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公开(公告)号:US20150008031A1
公开(公告)日:2015-01-08
申请号:US14318345
申请日:2014-06-27
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Erik A. Uttermann , John Raff , Piotr S. Trzaskos
IPC: H02G15/007
CPC classification number: H02G15/007 , H01R13/516 , H01R13/74
Abstract: Brackets may be mated with or coupled to an opening of an electronic device enclosure or housing for receiving plug connectors to reinforce the receptacle connector and/or device housing and potentially reduce damage/breakage. For example, a bracket can have a front face with a curvature. A back face of the bracket can include a first opening that communicates with a cavity. The cavity can be defined at least in part by upper and lower opposing inner surfaces, the lower inner surface including a portion that extends parallel to a portion of the bracket front face. The bracket can also include a hollow protrusion extending from the bracket front face in a front direction. The hollow protrusion can include an opening that communicates with the opening of the back face and extends through the hollow protrusion. Methods for manufacturing the connector bracket are also provided.
Abstract translation: 托架可以与电子设备外壳或外壳的开口配合或联接,用于接收插头连接器以加强插座连接器和/或设备外壳并且潜在地减少损坏/破损。 例如,支架可以具有曲率的前表面。 支架的后表面可以包括与空腔连通的第一开口。 空腔可以至少部分地由上下相对的内表面限定,下内表面包括平行于支架前表面的一部分延伸的部分。 支架还可以包括从支架前面沿正面方向延伸的中空突起。 中空突起可以包括与后表面的开口连通且延伸穿过中空突起的开口。 还提供了制造连接器支架的方法。
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公开(公告)号:US20140069714A1
公开(公告)日:2014-03-13
申请号:US13833421
申请日:2013-03-15
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Erik A. Uttermann , John Raff , Piotr S. Trzaskos
IPC: H02G15/007
CPC classification number: H02G15/007 , H01R13/516 , H01R13/74
Abstract: Brackets may be mated with or coupled to an opening of an electronic device enclosure or housing for receiving plug connectors to reinforce the receptacle connector and/or device housing and potentially reduce damage/breakage. For example, a bracket can have a front face with a curvature. A back face of the bracket can include a first opening that communicates with a cavity. The cavity can be defined at least in part by upper and lower opposing inner surfaces, the lower inner surface including a portion that extends parallel to a portion of the bracket front face. The bracket can also include a hollow protrusion extending from the bracket front face in a front direction. The hollow protrusion can include an opening that communicates with the opening of the back face and extends through the hollow protrusion. Methods for manufacturing the connector bracket are also provided.
Abstract translation: 托架可以与电子设备外壳或外壳的开口配合或联接,用于接收插头连接器以加强插座连接器和/或设备外壳并且潜在地减少损坏/破损。 例如,支架可以具有曲率的前表面。 支架的后表面可以包括与空腔连通的第一开口。 空腔可以至少部分地由上下相对的内表面限定,下内表面包括平行于支架前表面的一部分延伸的部分。 支架还可以包括从支架前面沿正面方向延伸的中空突起。 中空突起可以包括与后表面的开口连通且延伸穿过中空突起的开口。 还提供了制造连接器支架的方法。
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公开(公告)号:US20220291717A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-15
申请号:US17234306
申请日:2021-04-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Thomas O. Henry , Trevor M. Cardiff , Jason A. U. De Souza , Sayooj R. Pillai , Jason Bakhshi , Erik A. Uttermann , Wei Lv , Wenyong Zhu , Lee B. Hamstra , Daniel J. Hoff
Abstract: A portable electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The portable electronic device can include a number of components that can provide desired functionalities and levels of performance. For example, the device can include one or more couplers that interconnect various portions of the housing together. Additionally or alternatively, the portable electronic device can include one or more millimeter-wave antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the electronic device can include one or more grounding elements or layers that reliably and electrically ground the display to the housing.
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公开(公告)号:US20200212340A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-02
申请号:US16814890
申请日:2020-03-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jiang Ai , Erik A. Uttermann , Soyoung Kim
IPC: H01L51/52
Abstract: An electronic device may have a hinge that allows the device to be flexed about a bend axis. A display may span the bend axis. To facilitate bending about the bend axis, the display may have layers such as a display cover layer with grooves or other recesses. The recesses form a flexible portion in the display layer. The display layer may be formed from glass or other materials that are transparent. Elastomeric material, fluids, and other materials may be placed in the recesses in the display layer. The material in the display layer may have an index of refraction that is matched to the index of refraction of the display layer. A hinge may be formed between rigid planar layers that are separated by a gap. Flexible layers that lie flush with opposing surfaces of the rigid planar layers may be used to span the gap.
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公开(公告)号:US10658744B2
公开(公告)日:2020-05-19
申请号:US15263022
申请日:2016-09-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Erik A. Uttermann , Jeremy C. Franklin , Stephen C. McClure , Sean S. Corbin , Qingxiang Li , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo
Abstract: A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and no on. The portable computing device can include a single piece housing formed from a radio opaque material with a cover formed from a radio transparent material. To implement a wireless interface, an antenna stack-up can be provided that allows an antenna to be mounted to a bottom of the cover. Methods and apparatus are provided for improving wireless performance. For instance, in one embodiment, a metal housing can be thinned to improve antenna performance. As another example, a faraday cage can be formed around speaker drivers to improve antenna performance.
