公开(公告)号：US09916942B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-13

申请号：US14917552

申请日：2013-09-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anna-Katrina Shedletsky

IPC: H01H13/06 ,  H03K17/96 ,  H03K17/965

CPC classification number: H01H13/06 ,  H01H2215/004 ,  H03K17/9625 ,  H03K17/965

Abstract: One embodiment of the disclosure includes an electronic device including an enclosure (214), a button (106), and a processing element (not shown). The button is connected to the enclosure and includes a button cap (234) defining a user input surface, a flexible member (238) having an interior surface (270) and exterior surface. The flexible member is aligned with the button cap and is connected thereto. The button further includes a strain sensor (244) connected to the interior surface of the flexible member, the strain sensor is in communication with the processing element. When a force is exerted on the button cap, the flexible member bends and the strain sensor detects a user input corresponding to the force and provides a signal to the processing element corresponding to the user input. In some embodiments, the button may be substantially or completely waterproof.

公开(公告)号：US09886006B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-06

申请号：US15261901

申请日：2016-09-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Colin M. Ely ,  Fletcher Rothkopf ,  Christopher Matthew Werner ,  John B. Morrell ,  Camille Moussette ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Anna-Katrina Shedletsky

IPC: G04G21/00 ,  G04G21/08 ,  G04C3/00 ,  G04C3/04 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G04B3/04 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  H01H35/00 ,  G01D5/24 ,  G01D5/26 ,  G01D5/241

CPC classification number: G04G21/00 ,  G04B3/04 ,  G04C3/00 ,  G04C3/004 ,  G04C3/04 ,  G04G21/08 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  H01H35/00

Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device includes an enclosure having a sidewall with a button aperture defined therethrough, a display connected to the enclosure, a processing element in communication with the display. The device also includes a sensing element in communication with the processing element and an input button at least partially received within the button aperture and in communication with the sensing element, the input button configured to receive two types of user inputs. During operation, the sensing element tracks movement of the input button to determine the two types of user inputs.

公开(公告)号：US09774087B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-26

申请号：US14503024

申请日：2014-09-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Alvin T. Chang ,  Anna-Katrina Shedletsky ,  Peter Kardassakis ,  Katherine E. Tong

IPC: H05K9/00 ,  H01Q7/06 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H05K7/02 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q1/52

CPC classification number: H01Q7/06 ,  H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q1/526 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H05K5/0017 ,  H05K7/02 ,  H05K9/0075

Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing, electrical components, and other electronic device structures. A display may be mounted in the housing. The display may have a transparent display cover layer and a display layer such as an organic light-emitting diode display layer that is mounted to the underside of the transparent display cover layer. A flexible printed circuit with metal traces may be mounted under the organic light-emitting diode display layer. The metal traces may form coils for a near-field communications inductive loop antenna. A magnetic shielding layer may be interposed between the housing and the flexible printed circuit. The magnetic shielding layer may include a polymer magnetic shielding layer having magnetic material particles embedded in a polymer matrix. The magnetic shielding layer may also have a polymer-binder-free magnetic shielding layer.

公开(公告)号：US09753436B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-05

申请号：US14966719

申请日：2015-12-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Colin M. Ely ,  Fletcher Rothkopf ,  Christopher Matthew Werner ,  John B. Morrell ,  Camille Moussette ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Anna-Katrina Shedletsky

IPC: G04G21/00 ,  G04G21/08 ,  G04C3/00 ,  G04C3/04 ,  G04B3/04 ,  H01H35/00 ,  G01D5/24 ,  G01D5/26 ,  G01D5/241

CPC classification number: G04G21/00 ,  G04B3/04 ,  G04C3/00 ,  G04C3/004 ,  G04C3/04 ,  G04G21/08 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  H01H35/00

Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device includes an enclosure having a sidewall with a button aperture defined therethrough, a display connected to the enclosure, a processing element in communication with the display. The device also includes a sensing element in communication with the processing element and an input button at least partially received within the button aperture and in communication with the sensing element, the input button configured to receive two types of user inputs. During operation, the sensing element tracks movement of the input button to determine the two types of user inputs.

公开(公告)号：USD790517S1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-27

申请号：US29558745

申请日：2016-03-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Designer： Jody Akana ,  Bartley K. Andre ,  Shota Aoyagi ,  Anthony Michael Ashcroft ,  Jeremy Bataillou ,  Brad G. Boozer ,  Makiko Kawamura Brzezinski ,  Tyler Scott Bushnell ,  Daniel J. Coster ,  Daniele De Iuliis ,  Colin Ely ,  M. Evans Hankey ,  Phillip M. Hobson ,  Julian Hoenig ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  Jonathan P. Ive ,  Eric Steven Jol ,  Benjamin Jordan Kallman ,  Duncan Robert Kerr ,  David Nazzaro ,  Trevor Jordan Ness ,  Marc A. Newson ,  David Pelletier ,  Matthew Dean Rohrbach ,  Fletcher Rothkopf ,  Peter Russell-Clarke ,  Jason Christopher Sauers ,  Benjamin Andrew Shaffer ,  Anna-Katrina Shedletsky ,  Mikael Silvanto ,  Christopher J. Stringer ,  Samuel Bruce Weiss ,  Christopher M. Werner ,  Eugene Antony Whang ,  Michael Benjamin Wittenberg ,  Stephen Paul Zadesky ,  Rico Zörkendörfer

公开(公告)号：US20160327989A1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-10

申请号：US15202363

申请日：2016-07-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anna-Katrina Shedletsky ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Adam Mittleman ,  Stephen Brian Lynch

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041 ,  F16F7/10 ,  F16F7/104

CPC classification number: G06F1/1656 ,  F16F7/1028 ,  F16F7/104 ,  F16F7/108 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/181 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2200/1637 ,  H05K5/0017 ,  H05K5/03 ,  H05K5/06 ,  Y10T29/49002

Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods for shock mounting glass for an electronic device are disclosed. The glass for the electronic device can provide an outer surface for at least a portion of a housing for the electronic device. In one embodiment, the shock mounting can provide a compliant interface between the glass and the electronic device housing. In another embodiment, the shock mounting can provide a mechanically actuated retractable. For example, an outer glass member for an electronic device housing can be referred to as cover glass, which is often provided at a front surface of the electronic device housing.

