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公开(公告)号:US10998657B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-04
申请号:US16565336
申请日:2019-09-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Hani Esmaeili , Kenneth Michael Bagwell , Holly Ubellacker , Judy Hsien-Chih Liu , Eric S. Jol , Christoph Bitterlich , Michael W. Barnstead , Christoph Werner
Abstract: Contacts that can be highly corrosion resistant, can be readily manufactured, and can conserve precious materials. One example can provide contacts having a layer of a precious-metal alloy to improve corrosion resistance. The precious-metal-alloy layer can be plated with a hard, durable, wear and corrosion resistant plating stack for further corrosion resistance and wear improvement. The resources consumed by a contact can be reduced by forming a bulk or substrate region of the contact using a more readily available material, such as copper or a material that is primarily copper based.
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公开(公告)号:US10418741B2
公开(公告)日:2019-09-17
申请号:US16214121
申请日:2018-12-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Daniel C. Wagman , Oliver C. Ross , Eric S. Jol , Hani Esmaeili
Abstract: Contact structures that are readily manufactured, where contacts in the contact structures consume a minimal amount of surface area, depth, and volume in an electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US09977460B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-22
申请号:US15476829
申请日:2017-03-31
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Daniel Wagman , Oliver Ross , Eric S. Jol , Hani Esmaeili , Brett Degner , Ibuki Kamei
CPC classification number: G06F1/1607 , G06F1/1615 , G06F1/1626 , G06F1/1632 , G06F1/1643 , G06F1/1656 , G06F1/1679 , G06F1/1681 , G06F1/1683 , G06F3/0202 , H01R13/2442 , H01R13/6205
Abstract: An electronic device comprising a device enclosure having an exterior surface; a contact area positioned at the exterior surface and having first and second ends, the contact area having a plurality of contacts arranged between the first and second ends and substantially flush with the exterior surface; and an alignment feature within the enclosure comprising first and second magnets positioned on opposing sides of the contact area, the first magnet positioned adjacent to the first end of the contact area and the second magnet positioned adjacent to the second end of the contact area.
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公开(公告)号:US09948018B2
公开(公告)日:2018-04-17
申请号:US15138216
申请日:2016-04-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Daniel C. Wagman , Oliver C. Ross , Eric S. Jol , Hani Esmaeili
CPC classification number: H01R13/40 , G06F1/1656 , H01R12/77 , H01R13/22 , H01R13/521
Abstract: Contact structures that are readily manufactured, where contacts in the contact structures consume a minimal amount of surface area, depth, and volume in an electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US20180069342A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-08
申请号:US15471697
申请日:2017-03-28
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Darshan R. Kasar , Craig M. Stanley , David B. Flamholz , Phillip Qian , Matthew E. Lang , Ferdinand S. Toting , Eric S. Jol , Trent K. Do , Joel C. Yamasaki , Hani Esmaeili , Nathan A. Van Nortwick , Richard J. Blanco , Jonathan C. Lorman , Daniel Wagman , Edward S. Huo
CPC classification number: H01R13/5219 , H01R13/521 , H01R13/5227 , H01R13/631 , H01R13/6683 , H01R13/6691 , H01R13/717 , H01R24/00 , H01R24/28 , H01R24/60 , H01R24/62 , H01R24/76 , H01R2107/00
Abstract: A plug connector for an electronic device has a deformable seal positioned on it such that when the plug connector is mated to the electronic device a liquid-tight seal is formed between the plug connector and the electronic device. A seal may also be positioned within a receptacle connector cavity of the electronic device such that it forms a liquid-tight seal to a plug connector when the plug connector is mated to the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US20180030608A1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-01
申请号:US15661368
申请日:2017-07-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Raymund W. M. Kwok , James A. Wright , Hani Esmaeili , Daniel C. Wagman
Abstract: Contacts that may be highly corrosion resistant, less susceptible to wear, and may be readily manufactured with a process that controls or reduces resource usage. Corrosion resistance and wear performance may be improved by providing a thicker plating that has a reduced tendency to crack and by using materials that act as catalysts. Wear performance may be improved by reducing grain size for a harder plating. An amount of resources needed may be reduced or controlled by using materials that plate well and by using a manufacturing process having a reduced number of steps.
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公开(公告)号:US20170093087A1
公开(公告)日:2017-03-30
申请号:US15181307
申请日:2016-06-13
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Hani Esmaeili , Eric S. Jol , Ibuki Kamei , Daniel C. Wagman , Albert J. Golko , Mahmoud R. Amini , Mani Razaghi Kashani
CPC classification number: H01R13/6205 , H01R11/30 , H01R12/61 , H01R13/193 , H01R13/22 , H01R13/24 , H01R13/5213
Abstract: This application relates to magnetically actuated electrical connectors. The electrical connectors includes movable magnetic elements that move in response to an externally applied magnetic field. In some embodiments, the electrical connectors includes recessed contacts that move from a recessed position to an engaged position in response to an externally applied magnetic field associated with an electronic device to which the connector is designed to be coupled. In some embodiments, the external magnetic field has a particular polarity pattern configured to draw contacts associated with a matching polarity pattern out of the recessed position.
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