Flexible cables in electronic devices with moving components
    63.
    发明授权
    Flexible cables in electronic devices with moving components 有权
    具有移动部件的电子设备中的柔性电缆

    公开(公告)号:US09480155B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-25

    申请号:US14328565

    申请日:2014-07-10

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H05K1/09 G06F1/1616 G06F1/1683 H05K1/03

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing. Electrical components such as a display and other circuitry may be mounted in the housing. The housing may have portions that move with respect to each other such as a lid that rotates relative to a base. A flexible printed circuit may have metal lines that couple components in one portion of the housing to components in another portion of the housing. As the housing portions move with respect to each other, the flexible printed circuit bends. Reliability may be enhanced for the flexible printed circuit by providing the metal layer that forms the metal lines with upper and lower coating layers. The coating layers may be formed from metal with a higher Young's modulus than a metal core in the metal layer. A slot may be formed along the length of the flexible printed circuit to help increase the minimum bend radius exhibited by the flexible printed circuit. Upper and lower metal shield layers may be provided above and below the metal traces.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有壳体。 诸如显示器和其它电路的电气部件可以安装在壳体中。 壳体可以具有相对于彼此移动的部分,例如相对于基部旋转的盖。 柔性印刷电路可以具有将壳体的一部分中的部件耦合到壳体的另一部分中的部件的金属线。 当壳体部分相对于彼此移动时,柔性印刷电路弯曲。 通过提供形成具有上下涂层的金属线的金属层,可以提高柔性印刷电路的可靠性。 涂层可以由具有比金属层中的金属芯更高的杨氏模量的金属形成。 可以沿着柔性印刷电路的长度形成槽,以帮助增加由柔性印刷电路显示的最小弯曲半径。 上下金属屏蔽层可以设置在金属迹线的上方和下方。

    Border structures for displays
    64.
    发明授权
    Border structures for displays 有权
    显示器的边框结构

    公开(公告)号:US09348169B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-24

    申请号:US14444765

    申请日:2014-07-28

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G02F1/133512 G02F1/133528 G02F2001/133388

    Abstract: A display may have an active area surrounded by an inactive border area. The inactive border area may be provided with an opaque masking material. The display may be a liquid crystal display having a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. Upper and lower polarizers may be provided above and below the color filter and thin-film transistor layers. The upper polarizer may have a polarized central region that overlaps the active area of the display. The upper polarizer may also have an unpolarized portion in the inactive border area overlapping the opaque masking material. The opaque masking material may alternatively be formed on the underside of a clear polymer substrate that is attached to the display above the upper polarizer or may be incorporated within the layers that make up the upper polarizer.

    Abstract translation: 显示器可以具有被非活动边界区域包围的活动区域。 非活动边界区域可以设置有不透明掩模材料。 显示器可以是具有夹在滤色器层和薄膜晶体管层之间的液晶层的液晶显示器。 上下偏振器可以设置在滤色器和薄膜晶体管层的上方和下方。 上偏振器可以具有与显示器的有效区域重叠的偏振中心区域。 上偏振器还可以在非活性边界区域中具有与不透明掩模材料重叠的非偏振部分。 可选地,不透明掩模材料可以形成在透明聚合物基底的下侧上,该透明聚合物基底附着到上偏振器上方的显示器,或者可以结合在构成上偏振器的层内。

    Electronic device display structures
    65.
    发明授权
    Electronic device display structures 有权
    电子设备显示结构

