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公开(公告)号：US11886235B2
公开(公告)日：2024-01-30
申请号：US17112904
申请日：2020-12-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Adam T. Garelli , Paul X. Wang , Pooja B. Patel , Nicholas A. Rundle , Eric R. Prather , Simon S. Lee
CPC classification number: G06F1/1601 , G06F1/1656 , H05K7/20145 , H05K7/20154 , H05K9/0037 , H05K9/0041 , G06F1/182 , G06F1/20
Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a shield that provides thermal and electromagnetic interference (“EMI”) shielding benefits. The shield is secured with fan assemblies by airtight seals to prevent air leakage and promote a pressured volume when the fan assemblies are running. Further, the shield can direct airflow from the fan assemblies to one or more thermally conductive components, where the airflow can convectively cool the thermally conductive components and exit the electronic device. The shield is made from a metal, and when the shield covers a circuit board, the shield protects an EMI barrier for integrated circuits located on the circuit board. Moreover, the shield can provide a single-piece, monolithic body that provides advantages over multiple shields, such as eliminating gaps in the shield for air leakage and EMI intrusion, increasing air circulation efficiency, and decreasing costs.
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公开(公告)号：US11844183B2
公开(公告)日：2023-12-12
申请号：US18054077
申请日：2022-11-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Paul X. Wang , Abidur R. Chowdhury , Adam T. Garelli , Bart K. Andre , Dinesh C. Mathew , Keith J. Hendren
CPC classification number: H05K5/0234 , F16M11/38 , G06F1/181 , H05K5/0017 , H05K5/023 , H05K5/0226 , F16M2200/04 , G06F2200/163
Abstract: Low-profile computer supports include features to reduce the thickness and improve the portability or storage capability of a computer system while it is disassembled, packaged, shipped, or moved. Some computer systems have a computing device and a dock device that can be stored and moved separately or that can store or support accessories associated with the computer system. Some computer systems have a movable stand configured to transition between a collapsed state and a deployed or standing state. Some stands include handles or grips for moving the computer systems while collapsed. Other computer systems include handles or grips to provide areas to more easily carry the computer systems. The handles or grips can have features such as a flexible material to hide or mask their appearance on the computer system.
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公开(公告)号：US20230315166A1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-05
申请号：US18330956
申请日：2023-06-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Paul X. Wang , Keith J. Hendren , Nicholas L. Qu , Dinesh C. Mathew , Adam T. Garelli
CPC classification number: G06F1/1681 , G06F1/1647 , G06F1/1654 , G06F1/1669 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/044
Abstract: A computing device can be reconfigurable to include one or more electrical devices in various configurations. The computing device can include a base forming an input surface configured to receive user input. The base can receive one or more input devices, such as, displays or keyboards. The base can include a hinge rotatably attached to the base and configured to removably retain an electronic device, such as, a display. The computing device can include a coupling mechanism having a first retaining portion and a second retaining portion rotatably coupled to an intermediate portion. The first and second retaining portions can be configured to removably retain electrical devices to the coupling mechanism.
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公开(公告)号：US11775031B2
公开(公告)日：2023-10-03
申请号：US17383251
申请日：2021-07-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Keith J. Hendren , Dinesh C. Mathew , Bryan W. Posner , Adam T. Garelli
IPC: G06F1/16
CPC classification number: G06F1/1686 , G06F1/1656 , G06F1/1683
Abstract: An electronic device can include a base portion and a display portion rotatably mounted to the base portion. The display portion can have a display housing including a trim that at least partially defines an orifice and a portion of the exterior surface of the electronic device. A display call can be positioned at the orifice in contact with the trim and can be secured to the display housing.
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公开(公告)号：US11429147B2
公开(公告)日：2022-08-30
申请号：US17162905
申请日：2021-01-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Adam T. Garelli , Dinesh C. Mathew , Senem E. Emgin
IPC: G06F1/16 , G06F3/01 , G06F3/0354 , G06F3/044
Abstract: An electronic device may have an elongated sensing strip. Control circuitry may use the sensing strip to gather air gesture input from the fingers or other body part of a user. The electronic device may have a housing. The housing may have portions such as upper and lower portions that rotate relative to each other about an axis. A hinge may be used to couple the upper and lower portions together. The sensing strip may extend parallel to the axis and may be located on the lower portion between keys on the lower portion and the axis or on the upper portion between the edge of a display in the upper portion and the axis. The sensing strip may have a one-dimensional array of sensor elements such as capacitive sensor elements, optical sensor elements, ultrasonic sensor elements, or radio-frequency sensor elements.
