Multifunction accessory case
    42.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11172101B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-09

    申请号:US16577404

    申请日:2019-09-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure pertain to multifunctional accessory cases for electronic devices (e.g., a pair of wireless earbuds). Embodiments pertain to a case for a portable listening device, such as a pair of headphones or a pair of wireless earbuds. The case can include one or more cavities to hold the listening device and charging circuitry to provide power to a rechargeable battery within the listening device (or within each of the pair of earbuds). The embodiments of the case can include a digital camera. The digital camera can include a lens mounted on the housing, digital processing circuitry, and a memory. In some embodiments the digital camera can be powered by a case battery. Embodiments of the case can include a strobe, a microphone, a speaker, a radio frequency transmitter/receiver, and a display.

    Input management for wearable devices

    公开(公告)号:US10969866B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-06

    申请号:US15849564

    申请日:2017-12-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Wearable electronic devices, such as watches, can be provided with an ability to detect whether a tactile input provided to an input component, such as a button, is intentional or unintentional. For example, a wearable device can analyze the context in which a tactile input is received, such as attributes of the tactile input and/or operational parameters of the wearable device at the time the tactile input is received. By further example, a wearable device can infer whether a tactile input is a result of an activity, such as exercising, random movement, or collision with an object. The wearable devices can accept or reject the tactile input and determine whether an action associated with the tactile input should be performed.

    HEADPHONE EARTIPS WITH INTERNAL SUPPORT COMPONENTS FOR OUTER EARTIP BODIES

    公开(公告)号:US20200177983A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-04

    申请号:US16780881

    申请日:2020-02-03

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Headphone eartips with internal support components and methods for making the same are provided. Different support components may provide specific amounts and types of additional rigidity at specific portions of an exterior surface of an outer eartip body that may be expected to interface with specific portions of an ear canal geometry when an eartip subassembly is positioned within the ear canal, such that the eartip subassembly may conform to the various shapes of the ear canal while maintaining an acoustic seal.

    Self-energizing sealing mechanisms
    48.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10184586B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-22

    申请号:US15206156

    申请日:2016-07-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device having an interior volume, the electronic device including a sealing mechanism to prevent ingress of water into the interior cavity. The sealing mechanism having a channel having a first opening at an external environment and a second opening that leads to the interior volume, a membrane that covers the second opening, the membrane being air permeable and water resistant such that the membrane allows air to pass and prevents passage of water up to an upper pressure threshold, a stopper mechanism, and a diaphragm comprising a surface arranged to receive an external water pressure and that is air and water impermeable, the diaphragm being coupled to the stopper mechanism that deflects in response to the water pressure such that the diaphragm actuates the stopper mechanism and seals off the channel from at the first opening preventing water pressure at the membrane from exceeding the upper pressure threshold.

    Electronic device with array of rotationally mounted components

    公开(公告)号:US09730340B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-08

    申请号:US14720502

    申请日:2015-05-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F1/1656

    Abstract: An array of electrical components may be mounted in openings in an electronic device housing. Gaskets may be used to seal the electrical components to a housing wall. The housing wall may be planar or may have a cylindrical shape or other curved shape. The electrical components may be mounted to the housing wall by rotating the electrical components so that portions of the components bear against an inner surface of the housing wall. Component mounting structures that receive the electrical components may be used in mounting the electrical components. Component cover structures with openings may overlap the components. Engagement features may help prevent relative rotational motion between the electrical components and the housing wall of the electronic device.

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