    公开(公告)号:US09075567B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-07

    申请号:US13629503

    申请日:2012-09-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing in which a display is mounted. A gasket may be mounted in a groove between the display and housing. The gasket may contain an embedded stiffener. Corner brackets may be installed in the corners of the housing. The housing may have inner and outer concentric ribs. Recesses in the housing may be configured to receive the corner brackets. The recesses may be formed between the inner and outer concentric ribs. Gap filling structures such as a foam layer may be interposed between a rear housing wall and a display backlight unit. Display color variations may be corrected by using a backlight unit having an array of light-emitting diodes of different colors. An electrostatic discharge protection layer may be grounded to a housing using conductive tape. Black edge coatings and adhesive-based structures may block stray light. Camera window regions may be supported using adhesive.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有安装显示器的外壳。 垫圈可以安装在显示器和壳体之间的凹槽中。 垫圈可以包含嵌入式加强筋。 角支架可以安装在外壳的角部。 壳体可以具有内部和外部同心肋。 壳体中的凹陷可以被配置成接收角落托架。 凹部可以形成在内部和外部同心肋之间。 间隙填充结构例如泡沫层可以插入在后壳体壁和显示器背光单元之间。 可以通过使用具有不同颜色的发光二极管阵列的背光单元来校正显示颜色变化。 静电放电保护层可以使用导电带接地到壳体。 黑色边缘涂层和基于粘合剂的结构可能会阻挡杂散光。 可以使用粘合剂来支持相机窗口区域。

    Light Guide Plates and Optical Films with Mating Alignment Features
    66.
    发明申请
    Light Guide Plates and Optical Films with Mating Alignment Features 审中-公开
    光导板和具有配合对准特性的光学膜

    公开(公告)号:US20140085576A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-27

    申请号:US13629440

    申请日:2012-09-27

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: G02B6/0065 G02B6/0021 G02B6/0086

    Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided with backlight structures that provide backlight illumination for a display. The backlight structures include a light source such as an array of light-emitting diodes that launches light into an edge of a light guide plate. The light guide plate distributes the light laterally across display layers in the display. One or more optical films such as brightness enhancement films and diffuser layers are interposed between the display layers and the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes light guide plate alignment features that mate with corresponding optical film alignment features in the optical films. The light guide plate alignment features may be protrusions that extend into openings such as notches or holes in the optical films. The light guide plate may have a protruding portion that extends around a periphery of the light guide plate and surrounds a perimeter of the optical films.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有为显示器提供背光照明的背光结构。 背光结构包括诸如将光发射到导光板的边缘中的发光二极管阵列的光源。 导光板将光横向分布在显示器中的显示层上。 在显示层和导光板之间插入一个或多个光学膜,例如亮度增强膜和漫射层。 导光板包括与光学膜中对应的光学膜对准特征相配合的导光板对准特征。 导光板对准特征可以是延伸到诸如光学膜中的凹口或孔的开口的突起。 导光板可以具有围绕导光板的周边延伸并且围绕光学膜的周边的突出部分。

    METHOD TO DESIGN THE INTEGRATED FULL COVERAGE LCD MODULE COVER GLASS
    67.
    发明申请
    METHOD TO DESIGN THE INTEGRATED FULL COVERAGE LCD MODULE COVER GLASS 有权
    设计集成式全覆盖液晶模块盖玻璃的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140063433A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-06

    申请号:US13965112

    申请日:2013-08-12

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    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.

    Abstract translation: 所描述的实施例通常涉及液晶显示器(LCD),更具体地涉及用于将显示器的玻璃部分延伸到显示器外壳的边缘的方法。 在一个实施例中,在滤色器玻璃层和上偏振器之间设置薄盖玻璃层。 薄盖玻璃层沿着显示器的边缘被填充材料支撑,填料可以包括泡沫坝和玻璃间隔物或粘合剂填料。 填充材料允许覆盖玻璃层被支撑,而不会损坏位于下面的薄膜晶体管玻璃层上的任何驱动器或电路。 在另一个实施例中,在其下表面上具有集成驱动器和电路的玻璃间隔物电路可以沿着显示器的边缘支撑盖玻片。

    Electronic device display
    69.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12210393B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-28

    申请号:US18455600

    申请日:2023-08-24

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device can include a base portion and a display portion rotatably mounted to the base portion. The display portion can have a display housing including a trim that at least partially defines an orifice and a portion of the exterior surface of the electronic device. A display call can be positioned at the orifice in contact with the trim and can be secured to the display housing.

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