligtenberg ,  Matthew P. Casebolt ,  Peter M. Arnold ,  Eric A. Knopf

IPC: H01M2/10 ,  H01M10/44 ,  H01M10/48 ,  H01M10/0525

Abstract: A portable electronic device is described. This portable electronic device includes an external housing with a cavity defined by an edge. A keyboard, having a front surface and a back surface, is disposed in the cavity with the front surface facing the external housing. Moreover, a tray is disposed over the back surface of the keyboard, and is mechanically coupled to the external housing adjacent to the edge. Furthermore, battery cells are mechanically coupled to an opposite side of the tray from the back surface of the keyboard. The tray may allow the battery cells to be removed from the portable electronic device without damaging the keyboard. In addition, the tray may increase the compression strength and/or the bending strength of the portable electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US10656714B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-19

申请号：US15939016

申请日：2018-03-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christiaan A. Ligtenberg ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Ron A. Hopkinson ,  Asif Hussain ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Mikael M. Silvanto ,  Chang Zhang ,  Zheng Gao ,  Robert Y. Cao ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Bryan W. Posner ,  Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque ,  Alex J. Lehmann

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H03K17/96 ,  H01H13/785 ,  H01H13/85 ,  H01H13/86 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  H03K17/94 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/044 ,  H03K17/98 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H01L41/09 ,  H01H13/703 ,  H01H13/705 ,  G06F1/26 ,  H01H3/12

Abstract: A portable computer includes a display portion comprising a display and a base portion pivotally coupled to the display portion. The base portion may include a bottom case and a top case, formed from a dielectric material, coupled to the bottom case. The top case may include a top member defining a top surface of the base portion and a sidewall integrally formed with the top member and defining a side surface of the base portion. The portable computer may also include a sensing system including a first sensing system configured to determine a location of a touch input applied to the top surface of the base portion and a second sensing system configured to determine a force of the touch input.

公开(公告)号：US20200150729A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-14

申请号：US16746829

申请日：2020-01-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Eugene A. Whang ,  Christopher J. Stringer ,  Brett W. Degner ,  David H. Narajowski ,  Patrick Kessler ,  Eric R. Prather ,  Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski ,  Adam T. Stagnaro ,  Daniel L. McBroom ,  Matthew P. Casebolt ,  Michael D. McBroom

IPC: G06F1/18 ,  H05K7/20 ,  G08B21/18 ,  G08B5/36 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F1/20 ,  F21V8/00 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K5/03 ,  H01L23/40

Abstract: A desktop computing system having at least a central core surrounded by housing having a shape that defines a volume in which the central core resides is described. The housing includes a first opening and a second opening axially displaced from the first opening. The first opening having a size and shape in accordance with an amount of airflow used as a heat transfer medium for cooling internal components, the second opening defined by a lip that engages a portion of the airflow in such a way that at least some of the heat transferred to the air flow from the internal components is passed to the housing.

公开(公告)号：US10606325B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US15994753

申请日：2018-05-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brett W. Degner ,  Eric R. Prather ,  William K. Smith ,  Anthony Joseph Aiello ,  Jesse T. Dybenko ,  Arash Naghib Lahouti ,  Kristopher P. Laurent

IPC: G06F1/20 ,  F28D15/02 ,  H05K7/20 ,  F28F1/32 ,  G06F1/16 ,  F04D29/42 ,  F04D25/16 ,  F04D29/44 ,  F28D21/00

Abstract: A thermal management system that includes a fan assembly, a heat exchanger, and an insulating box is described. The fan assembly can have two impellers and a housing that includes two scroll portions. An internal portion of the scroll wall can be truncated. A motor housing can be connected to the fan housing via multiple struts. The struts can be oriented angularly with a tangential component and can slope inward to increase the effective inlet area. The heat exchanger can be formed of a fin stack that has a curved body that defines an airflow path that turns radially from the inlet to the exhaust. The heat exchanger can have an inlet that is smaller than the exhaust. The heat exchanger can be connected to one or more heat pipes. The insulating box can have a grid that directs air to certain specific directions.

