公开(公告)号：US20160064800A1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-03

申请号：US14469882

申请日：2014-08-27

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Erik G. de Jong ,  Dale N. Memering ,  Jeffrey C. Mylvaganam

IPC: H01Q1/24

CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q1/273 ,  H01Q7/00

Abstract: An electronic device including a signal transmission system. The electronic device may include a housing, and a cover coupled to the housing and defining a groove formed in the cover. The electronic device may also include a signal transmission system positioned within the housing. The signal transmission system may include an antenna at least partially received within the groove formed in the cover. The antenna may have an antenna body, and a contact pad in electrical communication with the antenna body. The signal transmission system may also have a flexible member positioned adjacent the antenna body. The flexible member may contact the contact pad of the antenna.

Abstract translation: 一种包括信号传输系统的电子设备。 电子设备可以包括壳体和联接到壳体并限定形成在盖中的凹槽的盖。 电子设备还可以包括位于壳体内的信号传输系统。 信号传输系统可以包括至少部分地容纳在形成在盖中的凹槽内的天线。 天线可以具有天线体，以及与天线体电连通的接触垫。 信号传输系统还可以具有邻近天线体定位的柔性构件。 柔性构件可以接触天线的接触垫。

公开(公告)号：US20160062405A1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-03

申请号：US14836943

申请日：2015-08-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey C. Mylvaganam ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Dale N. Memering ,  Xiao Bing Cai ,  Palaniappan Chinnakaruppan ,  Jong Kong Lee ,  Srikanth Kamireddi ,  Sawako Kamei ,  Feng Min ,  Jing Zhang ,  Xiang Du ,  Sai Feng Liu

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  B23K26/402 ,  B23K26/364 ,  B05D1/02 ,  B24C1/08

CPC classification number: G06F1/1637 ,  B05D1/02 ,  B23K26/364 ,  B23K26/402 ,  B23K2103/50 ,  B23K2103/54 ,  B24B7/228 ,  B24B29/005 ,  B24B37/04 ,  B24C1/08 ,  B24C11/00 ,  G04B37/0008 ,  G04B39/006 ,  G06F1/163 ,  H01Q1/243

Abstract: A cover for an electronic device and methods of forming a cover is disclosed. The electronic device may include a housing, and a cover coupled to the housing. The cover may have an inner surface having at least one of an intermediate polish and a final polish, a groove formed on the inner surface, and an outer surface positioned opposite the inner surface. The outer surface may have at least one of the intermediate polish and the final polish. The cover may also have a rounded perimeter portion formed between the inner surface and the outer surface. The rounded perimeter portion may be positioned adjacent the groove. The method for forming the cover may include performing a first polishing process on the sapphire component using a polishing tool, and performing a second polishing process on the groove of the sapphire component forming the cover using blasting media.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于电子设备的盖和形成盖的方法。 电子设备可以包括壳体和联接到壳体的盖。 盖可以具有内表面，其具有中间抛光剂和最终抛光剂中的至少一种，形成在内表面上的凹槽和与内表面相对定位的外表面。 外表面可以具有中间抛光剂和最终抛光剂中的至少一种。 盖子还可以具有形成在内表面和外表面之间的圆形周边部分。 圆形的周边部分可以邻近凹槽定位。 用于形成盖的方法可以包括使用抛光工具对蓝宝石部件进行第一抛光处理，并且使用喷砂介质对形成盖的蓝宝石部件的凹槽进行第二抛光处理。

公开(公告)号：US09263790B2

公开(公告)日：2016-02-16

申请号：US14736992

申请日：2015-06-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Emery A. Sanford ,  Qingxiang Li ,  Lijun Zhang ,  Anthony S. Montevirgen ,  Teodor Dabov ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Wey-Jiun Lin

IPC: H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q1/42 ,  H01Q1/52

CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q1/42 ,  H01Q1/526 ,  Y10T29/49016

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a conductive housing. An antenna window structure may be formed in an opening in the housing. The antenna window structure may have an antenna support structure that is attached to the conductive housing and that supports antenna structures. An antenna window cap may be mounted in the opening and attached to the antenna support structure with liquid adhesive. Alignment structures may be provided in the antenna support structure. An antenna support plate with mating alignment structures may be used in attaching the antenna structures to the antenna support structures. Metal shielding structures may be used to provide electromagnetic shielding. A shielding wall may be formed from a sheet metal structure supported by a plastic support structure. A flexible metal shielding foil layer may be welded to the shielding wall using a sacrificial plate.

