Liquid ingress control for electronic devices

    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.

    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.

    PERIPHERAL HOUSING FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE

    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.

    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.

    Portable Computer Display Structures

    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.

    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.

    Systems with low-friction matte flexible printed circuits

    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.

    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.

    PERIPHERAL HOUSING FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE
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    发明申请

    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.

    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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