公开(公告)号：US20190073036A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-07

申请号：US16178541

申请日：2018-11-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Traer Bernstein ,  Avi Cieplinski ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Patrick Kessler ,  Paul Puskarich ,  Marcelo H. Coelho ,  Aleksandar Pance

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044

CPC classification number: G06F3/016 ,  A63B2022/0092 ,  G06F1/1613 ,  G06F1/1662 ,  G06F1/1692 ,  G06F3/0227 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0414 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04103 ,  G06F2203/04104 ,  G06F2203/04105 ,  G09G5/006

Abstract: Electronic devices may use touch pads that have touch sensor arrays, force sensors, and actuators for providing tactile feedback. A touch pad may be mounted in a computer housing. The touch pad may have a rectangular planar touch pad member that has a glass layer covered with ink and contains a capacitive touch sensor array. Force sensors may be mounted under each of the four corners of the rectangular planar touch pad member. The force sensors may be used to measure how much force is applied to the surface of the planar touch pad member by a user. Processed force sensor signals may indicate the presence of button activity such as press and release events. In response to detected button activity or other activity in the device, actuator drive signals may be generated for controlling the actuator. The user may supply settings to adjust signal processing and tactile feedback parameters.

公开(公告)号：US20180314304A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-01

申请号：US16029587

申请日：2018-07-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brett W. Degner ,  Euan Abraham ,  John M. Brock ,  Matthew P. Casebolt ,  Robert L. Coish ,  Laura M. DeForest ,  Michelle Goldberg ,  Bradley Joseph Hamel ,  Ron Hopkinson ,  Jim Hwang ,  Caitlin E. Kalinowski ,  Steven Keiper ,  Patrick Kessler ,  Eugene Kim ,  Chris Ligtenberg ,  Jay K. Osborn ,  John Raff ,  Nicholas A. Rundle ,  David J. Yeh

IPC: G06F1/18 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/00 ,  F16B41/00 ,  F16B35/06 ,  H05K5/02

CPC classification number: G06F1/181 ,  F16B35/06 ,  F16B41/005 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1658 ,  G06F1/1662 ,  G06F1/1684 ,  G06F1/187 ,  H01R12/7082 ,  H01R12/721 ,  H01R12/73 ,  H01R13/6582 ,  H05K5/0008 ,  H05K5/0217 ,  Y10T29/49002

Abstract: A portable computing device includes at least a base portion of a lightweight material that includes at least a wedge shaped top case having a trough formed at an interfacing edge thereof. The trough includes a raised portion having a first contact surface and a receiving area, and a bottom case coupled to the top case to form a complete housing for at least a portion of the portable computing device for enclosing at least a plurality of operational components and a plurality of structural components. The portable computing device also includes at least a lid portion pivotally connected to the base portion by a hinge assembly. In the described embodiments, the lid portion has a display in communication with one or more of the plurality of components in the base portion by way of or more electrical conductors that electrically connect the base portion to the lid portion.

公开(公告)号：US09829982B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-28

申请号：US15358800

申请日：2016-11-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Traer Bernstein ,  Avi Cieplinski ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Patrick Kessler ,  Paul Puskarich ,  Marcelo H. Coelho ,  Aleksandar Pance

IPC: G06F3/045 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  A63B22/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/016 ,  A63B2022/0092 ,  G06F1/1613 ,  G06F1/1662 ,  G06F1/1692 ,  G06F3/0227 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0414 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04103 ,  G06F2203/04104 ,  G06F2203/04105 ,  G09G5/006

Abstract: Electronic devices may use touch pads that have touch sensor arrays, force sensors, and actuators for providing tactile feedback. A touch pad may be mounted in a computer housing. The touch pad may have a rectangular planar touch pad member that has a glass layer covered with ink and contains a capacitive touch sensor array. Force sensors may be mounted under each of the four corners of the rectangular planar touch pad member. The force sensors may be used to measure how much force is applied to the surface of the planar touch pad member by a user. Processed force sensor signals may indicate the presence of button activity such as press and release events. In response to detected button activity or other activity in the device, actuator drive signals may be generated for controlling the actuator. The user may supply settings to adjust signal processing and tactile feedback parameters.