公开(公告)号：US20180217669A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-02

申请号：US15939082

申请日：2018-03-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christiaan A. Ligtenberg ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Ron A. Hopkinson ,  Asif Hussain ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Mikael M. Silvanto ,  Chang Zhang ,  Zheng Gao ,  Robert Y. Cao

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01H13/85 ,  H01H13/785 ,  H03K17/96

CPC classification number: G06F3/016 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/165 ,  G06F1/1662 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F1/266 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/0213 ,  G06F3/0216 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/0414 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  G06F2203/04102 ,  G06F2203/04105 ,  G06F2203/04106 ,  G06K9/00375 ,  H01H3/125 ,  H01H13/703 ,  H01H13/705 ,  H01H13/785 ,  H01H13/85 ,  H01H13/86 ,  H01H2201/036 ,  H01H2215/05 ,  H01H2215/052 ,  H01H2219/002 ,  H01H2219/004 ,  H01H2219/046 ,  H01H2219/056 ,  H01H2223/002 ,  H01L41/09 ,  H03K17/943 ,  H03K17/9622 ,  H03K17/9643 ,  H03K17/9647 ,  H03K17/98 ,  H03K2217/94089 ,  H03K2217/96003 ,  H03K2217/9653

Abstract: A device includes a display portion that includes a display housing and a display within the display housing. The device also includes a base portion flexibly coupled to the display portion and comprising a glass member defining a keyboard region configured to receive user input, a first haptic actuator configured to produce a first haptic output at a first area of the keyboard region, and a second haptic actuator configured to produce a second haptic output at a second area of the keyboard region that is different from the first area.

公开(公告)号：US09831600B1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-28

申请号：US15275216

申请日：2016-09-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Michael E. Leclerc ,  David H. Narajowski ,  Brett W. Degner

IPC: H01R13/62 ,  H01R13/629 ,  H01R13/15

CPC classification number: H01R13/6205 ,  H01R13/2421 ,  H01R2201/06

Abstract: Variable-force contacts that may provide a large and stable contact force in a mated state, may provide a large difference in contact force between the mated and an unmated state, and may reduce stray flux in an unmated state. Examples may replace physical springs with magnetic force for improved reliability. These examples may position the magnets to reduce stray flux in an unmated state.

公开(公告)号：US09608506B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-28

申请号：US15046194

申请日：2016-02-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brett W. Degner ,  Bradley J. Hamel ,  David H. Narajowski ,  Jonah A. Harley ,  Michael E. Leclerc ,  Patrick Kessler ,  Samuel Bruce Weiss ,  Storrs T. Hoen

IPC: H02K41/035 ,  H02K7/08 ,  G08B6/00 ,  H04M19/04 ,  H02K33/02

CPC classification number: H02K33/00 ,  G08B6/00 ,  H02K7/08 ,  H02K33/02 ,  H02K35/00 ,  H02K35/02 ,  H02K41/0356 ,  H04M19/047

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may take the form of an electromagnetic actuator that produces a haptic output during operation. Generally, an electromagnetic coil is wrapped around a central magnet array. A shaft passes through the central magnet array, such that the central array may move along the shaft when the proper force is applied. When a current passes through the electromagnetic coil, the coil generates a magnetic field. The coil is stationary with respect to a housing of the actuator, while the central magnet array may move along the shaft within the housing. Thus, excitation of the coil exerts a force on the central magnet array, which moves in response to that force. The direction of the current through the coil determines the direction of the magnetic field and thus the motion of the central magnet array.

公开(公告)号：US09535557B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-03

申请号：US15063195

申请日：2016-03-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Traer Bernstein ,  Avi Cieplinski ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Patrick Kessler ,  Paul Puskarich ,  Marcelo H. Coelho ,  Aleksandar Pance

IPC: G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0354

CPC classification number: G06F3/016 ,  A63B2022/0092 ,  G06F1/1613 ,  G06F1/1662 ,  G06F1/1692 ,  G06F3/0227 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0414 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04103 ,  G06F2203/04104 ,  G06F2203/04105 ,  G09G5/006

Abstract: Electronic devices may use touch pads that have touch sensor arrays, force sensors, and actuators for providing tactile feedback. A touch pad may be mounted in a computer housing. The touch pad may have a rectangular planar touch pad member that has a glass layer covered with ink and contains a capacitive touch sensor array. Force sensors may be mounted under each of the four corners of the rectangular planar touch pad member. The force sensors may be used to measure how much force is applied to the surface of the planar touch pad member by a user. Processed force sensor signals may indicate the presence of button activity such as press and release events. In response to detected button activity or other activity in the device, actuator drive signals may be generated for controlling the actuator. The user may supply settings to adjust signal processing and tactile feedback parameters.

Abstract translation: 电子设备可以使用具有触摸传感器阵列的触摸板，力传感器和用于提供触觉反馈的致动器。 触摸板可以安装在计算机外壳中。 触摸板可以具有矩形平面触摸板构件，其具有覆盖有墨的玻璃层并且包含电容式触摸传感器阵列。 力传感器可以安装在矩形平面触摸板构件的四个角的每一个下方。 力传感器可以用于测量用户对平面触摸板构件的表面施加多少的力。 处理的力传感器信号可以指示按钮活动的存在，例如按压和释放事件。 响应于检测到的按钮活动或设备中的其他活动，可以产生致动器驱动信号以控制致动器。 用户可以提供设置来调整信号处理和触觉反馈参数。