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公开(公告)号:US11775031B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-03
申请号:US17383251
申请日:2021-07-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Keith J. Hendren , Dinesh C. Mathew , Bryan W. Posner , Adam T. Garelli
IPC: G06F1/16
CPC classification number: G06F1/1686 , G06F1/1656 , G06F1/1683
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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公开(公告)号:US11720176B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-08
申请号:US17843756
申请日:2022-06-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Christiaan A. Ligtenberg , Brett W. Degner , Ron A. Hopkinson , Asif Hussain , Dinesh C. Mathew , Mikael M. Silvanto , Chang Zhang , Zheng Gao , Robert Y. Cao , Keith J. Hendren , Bryan W. Posner , Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque , Alex J. Lehmann
IPC: G06F3/01 , G06F1/16 , H03K17/96 , H01H13/785 , H01H13/85 , H01H13/86 , G06F3/04886 , G06F3/0354 , H03K17/94 , G06F3/02 , H03K17/98 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/044 , G06V40/10 , H10N30/20 , G06F3/0488 , H01H13/703 , H01H13/705 , G06F1/26 , H01H3/12
CPC classification number: G06F3/016 , G06F1/165 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1662 , G06F3/017 , G06F3/0213 , G06F3/0216 , G06F3/03547 , G06F3/044 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/0414 , G06F3/0416 , G06F3/0446 , G06F3/0447 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/04144 , G06F3/04886 , G06V40/107 , H01H13/703 , H01H13/705 , H01H13/785 , H01H13/85 , H01H13/86 , H03K17/943 , H03K17/9622 , H03K17/9643 , H03K17/9647 , H03K17/98 , H10N30/20 , G06F1/169 , G06F1/266 , G06F2203/04102 , G06F2203/04105 , G06F2203/04106 , H01H3/125 , H01H2201/036 , H01H2215/05 , H01H2215/052 , H01H2219/002 , H01H2219/004 , H01H2219/046 , H01H2219/056 , H01H2223/002 , H03K2217/94089 , H03K2217/96003 , H03K2217/9653
Abstract: A portable computer includes a display portion comprising a display and a base portion pivotally coupled to the display portion. The base portion may include a bottom case and a top case, formed from a dielectric material, coupled to the bottom case. The top case may include a top member defining a top surface of the base portion and a sidewall integrally formed with the top member and defining a side surface of the base portion. The portable computer may also include a sensing system including a first sensing system configured to determine a location of a touch input applied to the top surface of the base portion and a second sensing system configured to determine a force of the touch input.
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公开(公告)号:US11320868B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-03
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:US20220035414A1
公开(公告)日:2022-02-03
申请号:US17451452
申请日:2021-10-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Keith J. Hendren , Adam T. Garelli , Bryan W. Posner , Denis H. Endisch , Dinesh C. Mathew , Paul X. Wang
IPC: G06F1/16
Abstract: A computing device can include a housing including a peripheral housing defining an aperture, the peripheral housing having a constant cross-sectional area. The computing device can also include a display having a first major surface and a second major surface opposing the first major surface, the display disposed within the aperture defined by the peripheral housing and attached to the housing at one or more locations such that the first major surface and the second major surface of the display are substantially unobstructed by any other portion of the computing device.
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公开(公告)号:US20210223822A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-22
申请号:US17221533
申请日:2021-04-02
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
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.
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公开(公告)号:US11029735B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-08
申请号:US16808075
申请日:2020-03-03
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
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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公开(公告)号:US10983390B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-20
申请号:US16279350
申请日:2019-02-19
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: G02F1/1335 , G02F1/1345 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1362
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.
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公开(公告)号:US10942571B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-09
申请号:US16262754
申请日:2019-01-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Keith J. Hendren , Dinesh C. Mathew , Bryan W. Posner , Denis H. Endisch , Alex J. Lehmann , Robert Y. Cao
Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to an electronic device that provides discrete haptic output in separate regions of a device housing. These regions may both accept input and provide haptic output. Typically, a haptic output provided in a first region is imperceptible to a user touching an abutting region.
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公开(公告)号:US10712773B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-14
申请号:US16153457
申请日:2018-10-05
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Bryan W. Posner , Adam T. Garelli
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:US20200097048A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-26
申请号:US16586555
申请日:2019-09-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Keith J. Hendren , Adam T. Garelli , Bryan W. Posner , Denis H. Endisch , Dinesh C. Mathew , Paul X. Wang
IPC: G06F1/16
Abstract: A computing device can include a housing including a peripheral housing defining an aperture, the peripheral housing having a constant cross-sectional area. The computing device can also include a display having a first major surface and a second major surface opposing the first major surface, the display disposed within the aperture defined by the peripheral housing and attached to the housing at one or more locations such that the first major surface and the second major surface of the display are substantially unobstructed by any other portion of the computing device.
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