公开(公告)号：US20170279097A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-28

申请号：US15618957

申请日：2017-06-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ron A. Hopkinson ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Robert S. Murphy ,  Christiaan A. Ligtenberg ,  Matthew P. Casebolt ,  Peter M. Arnold ,  Eric A. Knopf

IPC: H01M2/10

CPC classification number: H01M2/1066 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M10/441 ,  H01M10/482 ,  Y10T29/49117

Abstract: A portable electronic device is described. This portable electronic device includes an external housing with a cavity defined by an edge. A keyboard, having a front surface and a back surface, is disposed in the cavity with the front surface facing the external housing. Moreover, a tray is disposed over the back surface of the keyboard, and is mechanically coupled to the external housing adjacent to the edge. Furthermore, battery cells are mechanically coupled to an opposite side of the tray from the back surface of the keyboard. The tray may allow the battery cells to be removed from the portable electronic device without damaging the keyboard. In addition, the tray may increase the compression strength and/or the bending strength of the portable electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US09665134B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-30

申请号：US15173377

申请日：2016-06-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brett W. Degner ,  Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski ,  Richard D. Kosoglow ,  Joshua D. Banko ,  David H. Narajowski ,  Jonathan L. Berk ,  Michael E. Leclerc ,  Michael D. McBroom ,  Asif Iqbal ,  Paul S. Michelsen ,  Mark K. Sin ,  Paul A. Baker ,  Harold L. Sontag ,  Wai Ching Yuen ,  Matthew P. Casebolt ,  Kevin S. Fetterman ,  Alexander C. Calkins ,  Daniel L. McBroom

IPC: G06F1/18 ,  G06F1/20 ,  H05K7/20 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G08B5/36 ,  G08B21/18 ,  H05K5/03 ,  G06F3/00 ,  H05K1/02

CPC classification number: G06F1/181 ,  G02B6/0001 ,  G02B6/0008 ,  G02B6/001 ,  G06F1/182 ,  G06F1/183 ,  G06F1/185 ,  G06F1/188 ,  G06F1/20 ,  G06F1/206 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G08B5/36 ,  G08B21/18 ,  H01L23/4093 ,  H05K1/0203 ,  H05K5/03 ,  H05K7/20009 ,  H05K7/20145 ,  H05K7/20154 ,  H05K7/20163 ,  H05K7/20172 ,  H05K7/20209 ,  H05K7/2039 ,  H05K7/2049

Abstract: An internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. A computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (GPU) board, a central processing unit (CPU) board, an input/output (I/O) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (PSU).

公开(公告)号：US20170147036A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-25

申请号：US15428014

申请日：2017-02-08

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 ,  John Z. Zhong ,  Steve Hotelling ,  Lynn Youngs ,  Kuo-Hua Sung

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G02F1/1345 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/133

CPC classification number: G06F1/1616 ,  G02F1/13306 ,  G02F1/133512 ,  G02F1/133514 ,  G02F1/133528 ,  G02F1/13452 ,  G02F1/13454 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F2001/133388 ,  G02F2001/136218 ,  G02F2203/01 ,  G06F1/1605 ,  G06F1/1613 ,  G06F1/1686 ,  H01J9/205 ,  H01J2211/44 ,  Y10T156/108

Abstract: An electronic device display may have a color filter layer and a thin film transistor layer. A layer of liquid crystal material may be interposed between the color filter layer and the thin film transistor layer. A layer of polarizer may be laminated onto the surface of the color filter layer. Laser trimming may ensure that the edges of the polarizer are even with the edges of the color filter layer. The thin film transistor layer may have an array of thin film transistors that control pixels of the liquid crystal material in the display. Driver circuitry may be used to control the array. The driver circuitry may be encapsulated in a planarized encapsulant on the thin film transistor layer or may be mounted to the underside of the color filter layer. Conductive structures may connect driver circuitry on the color filter layer to the thin film transistor layer.

公开(公告)号：US20170062547A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-02

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

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/52 ,  H01L51/00

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.