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公开(公告)号:US10481691B2
公开(公告)日:2019-11-19
申请号:US15098669
申请日:2016-04-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Erik A. Uttermann , Kevin D. Gibbs , Dhaval Chandrakant Patel , Florence W. Ow , Derek W. Wright , Stephen R. McClure , Inna Lobel
IPC: G06F3/01 , H01L41/09 , H01L41/113 , H04B1/3827 , G06F3/041
Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for providing haptic output on an electronic device. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes an actuator configured to move in a first direction. The electronic device also includes a substrate coupled to the actuator. When the actuator moves in the first direction, the substrate or a portion of the substrate, by virtue of being coupled to the actuator, moves in a second direction. In some implementations, the movement of the substrate is perpendicular to the movement of the actuator.
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公开(公告)号:US10024689B2
公开(公告)日:2018-07-17
申请号:US14857544
申请日:2015-09-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Hao Zhu , John C. DiFonzo , Guangtao Zhang , Rizal Johari , Samuel Gilkison Smith , Sean S. Corbin , Erik A. Uttermann
Abstract: This application relates to devices that utilize magnets and associated magnetic sensors. A magnetic sensor can be positioned and oriented with respect to a magnetic element such that the magnetic sensor is capable of detecting a horizontal magnetic field component in contrast to the conventional paradigm of detecting a vertical magnetic field component. This can be accomplished by orienting a magnetically sensitive surface of the magnetic sensor about ninety degrees with respect to a magnetic vector of the magnetic element.
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公开(公告)号:US09905964B2
公开(公告)日:2018-02-27
申请号:US15256156
申请日:2016-09-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Brett W. Degner , David H. Narajowski , Oliver C. Ross , Hao Zhu , Erik A. Uttermann , Stephen R. McClure , Melody L. Kuna
IPC: H01R13/62 , H01R13/631
CPC classification number: H01R13/6205 , H01R13/6315
Abstract: An accessory to device coupling system can include a first magnet array adapted for assembly with respect to a surface of an electronic device and a second magnet array adapted for assembly with respect to a surface of an accessory device, the accessory device configured to interact electrically with the electronic device. The first magnet array can include a first plurality of magnets arranged in a first pattern of alternating polarities, and the second magnet array can include a second plurality of magnets arranged in a second pattern of alternating polarities that corresponds to the first pattern of alternating polarities. The corresponding alternating polarity patterns can cause the second magnet array to couple to the first magnet array with a normalized attraction force only at an intended orientation and alignment, and with less than half of the normalized attraction force at any other orientation and alignment.
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公开(公告)号:US20170133799A1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-11
申请号:US15260271
申请日:2016-09-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Robert Scritzky , John Raff , Cuneyt Bakan , Eric T. SooHoo , Erik A. Uttermann , Patrick J. Quinn
IPC: H01R13/66 , H01R24/60 , H01R13/6477 , H01R12/75 , H01R13/405 , H01R13/658 , H01R24/62
CPC classification number: H01R13/665 , H01R12/714 , H01R12/75 , H01R13/405 , H01R13/6477 , H01R13/658 , H01R13/6582 , H01R13/6594 , H01R24/60 , H01R24/62 , H01R27/00 , H01R31/065
Abstract: Connector receptacles that may have a desired form factor to fit in a stylized device enclosure. These stylized connector receptacles and corresponding connector inserts may also be capable of high-speed performance. Examples may also provide circuitry for these connector inserts and connector receptacles that support these high speeds.
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公开(公告)号:US09444131B2
公开(公告)日:2016-09-13
申请号:US14195974
申请日:2014-03-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Erik A. Uttermann , Jeremy C. Franklin , Stephen C. McClure , Sean S. Corbin , Qingxiang Li , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo
CPC classification number: H01Q1/2266 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/42 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q1/50 , H04R1/028 , Y10T29/49016 , Y10T156/1089
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 a single piece housing formed from a radio opaque material with a cover formed from a radio transparent material. To implement a wireless interface, an antenna stack-up can be provided that allows an antenna to be mounted to a bottom of the cover. Methods and apparatus are provided for improving wireless performance. For instance, in one embodiment, a metal housing can be thinned to improve antenna performance. As another example, a faraday cage can be formed around speaker drivers to improve antenna performance.
Abstract translation: 公开了一种便携式计算设备。 便携式计算设备可以采用许多形式,例如膝上型计算机,平板计算机等。 便携式计算设备可以包括由无线电不透明材料形成的单件壳体,其具有由无线电透明材料形成的盖。 为了实现无线接口,可以提供允许将天线安装到盖的底部的天线叠加。 提供了用于改善无线性能的方法和装置。 例如,在一个实施例中,金属外壳可以变薄以改善天线性能。 作为另一示例,可以围绕扬声器驱动器形成法拉第笼,以改善天线性能。
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