公开(公告)号：US20150311960A1

公开(公告)日：2015-10-29

申请号：US14259861

申请日：2014-04-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Miroslav Samardzija ,  Yiren Wang ,  Yuehui Ouyang ,  Joseph Hakim ,  Qingxiang Li ,  Robert W. Schlub ,  Ruben Caballero ,  Siwen Yong ,  Erik G. de Jong

IPC: H04B5/02 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H01L27/32

CPC classification number: H01Q1/22 ,  G04G21/04 ,  G04R60/10 ,  G06F1/163 ,  H01L27/323 ,  H01Q1/273 ,  H01Q1/52 ,  H01Q1/526 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H01Q9/0421 ,  H01Q9/42 ,  H01Q21/28 ,  H04B5/0025 ,  H04B5/0031 ,  H04B5/0081 ,  H04B5/02 ,  H05K1/0278 ,  H05K5/0017 ,  H05K5/03

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. A display cover layer and a transparent inner display member may overlap a display pixel layer. The display pixel layer may have an array of display pixels for displaying images for a user. A touch sensor layer may be interposed between the display pixel layer and the transparent display member. A ferromagnetic shielding layer may be mounted below the display pixel layer. A flexible printed circuit containing coils of metal signal lines that form a near-field communications loop antenna may be interposed between the ferromagnetic shielding layer and the display pixel layer. A non-near-field antenna such as an inverted-F antenna may have a resonating element mounted on an inner surface of the display cover layer. The resonating element may be interposed between the transparent display member and the display cover layer.

Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有显示器。 显示覆盖层和透明内显示构件可以与显示像素层重叠。 显示像素层可以具有用于为用户显示图像的显示像素阵列。 可以在显示像素层和透明显示构件之间插入触摸传感器层。 铁磁屏蔽层可以安装在显示像素层下方。 包含形成近场通信环形天线的金属信号线的线圈的柔性印刷电路可以插入在铁磁屏蔽层和显示像素层之间。 诸如倒F天线的非近场天线可以具有安装在显示器覆盖层的内表面上的谐振元件。 谐振元件可以插入在透明显示构件和显示器覆盖层之间。

公开(公告)号：US12079036B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-03

申请号：US17340893

申请日：2021-06-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel J. Barrett ,  Dakota A. Bass ,  Sameer Pandya ,  Shang L Tsuei ,  Elizabeth C. Porter ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Jingjing Xu ,  Jacquelynn M. Pok ,  Kiran S. Pillai ,  Xuan Liu ,  Adam J. Brinkman ,  Paul Choiniere ,  Daniel W. Jarvis ,  Jia Liu

IPC: G06F1/16

CPC classification number: G06F1/1652 ,  G06F1/163

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display mounted in a housing. The display may have a display panel with an array of pixels on a flexible substrate. A display cover layer may overlap the display panel. The flexible substrate may have a protruding portion that forms a tail. The tail may be coupled to a printed circuit on which a display driver integrated circuit and/or other circuitry is mounted. When the display is mounted in the housing, the tail may be bent back on itself to create a bend. The bend may be embedded in a molded polymer member. The molded polymer member may be attached to the housing with adhesive and may directly contact an inner surface of the display cover layer.

公开(公告)号：US20240241548A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-18

申请号：US18618749

申请日：2024-03-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel J. Barrett ,  Dakota A. Bass ,  Sameer Pandya ,  Shang L. Tsuei ,  Elizabeth C. Porter ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Jingjing Xu ,  Jacquelynn M. Pok ,  Kiran S. Pillai ,  Xuan Liu ,  Adam J. Brinkman ,  Paul Choiniere ,  Daniel W. Jarvis ,  Jia Liu

IPC: G06F1/16

CPC classification number: G06F1/1652 ,  G06F1/163

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display mounted in a housing. The display may have a display panel with an array of pixels on a flexible substrate. A display cover layer may overlap the display panel. The flexible substrate may have a protruding portion that forms a tail. The tail may be coupled to a printed circuit on which a display driver integrated circuit and/or other circuitry is mounted. When the display is mounted in the housing, the tail may be bent back on itself to create a bend. The bend may be embedded in a molded polymer member. The molded polymer member may be attached to the housing with adhesive and may directly contact an inner surface of the display cover layer.