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公开(公告)号：US11416029B2
公开(公告)日：2022-08-16
申请号：US16558756
申请日：2019-09-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Dinesh C. Mathew , Adam T. Garelli , Mikael M. Silvanto
Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing formed from a rigid material such as metal or fiber-composite material. A display such as an organic light-emitting diode display may be attached to a planar wall portion of the housing using a layer of adhesive. A display cover layer may be attached to the organic light-emitting diode with a layer of adhesive. The adhesive layers may be rigid to enhance device stiffness. The housing may have curved sidewall portions that extend outwardly from the planar wall portion to enhance stiffness. The organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixels formed from thin-film transistor circuitry. The thin-film transistor circuitry may be formed on a substrate such as a glass substrate that is attached to the planar wall portion. The organic light-emitting diode display may have a circular polarizer that is attached to the thin-film transistor circuitry.
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公开(公告)号：US11320868B2
公开(公告)日：2022-05-03
申请号：US16554552
申请日：2019-08-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Karan Bir , Adam T. Garelli , Bryan W. Posner , Denis H. Endisch , Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque
Abstract: Invasive material ingress mitigation and control features are positioned in a hinge that uses a flexible cable and cable cover at a gap between housings of a portable electronic device. The features include hydrophobic materials on the cover or a cover-facing surface of the device housing, a barrier between the cover and the device housing, channels or protrusions on the cover-facing surface of the top case, a series of different top case surface feature modifications, and a flex cover profile modification that controls and limits contacting surface area between the cover and the top case.
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公开(公告)号：US20220035414A1
公开(公告)日：2022-02-03
申请号：US17451452
申请日：2021-10-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Keith J. Hendren , Adam T. Garelli , Bryan W. Posner , Denis H. Endisch , Dinesh C. Mathew , Paul X. Wang
IPC: G06F1/16
Abstract: A computing device can include a housing including a peripheral housing defining an aperture, the peripheral housing having a constant cross-sectional area. The computing device can also include a display having a first major surface and a second major surface opposing the first major surface, the display disposed within the aperture defined by the peripheral housing and attached to the housing at one or more locations such that the first major surface and the second major surface of the display are substantially unobstructed by any other portion of the computing device.
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公开(公告)号：US11029735B2
公开(公告)日：2021-06-08
申请号：US16808075
申请日：2020-03-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Mikael M. Silvanto , Bartley K. Andre , Adam T. Garelli , Simon Regis Louis Lancaster-Larocque , Robert Y. Cao , Dinesh C. Mathew , Jacob S. Kononiuk , Robert J. Lockwood , Bryan W. Posner , Kevin M. Keeler , Bruce E. Berg , Yi-Chen Kuo , Kevin M. Robinson , Houtan R. Farahani
Abstract: Cable assemblies for providing electrical communication between hinged sections of an electronic device are described. The cable assemblies can include a cover that covers one or more cables that run through a hinge region of the electronic device. The cable and cover can be drawn over a mandrel of the hinge region. The cover and the portions of the mandrel can be visible to a user at the hinge region of the electronic device. The cover can be sufficiently rigid to guide a path of the cable and protect the cable from bending beyond a prescribed angle during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region. The cover can also be sufficiently rigid to prevent ceasing or folding of the cover and the cable during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region.
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公开(公告)号：US10712773B2
公开(公告)日：2020-07-14
申请号：US16153457
申请日：2018-10-05
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Bryan W. Posner , Adam T. Garelli
Abstract: An electronic device may include flexible printed circuits. A flexible printed circuit may have metal traces supported by a polymer substrate. The flexible printed circuit may extend between an upper laptop computer housing and a lower laptop computer housing or other structures that move relative to each other in an electronic device. The flexible printed circuit may have a low-friction coating and a matte finish. The flexible printed circuit may have a fluoropolymer coating on the polymer substrate, a fluoropolymer coating on a matte coating on the polymer substrate, a fluoropolymer coating that includes a matting agent on the polymer substrate, a fluoropolymer layer or other polymer layer that is attached to the substrate with a layer of adhesive, a textured surface layer, and/or other structures that help provide the flexible printed circuit with desired physical properties and a desired appearance.
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