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公开(公告)号:US12016134B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-18
申请号:US16421098
申请日:2019-05-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy C. Franklin , Benjamin M. Rappoport , John P. Ternus , Sean Corbin , Stephen R. McClure
IPC: H05K5/00 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1345 , G06F1/16 , H01L29/786 , H04M1/02 , H04M1/23 , H05K1/02
CPC classification number: H05K5/0017 , G02F1/133308 , G02F1/13452 , G06F1/1605 , G06F1/1633 , G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1643 , H01L29/786 , H04M1/0266 , H05K1/028 , G02F1/133322 , G02F1/13454 , G02F2201/42 , 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:US20230284507A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-07
申请号:US18314228
申请日:2023-05-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin M. Rappoport , Jeremy C. Franklin , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Scott A. Myers , Richard P. Howarth , Julian Hoenig , Christopher Stringer , John P. Ternus , Stephen Brian Lynch
IPC: H10K59/60 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/01 , H10K59/40 , H10K77/10 , G02B27/01 , G06F3/042 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/3208 , H04R1/02 , G02B5/20
CPC classification number: H10K59/60 , G06F1/1626 , G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1686 , G06F1/1688 , G06F1/169 , G06F1/1698 , G06F3/011 , H10K59/40 , H10K77/111 , G02B27/01 , G06F3/042 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/3208 , H04R1/028 , G02B5/208 , G06F1/1641 , H05K999/99 , G02B2027/0138 , G02B2027/014 , G06F2203/04101 , G09G2360/144 , H04R2499/15 , G06F2203/04108 , G09G2320/0626
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.
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公开(公告)号:US11137648B2
公开(公告)日:2021-10-05
申请号:US17080705
申请日:2020-10-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Paul S. Drzaic , Jeremy C. Franklin , Stephen Brian Lynch , Scott A. Myers , Benjamin M. Rappoport , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , John P. Ternus
IPC: G02F1/1345
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display having a thin-film transistor layer. One or more holes in the thin-film transistor layer may be used to form pathways from display circuitry to other circuitry underneath the display. One or more conductive bridges may pass through holes in the thin-film transistor layer and may have one end that couples to the display circuitry and a second end that couples to a printed circuit underneath the display. These conductive bridges may be formed from wire bonding. Wire bond connections may be encapsulated with potting material to improve the reliability of the wire bond and increase the resiliency of the display. Display signal lines may be routed through holes in a thin-film transistor layer to run along a backside of the display thereby reducing the need for space in the border region for display circuitry.
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公开(公告)号:US20210091146A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-25
申请号:US17115547
申请日:2020-12-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin M. Rappoport , Jeremy C. Franklin , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Scott A. Myers , Richard P. Howarth , Julian Hoenig , Christopher Stringer , John P. Ternus , Stephen Brian Lynch
IPC: H01L27/32 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/01 , G02B27/01 , G06F3/042 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/3208 , H01L51/00 , H04R1/02 , G02B5/20
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.
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公开(公告)号:US10691165B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-23
申请号:US15840913
申请日:2017-12-13
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:US10474193B2
公开(公告)日:2019-11-12
申请号:US15648982
申请日:2017-07-13
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:US20190281708A1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-12
申请号:US16421098
申请日:2019-05-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy C. Franklin , Benjamin M. Rappoport , John P. Ternus , Sean Corbin , Stephen R. McClure
IPC: H05K5/00 , H05K1/02 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1345 , G06F1/16 , H01L29/786 , H04M1/02
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:US20190180898A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-13
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
CPC classification number: H01F7/0205 , A45C11/00 , G06F1/1601 , G06F1/1626 , G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1656 , G06F1/1662 , H01F7/04 , Y10T24/32
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:US10236106B2
公开(公告)日:2019-03-19
申请号:US15677214
申请日:2017-08-15
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:US20190074333A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-07
申请号:US16179713
申请日:2018-11-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin M. Rappoport , Jeremy C. Franklin , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Scott A. Myers , Richard P. Howarth , Julian Hoenig , Christopher J. Stringer , John P. Ternus , Stephen Brian Lynch
IPC: H01L27/32 , G02B27/01 , G06F1/16 , G02B5/20 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/3208 , H01L51/00 , H04R1/02 , G06F3/042 , G06F3/01
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.
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