Abstract translation: 可以提供具有用于操作显示器的有机发光二极管显示器和控制电路的电子设备。 显示器可以包括插入在控制电路和具有薄膜晶体管的显示层之间的一个或多个显示层。 电子设备可以包括插入在薄膜晶体管层和将薄膜晶体管层电耦合到控制电路的控制电路之间的耦合结构。 耦合结构可以包括具有导电通孔的电介质构件，具有弯曲部分的柔性印刷电路或形成在显示器的封装层中的导电通孔。 显示器可以包括不透明掩模材料层。 不透明掩模材料层可以形成在有机发光二极管显示器的封装层，有机发光层，薄膜晶体管层或玻璃层上。

公开(公告)号：US09575524B1

公开(公告)日：2017-02-21

申请号：US14834217

申请日：2015-08-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Eric R. Prather ,  Christiaan A. Ligtenberg ,  Jay S. Nigen ,  Laura M. Campo ,  Nicholas D. Mancini ,  Brett W. Degner

IPC: G06F1/20 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H05K7/20

CPC classification number: G06F1/203 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/1662 ,  G06F1/1681 ,  G06F2200/202 ,  H05K7/20145

Abstract: An electronic device such as a portable computer may be provided with a lower housing and an upper housing. The electronic device may include hinge structures which allow the upper housing to rotate about a rotational axis relative to the lower housing. The electronic device may include a ventilation port structure with intake openings that allow air to be drawn into the electronic device. The ventilation structure may also include exhaust openings that are used to expel air from the lower housing. When the electronic device is in an open position, it may be desirable for the ventilation structure to form more exhaust openings than when the electronic device is in a closed position. The ventilation structure may form lower exhaust openings when the electronic device is in the closed position and form upper and lower exhaust openings when the electronic device is in the open position.

Abstract translation: 诸如便携式计算机的电子设备可以设置有下壳体和上壳体。 电子设备可以包括允许上壳体相对于下壳体绕旋转轴线旋转的铰链结构。 电子设备可以包括具有允许空气被吸入电子设备的进气口的通风口结构。 通风结构还可以包括用于从下壳体排出空气的排气口。 当电子设备处于打开位置时，与电子设备处于关闭位置相比，通风结构可能希望形成更多的排气口。 当电子设备处于关闭位置时，通风结构可以形成较低的排气口，并且当电子设备处于打开位置时形成上下排气口。

公开(公告)号：US09575354B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-21

申请号：US14729859

申请日：2015-06-03

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 ,  John Z. Zhong ,  Steve Hotelling ,  Lynn Youngs ,  Kuo-Hua Sung

IPC: G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/1345 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  H01J9/20 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G02F1/1368

CPC classification number: G06F1/1616 ,  G02F1/13306 ,  G02F1/133512 ,  G02F1/133514 ,  G02F1/133528 ,  G02F1/13452 ,  G02F1/13454 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F2001/133388 ,  G02F2203/01 ,  G06F1/1605 ,  G06F1/1613 ,  G06F1/1686 ,  H01J9/205 ,  H01J2211/44 ,  Y10T156/108

Abstract: An electronic device display may have a color filter layer and a thin film transistor layer. A layer of liquid crystal material may be interposed between the color filter layer and the thin film transistor layer. A layer of polarizer may be laminated onto the surface of the color filter layer. Laser trimming may ensure that the edges of the polarizer are even with the edges of the color filter layer. The thin film transistor layer may have an array of thin film transistors that control pixels of the liquid crystal material in the display. Driver circuitry may be used to control the array. The driver circuitry may be encapsulated in a planarized encapsulant on the thin film transistor layer or may be mounted to the underside of the color filter layer. Conductive structures may connect driver circuitry on the color filter layer to the thin film transistor layer.

Abstract translation: 电子设备显示器可以具有滤色器层和薄膜晶体管层。 可以在滤色器层和薄膜晶体管层之间插入一层液晶材料。 偏振片层可以层叠在滤色器层的表面上。 激光修整可以确保偏光片的边缘与滤色器层的边缘均匀。 薄膜晶体管层可以具有控制显示器中的液晶材料的像素的薄膜晶体管阵列。 驱动器电路可用于控制阵列。 驱动器电路可以封装在薄膜晶体管层上的平面化密封剂中，或者可以安装到滤色器层的下侧。 导电结构可以将滤色器层上的驱动电路连接到薄膜晶体管层。

公开(公告)号：US09515131B2

公开(公告)日：2016-12-06

申请号：US14948157

申请日：2015-11-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Adam T. Garelli ,  Paul S. Drzaic ,  Wei Chen ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Bryan W. Posner

IPC: H01J1/62 ,  H01L27/32 ,  G06F3/041 ,  H05B33/08 ,  H01L51/00 ,  H01L51/52

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.