公开(公告)号：US20240094970A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US18073769

申请日：2022-12-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tyler S. Bushnell ,  Erik G. de Jong

IPC: G06F3/14 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S5/14 ,  H04S3/00 ,  H04S7/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/1423 ,  G01S5/0221 ,  G01S5/14 ,  H04S3/008 ,  H04S7/303 ,  H04S2400/01 ,  H04S2400/11

Abstract: Device localization (e.g., ultra-wideband device localization) may be used to provide coordinated outputs and/or receive coordinated inputs using multiple devices. Providing coordinated outputs may include providing partial outputs using multiple devices, modifying an output of a device based on its position and/or orientation relative to another device, and the like. In some cases, each device of a set of multiple devices may provide a partial output, which combines with partial outputs of the remaining devices to produce a coordinated output.

公开(公告)号：US11894600B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-06

申请号：US17527906

申请日：2021-11-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Miroslav Samardzija ,  Yiren Wang ,  Yuehui Ouyang ,  Joseph Hakim ,  Qingxiang Li ,  Robert W. Schlub ,  Ruben Caballero ,  Siwen Yong ,  Erik G. de Jong

IPC: H01Q1/22 ,  G04R60/10 ,  G04G21/04 ,  H01Q1/27 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H01Q1/52 ,  H01Q9/42 ,  H01Q21/28 ,  H10K59/40 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H04B5/02 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/03 ,  H01Q9/04

CPC classification number: H01Q1/22 ,  G04G21/04 ,  G04R60/10 ,  G06F1/163 ,  H01Q1/273 ,  H01Q1/52 ,  H01Q1/526 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H01Q9/0421 ,  H01Q9/42 ,  H01Q21/28 ,  H04B5/0025 ,  H04B5/0081 ,  H04B5/02 ,  H05K1/0278 ,  H05K5/0017 ,  H05K5/03 ,  H10K59/40 ,  H04B5/0031

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. A display cover layer and a transparent inner display member may overlap a display pixel layer. The display pixel layer may have an array of display pixels for displaying images for a user. A touch sensor layer may be interposed between the display pixel layer and the transparent display member. A ferromagnetic shielding layer may be mounted below the display pixel layer. A flexible printed circuit containing coils of metal signal lines that form a near-field communications loop antenna may be interposed between the ferromagnetic shielding layer and the display pixel layer. A non-near-field antenna such as an inverted-F antenna may have a resonating element mounted on an inner surface of the display cover layer. The resonating element may be interposed between the transparent display member and the display cover layer.

公开(公告)号：US20240015999A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-11

申请号：US18474118

申请日：2023-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anna-Katrina Shedletsky ,  Paul S. Drzaic ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf

IPC: H10K50/86 ,  H10K50/11 ,  H10K50/818 ,  H10K50/828 ,  H10K50/844 ,  H10K50/856 ,  H10K59/13 ,  H10K59/60 ,  G06F1/16

CPC classification number: H10K50/865 ,  H10K50/11 ,  H10K50/86 ,  H10K50/818 ,  H10K50/828 ,  H10K50/844 ,  H10K50/856 ,  H10K59/13 ,  H10K59/60 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G02F1/13312

Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a display and a light sensor that receives light that passes through the display. The display includes features that increase the amount of light that passes through the display. The features may be translucency enhancement features that allow light to pass directly through the display onto a light sensor mounted behind the display or may include a light-guiding layer that guides light through the display onto a light sensor mounted along an edge of the display. The translucency enhancement features may be formed in a reflector layer or an electrode layer for the display. The translucency enhancement features may include microperforations in a reflector layer of the display, a light-filtering reflector layer of the display, or a reflector layer of the display that passes a portion of the light and reflects an additional portion of the light.

公开(公告)号：US11862083B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US17374879

申请日：2021-07-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sameer Pandya ,  Daniel J. Barrett ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  James P. Landry ,  David A. Doyle ,  Jean-Pierre S. Guillou ,  Jung Yun Seuh ,  Yi Qiao

IPC: G02F1/137 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G04G17/04 ,  G02F1/1335

CPC classification number: G09G3/3233 ,  G02B6/004 ,  G02B6/0051 ,  G02F1/13737 ,  G02F1/133331 ,  G04G17/045 ,  G02F1/133541

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display mounted in a housing. The display may have a pixel array that produces images. A display cover layer may overlap the pixel array. The display cover layer may have a planar central area surrounded by a peripheral edge area with a curved cross-sectional profile. From an on-axis viewing angle, an image on the pixel array is fully viewable through the planar central area and the peripheral edge area. From an off-axis viewing angle, the image is partly viewable through the peripheral edge area and not through the central area. To avoid an undesired color cast in the partly viewable image seen through the peripheral edge area of the display cover layer, the display may be provided with color cast compensation structures such as a guest-host liquid crystal layer that exhibits an anisotropic colored light absorption characteristic, a diffuser layer, and/or other optical structures.