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公开(公告)号：US20210064095A1
公开(公告)日：2021-03-04
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：US10784062B2
公开(公告)日：2020-09-22
申请号：US15259075
申请日：2016-09-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Paul X. Wang , Zheng Gao , Craig C. Leong , Robert J. Lockwood , Bryan W. Posner , Robert Y. Cao , Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque , Dinesh C. Mathew , Alex J. Lehmann , Denis Endisch , Karan Bir
Abstract: Keyboards include mechanisms that prevent and/or alleviate contaminant ingress. In some embodiments, a keyboard assembly includes a substrate, a key cap, a movement mechanism moveably coupling the key cap to the substrate, and a guard structure coupled to the key cap operable to direct contaminants away from the movement mechanism. In other embodiments, a keyboard includes a base; a web that defines apertures; keys moveably coupled to the base within the apertures; and a gasket coupled to the keys, the gasket fixed between the web and the base, operable to block passage of contaminants into the apertures.
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公开(公告)号：US20180085857A1
公开(公告)日：2018-03-29
申请号：US15712646
申请日：2017-09-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Nathan K. Gupta , Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque , Prithu Sharma , Weibo Cheng , Abhijit A. Kangude , Bryan W. Posner , Sudirukkuge T. Jinasundera , Karan Bir
IPC: B23K26/36 , B23K26/0622 , B23K26/00 , B23K26/08
CPC classification number: B23K26/36 , B23K26/0006 , B23K26/0622 , B23K26/08 , B23K26/53 , B23K2103/54
Abstract: A hybrid laser modulation and acid etch process for the creation of a patterned substrate. According to some embodiments, a hole is formed in a glass substrate by first modulating a portion of the substrate in the desired shape. A mask is coated on the glass substrate and is patterned to expose the modulated portion. The glass substrate is then acid etched to remove the modulated portion. Once the modulated portion has been etched, the desired shape may be removed from the glass substrate and the mask may be stripped.
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公开(公告)号：US20180068808A1
公开(公告)日：2018-03-08
申请号：US15259075
申请日：2016-09-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Paul X. Wang , Zheng Gao , Craig C. Leong , Robert J. Lockwood , Bryan W. Posner , Robert Y. Cao , Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque , Dinesh C. Mathew , Alex J. Lehmann , Denis Endisch , Karan Bir
Abstract: Keyboards include mechanisms that prevent and/or alleviate contaminant ingress. In some embodiments, a keyboard assembly includes a substrate, a key cap, a movement mechanism moveably coupling the key cap to the substrate, and a guard structure coupled to the key cap operable to direct contaminants away from the movement mechanism. In other embodiments, a keyboard includes a base; a web that defines apertures; keys moveably coupled to the base within the apertures; and a gasket coupled to the keys, the gasket fixed between the web and the base, operable to block passage of contaminants into the apertures.
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公开(公告)号：US20180052488A1
公开(公告)日：2018-02-22
申请号：US15243370
申请日：2016-08-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Bryan W. Posner , Adam T. Garelli
CPC classification number: G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1681 , G06F1/1683 , H05K1/0281 , H05K3/285 , H05K2201/015 , H05K2203/1173
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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公开(公告)号：US09780159B2
公开(公告)日：2017-10-03
申请号：US15351296
申请日：2016-11-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Dinesh C. Mathew , Adam T. Garelli , Paul S. Drzaic , Wei Chen , Brett W. Degner , Bryan W. Posner
CPC classification number: H01L27/3276 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/0412 , H01L27/323 , H01L51/0096 , H01L51/0097 , H01L51/524 , H01L51/5281 , H01L51/5284 , H01L51/5293 , H03K2217/96031 , H05B33/0896
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided having an organic light-emitting diode display and control circuitry for operating the display. The display may include one or more display layers interposed between the control circuitry and a display layer having thin-film transistors. The electronic device may include a coupling structure interposed between the layer of thin-film transistors and the control circuitry that electrically couples the layer of thin-film transistors to the control circuitry. The coupling structure may include a dielectric member having a conductive via, a flexible printed circuit having a bent portion, or a conductive via formed in an encapsulation layer of the display. The display may include a layer of opaque masking material. The layer of opaque masking material may be formed on an encapsulation layer, an organic emissive layer, a thin-film transistor layer, or a glass layer of the organic light-emitting diode display.
