公开(公告)号：US11989394B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US17525445

申请日：2021-11-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin J. Pope ,  Daniel W. Jarvis ,  Nicholas G. Merz ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Michael A. Cretella ,  Michael Eng ,  James H. Foster ,  Terry L. Gilton ,  Myra Haggerty ,  Byron B. Han ,  M. Evans Hankey ,  Steven P. Hotelling ,  Brian R. Land ,  Stephen Brian Lynch ,  Paul Meade ,  Mushtaq A. Sarwar ,  John P. Ternus ,  Paul M. Thompson ,  Marcel Van Os ,  John A. Wright

IPC: G06F3/048 ,  A63F13/2145 ,  A63F13/218 ,  A63F13/42 ,  A63F13/537 ,  A63F13/837 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/0489 ,  G06V40/12 ,  G06F3/14

CPC classification number: G06F3/0484 ,  A63F13/2145 ,  A63F13/218 ,  A63F13/42 ,  A63F13/537 ,  A63F13/837 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1671 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/04897 ,  G06V40/12 ,  G06F3/1431 ,  G06F2200/1614

Abstract: Devices, methods and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interfaces based on fingerprint sensor inputs are provided. While a display of an electronic device with a fingerprint sensor displays a first user interface, the device may detect movement of a fingerprint on the fingerprint sensor. In accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a first direction, the device allows navigating through the first user interface, and in accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a second direction different from the first direction, the device allows displaying a second user interface different from the first user interface on the display.

公开(公告)号：US11768517B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-26

申请号：US17748958

申请日：2022-05-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John P. Ternus ,  Kevin D. Gibbs

IPC: G06F1/16

CPC classification number: G06F1/1626

Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided having internal components mounted to a structural glass support member. The structural glass support member may have a planar front surface that forms a front surface of the device. The structural glass support member may have bent portions that form sidewall surfaces of the device. Portions of the structural glass support member may form a transparent display cover layer. A rigid or flexible display may be mounted to the structural glass support member. Additional internal device components may be mounted to the display. A thin enclosure for enclosing the internal components in the device may be mounted to the structural glass support member. The thin enclosure may be mounted to the structural glass support member using a peripheral member. The thin enclosure may be free from attachments to internal components or may be adhesively bonded to one or more internal components.

公开(公告)号：US11700760B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-11

申请号：US17115547

申请日：2020-12-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  Julian Hoenig ,  Christopher Stringer ,  John P. Ternus ,  Stephen Brian Lynch

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H10K59/60 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H10K59/40 ,  H10K77/10 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  H04R1/02 ,  G02B5/20

CPC classification number: H10K59/60 ,  G02B5/208 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/1641 ,  G06F1/1686 ,  G06F1/1688 ,  G06F1/1698 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  H04R1/028 ,  H05K999/99 ,  H10K59/40 ,  H10K77/111 ,  G02B2027/014 ,  G02B2027/0138 ,  G06F2203/04101 ,  G06F2203/04108 ,  G09G2320/0626 ,  G09G2360/144 ,  H04R2499/15

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.

公开(公告)号：US11340653B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-24

申请号：US16886532

申请日：2020-05-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John P. Ternus ,  Kevin D. Gibbs

IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided having internal components mounted to a structural glass support member. The structural glass support member may have a planar front surface that forms a front surface of the device. The structural glass support member may have bent portions that form sidewall surfaces of the device. Portions of the structural glass support member may form a transparent display cover layer. A rigid or flexible display may be mounted to the structural glass support member. Additional internal device components may be mounted to the display. A thin enclosure for enclosing the internal components in the device may be mounted to the structural glass support member. The thin enclosure may be mounted to the structural glass support member using a peripheral member. The thin enclosure may be free from attachments to internal components or may be adhesively bonded to one or more internal components.

公开(公告)号：US20210063804A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-04

申请号：US17080705

申请日：2020-10-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul S. Drzaic ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Stephen Brian Lynch ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John P. Ternus

IPC: G02F1/1345

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display having a thin-film transistor layer. One or more holes in the thin-film transistor layer may be used to form pathways from display circuitry to other circuitry underneath the display. One or more conductive bridges may pass through holes in the thin-film transistor layer and may have one end that couples to the display circuitry and a second end that couples to a printed circuit underneath the display. These conductive bridges may be formed from wire bonding. Wire bond connections may be encapsulated with potting material to improve the reliability of the wire bond and increase the resiliency of the display. Display signal lines may be routed through holes in a thin-film transistor layer to run along a backside of the display thereby reducing the need for space in the border region for display circuitry.