公开(公告)号：US20160225551A1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-04

申请号：US14917552

申请日：2013-09-10

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Anna-Katrina Shedletsky

IPC: H01H13/06

CPC classification number: H01H13/06 ,  H01H2215/004 ,  H03K17/9625 ,  H03K17/965

Abstract: One embodiment of the disclosure includes an electronic device including an enclosure (214), a button (106), and a processing element (not shown). The button is connected to the enclosure and includes a button cap (234) defining a user input surface, a flexible member (238) having an interior surface (270) and exterior surface. The flexible member is aligned with the button cap and is connected thereto. The button further includes a strain sensor (244) connected to the interior surface of the flexible member, the strain sensor is in communication with the processing element. When a force is exerted on the button cap, the flexible member bends and the strain sensor detects a user input corresponding to the force and provides a signal to the processing element corresponding to the user input. In some embodiments, the button may be substantially or completely waterproof.

Abstract translation: 本公开的一个实施例包括包括外壳（214），按钮（106）和处理元件（未示出）的电子设备。 按钮连接到外壳并且包括限定用户输入表面的按钮帽（234），具有内表面（270）和外表面的柔性构件（238）。 柔性构件与按钮盖对准并与其连接。 按钮还包括连接到柔性构件的内表面的应变传感器（244），应变传感器与处理元件连通。 当力量施加在按钮帽上时，柔性构件弯曲并且应变传感器检测到与力相对应的用户输入，并向对应于用户输入的处理元件提供信号。 在一些实施例中，按钮可以是基本上或完全防水的。

公开(公告)号：USD758363S1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-07

申请号：US29499087

申请日：2014-08-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Designer： Jody Akana ,  Bartley K. Andre ,  Shota Aoyagi ,  Anthony Michael Ashcroft ,  Jeremy Bataillou ,  Daniel J. Coster ,  Daniele De Iuliis ,  Erik Geddes Pieter De Jong ,  M. Evans Hankey ,  Julian Hoenig ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  Jonathan P. Ive ,  Peter Kardassakis ,  Duncan Robert Kerr ,  Marc A. Newson ,  Matthew Dean Rohrbach ,  Fletcher Rothkopf ,  Peter Russell-Clarke ,  Benjamin Andrew Shaffer ,  Anna-Katrina Shedletsky ,  Mikael Silvanto ,  Christopher J. Stringer ,  Katherine E. Tong ,  Samuel Bruce Weiss ,  Eugene Antony Whang ,  Rico Zörkendörfer

公开(公告)号：US20160098016A1

公开(公告)日：2016-04-07

申请号：US14966719

申请日：2015-12-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Colin M. Ely ,  Fletcher Rothkopf ,  Christopher Matthew Werner ,  John B. Morrell ,  Camille Moussette ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Anna-Katrina Shedletsky

IPC: G04G21/00 ,  G04C3/00 ,  G04G21/08

CPC classification number: G04G21/00 ,  G04B3/04 ,  G04C3/00 ,  G04C3/004 ,  G04C3/04 ,  G04G21/08 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  H01H35/00

Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device includes an enclosure having a sidewall with a button aperture defined therethrough, a display connected to the enclosure, a processing element in communication with the display. The device also includes a sensing element in communication with the processing element and an input button at least partially received within the button aperture and in communication with the sensing element, the input button configured to receive two types of user inputs. During operation, the sensing element tracks movement of the input button to determine the two types of user inputs.

公开(公告)号：US20160029503A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-28

申请号：US14641321

申请日：2015-03-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anna-Katrina Shedletsky ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Samuel B. Weiss

IPC: H05K7/02

CPC classification number: H05K1/189 ,  H05K1/147 ,  H05K2201/055

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a circuit board in which the need for board-to-board connectors is substantially reduced or eliminated. Specifically embodiments disclosed herein describe a flexible substrate for use with a computing device. A first module is surface mounted on a first side of the flexible substrate and a second module is surface mounted on a second side of the flexible substrate. A rigid circuit board is coupled to either the first side of the flexible substrate or the second side of the flexible substrate. Further, the flexible substrate is bendable such that at least one of the first module and the second module are positionable with respect to the rigid circuit board and with respect to the other of the first module and the second module.

Abstract translation: 本公开的实施例提供了一种电路板，其中基本上减少或消除了对板对板连接器的需要。 本文公开的具体实施例描述了一种用于计算设备的柔性基板。 第一模块表面安装在柔性基板的第一侧上，第二模块表面安装在柔性基板的第二侧上。 刚性电路板耦合到柔性基板的第一侧或柔性基板的第二侧。 此外，柔性基板是可弯曲的，使得第一模块和第二模块中的至少一个可相对于刚性电路板和相对于第一模块和第二模块中的另一个定位。