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公开(公告)号：US09664955B2
公开(公告)日：2017-05-30
申请号：US13965112
申请日：2013-08-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Eric Lee Benson , Bryan W. Posner , Jun Qi , Victor Hao-En Yin , Christiaan A. Ligtenberg , Dinesh C. Mathew , Adam T. Garelli
IPC: G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1341
CPC classification number: G02F1/1341 , G02F1/133308 , G02F2001/133331 , G02F2201/503 , Y10T156/1093
Abstract: The described embodiments relate generally to liquid crystal displays (LCDs), and more particularly to methods for extending a glass portion of a display to an edge of a display housing. In one embodiment, a thin cover glass layer is provided between a color filter glass layer and an upper polarizer. The thin cover glass layer is supported along an edge of the display by a filler material that can include a foam dam and a glass spacer or adhesive filler. The filler material allows the cover glass layer to be supported without damaging any drivers or circuits located on an underlying thin film transistor glass layer. In another embodiment, a glass spacer circuit with integrated drivers and circuitry on its lower surface can support the cover glass along the edge of the display.
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公开(公告)号：US20150138710A1
公开(公告)日：2015-05-21
申请号：US14520079
申请日：2014-10-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Dinesh C. Mathew , Thomas W. Wilson, JR. , Victor H. Yin , Bryan W. Posner , Chris Ligtenberg , Brett W. Degner , Peteris K. Augenbergs
IPC: G06F1/16
CPC classification number: G06F1/1637 , G02F1/133308 , G02F2001/133317 , G02F2001/13332 , G02F2001/133331 , G06F1/1601 , G06F1/1658 , H01L27/1214 , H01L27/1218 , H01L27/124 , H05K5/0017
Abstract: An electronic device housing may have upper and lower portions that are attached with a hinge. At least one portion of the housing may have a rear planar surface and peripheral sidewalls having edges. A display module may be mounted in the housing. The display module may have glass layers such as a color filter glass layer and a thin-film transistor substrate. The color filter glass layer may serve as the outermost glass layer in the display module. The edges of the display module may be aligned with the edges of the peripheral housing sidewalls to create the appearance of a borderless display for the electronic device. The display module may be provided with an opening that allows a camera or other electronic components to receive light. Traces may be provided on the underside of the thin-film transistor substrate to serve as signal paths for the electrical components.
Abstract translation: 电子设备外壳可以具有与铰链连接的上部和下部。 壳体的至少一部分可以具有后平面表面和具有边缘的周边侧壁。 显示模块可以安装在壳体中。 显示模块可以具有玻璃层，例如滤色器玻璃层和薄膜晶体管基板。 滤色器玻璃层可以用作显示模块中的最外层玻璃层。 显示模块的边缘可以与外围壳体侧壁的边缘对齐，以产生用于电子设备的无边界显示器的外观。 显示模块可以设置有允许相机或其他电子部件接收光的开口。 迹线可以设置在薄膜晶体管基板的下侧，用作电气部件的信号路径。
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公开(公告)号：US20140225131A1
公开(公告)日：2014-08-14
申请号：US14151253
申请日：2014-01-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Eric L. Benson , Bryan W. Posner , Christopher L. Boitnott , Dinesh C. Mathew , Jun Qi , Robert Y. Cao , Victor H. Yin
CPC classification number: H01L31/12 , G02F1/133512 , G02F1/133514 , G02F1/1362 , G02F2001/133388 , G02F2201/58 , G06F1/1643 , G06F1/1686 , G06F3/041 , H01L31/18
Abstract: A display may include a color filter layer, a liquid crystal layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. A camera window may be formed in the display to accommodate a camera. The camera window may be formed by creating a notch in the thin-film transistor layer that extends inwardly from the edge of the thin-film transistor layer. The notch may be formed by scribing the thin-film transistor layer around the notch location and breaking away a portion of the thin-film transistor layer. A camera window may also be formed by grinding a hole in the display. The hole may penetrate partway into the thin-film transistor layer, may penetrate through the transistor layer but not into the color filter layer, or may pass through the thin-film transistor layer and partly into the color filter layer.
Abstract translation: 显示器可以包括滤色器层，液晶层和薄膜晶体管层。 可以在显示器中形成相机窗口以容纳相机。 可以通过在薄膜晶体管层中形成从薄膜晶体管层的边缘向内延伸的凹口来形成相机窗口。 凹口可以通过在缺口位置周围刻划薄膜晶体管层并分离薄膜晶体管层的一部分来形成。 也可以通过研磨显示器中的孔来形成相机窗口。 该孔可以穿透薄膜晶体管层的中间部分，可以穿透晶体管层而不会进入滤色器层，或者可以穿过薄膜晶体管层并且部分地穿过滤色器层。
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公开(公告)号：US11960334B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-16
申请号：US18301975
申请日：2023-04-17
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
CPC classification number: G06F1/1683 , E05D11/0054 , E05D11/0081 , E05D2011/0072 , E05D11/1028 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1656 , G06F1/1681
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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