公开(公告)号：US20200273613A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-27

申请号：US16806351

申请日：2020-03-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Andrew D. Lauder ,  Matthew Dean Rohrbach ,  Daniel J. Coster ,  Christopher J. Stringer ,  Florence W. Ow ,  Jiang Ai ,  Jonathan P. Ive ,  Elvis M. Kibiti ,  John P. Ternus ,  Sean D. Lubner

IPC: H01F7/02 ,  H01F7/04 ,  G06F1/16

Abstract: A magnetic attachment mechanism and method is described. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach at least two objects together in a preferred configuration without fasteners and without external intervention. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach an accessory device to an electronic device. The accessory device can be used to augment the functionality of usefulness of the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US10739908B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-11

申请号：US16421886

申请日：2019-05-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Stephen Brian Lynch ,  John P. Ternus ,  Justin R. Wodrich

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  H01M2/16 ,  H01M2/18 ,  H01M10/04 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01M2/10 ,  H04M1/02 ,  G06F1/3234 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/00 ,  H01M2/02

Abstract: Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed. Flexible displays may include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing may be a multi-stable flexible housing having one or more stable positions. The flexible housing may include a configurable support structure that, when engaged, provides a rigid support structure for the flexible housing. The flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components. A flexible battery may include flexible and rigid portions or may include a lubricious separator layer that provides flexibility for the flexible battery. A flexible printed circuit may include flexible and rigid portions or openings that allow some rigid portions to flex with respect to other rigid portions.

公开(公告)号：US20180101196A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-12

申请号：US15840913

申请日：2017-12-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John P. Ternus ,  Kevin D. Gibbs

IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided having internal components mounted to a structural glass support member. The structural glass support member may have a planar front surface that forms a front surface of the device. The structural glass support member may have bent portions that form sidewall surfaces of the device. Portions of the structural glass support member may form a transparent display cover layer. A rigid or flexible display may be mounted to the structural glass support member. Additional internal device components may be mounted to the display. A thin enclosure for enclosing the internal components in the device may be mounted to the structural glass support member. The thin enclosure may be mounted to the structural glass support member using a peripheral member. The thin enclosure may be free from attachments to internal components or may be adhesively bonded to one or more internal components.

公开(公告)号：US09880590B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-30

申请号：US15249287

申请日：2016-08-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Stephen R. McClure ,  Joshua D. Banko ,  Kevin D. Gibbs ,  Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  John P. Ternus

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K1/11 ,  H01H13/10 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H05K1/14

CPC classification number: G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1613 ,  G06F1/1635 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/1643 ,  G06F1/1656 ,  G06F1/1658 ,  G06F1/1698 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  H01H13/10 ,  H04M1/0252 ,  H04M1/0266 ,  H04M1/0277 ,  H05K1/0281 ,  H05K1/118 ,  H05K1/147 ,  Y10T29/49002

Abstract: A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and so on. The portable computing device can include at least a single piece housing. The single piece housing including a plurality of steps. The plurality of mounting steps are formed by at least removing a preselected amount of housing material at predetermined locations on the interior surface. At least some of the mounting steps are used to mount at least some of the plurality of internal operating components housing.

公开(公告)号：US20170367190A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-21

申请号：US15690146

申请日：2017-08-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul S. Drzaic ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Stephen Brian Lynch ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John P. Ternus

IPC: H05K1/18 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G02F1/1345

CPC classification number: H05K1/189 ,  G02F1/13452 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G2300/0408 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  H05K2201/10128

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display and a multi-layer printed circuit. Integrated circuits and other components may be mounted to the multi-layer printed circuit. The display and multi-layer printed circuit may share a common layer formed from a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate may have portions that are integrated into the display and portions that are integrated into the multi-layer printed circuit board. The flexible substrate may contain patterned conductive traces that are used to route signals from components in the multi-layer printed circuit to display circuitry such as a display driver integrated circuit. An array of thin-film transistors may be used to control the emission of light from the display and may be formed on portions of the flexible substrate that are integrated into the display. The display may be a flexible display that includes an array of organic light-emitting diodes.