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公开(公告)号:US20250103095A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-27
申请号:US18974481
申请日:2024-12-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Keith J. Hendren , Paul X. Wang , Adam T. Garelli , Brett W. Degner , Christiaan A. Ligtenberg , Dinesh C. Mathew
Abstract: An electronic device may include a glass housing member that includes an upper portion defining a display area, a lower portion defining an input area, and a transition portion joining the upper portion and the lower portion and defining a continuous, curved surface between the upper portion and the lower portion. The electronic device may include a display coupled to the glass housing member and configured to provide a visual output at the display area. The electronic device may include an input device coupled to the glass housing member and configured to detect inputs at the input area. The electronic device may include a support structure coupled to the glass housing member and configured to support the computing device.
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公开(公告)号:US20240340511A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-10
申请号:US18749451
申请日:2024-06-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Keith J. Hendren , Adam T. Garelli , Alex J. Lehmann , Dinesh C. Mathew
IPC: H04N23/53 , H04N23/45 , H04N23/51 , H04N23/951
CPC classification number: H04N23/531 , H04N23/45 , H04N23/51 , H04N23/951
Abstract: A portable electronic device can have a housing including a wall, the wall at least partially defining an external surface, and the housing defining an aperture disposed opposite the wall. A display assembly can be positioned at the aperture and a retention component can be positioned at least partially in an internal volume defined by the housing. The portable electronic device can also have an optical component that includes an optical component housing defining a camera aperture and a camera module positioned at the camera aperture. The optical component can be configured to be removably retained against the wall by the retention component and to be removably retained against the display assembly by the retention component.
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公开(公告)号:US11698663B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-11
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
CPC classification number: G06F1/1656 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1635 , G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1669
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:US11656661B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-23
申请号:US17361254
申请日:2021-06-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Karan Bir , Adam T. Garelli , Bryan W. Posner , Denis H. Endisch , Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque
CPC classification number: G06F1/1683 , E05D11/00 , E05D11/0081 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1637 , E05Y2800/43 , E05Y2900/606
Abstract: Apparatuses and systems can mitigate the ingress of debris such as small foreign particles or fluids passing into a joint of an electronic device. Some aspects of the systems prevent particles from passing between a flexible cable and a mandrel surface used to limit bending of the cable. Other aspects provide particle relief features including gaps, grooves, or reduced-size sections of the mandrel so that particles can pass into them and thereby cause no damage or pass out of the electronic device. Another aspect provides a protective layer configured to limit pressure applied to the cable by particles or other contaminants. These apparatuses and systems can improve the life and durability of the mandrel and cable, thereby improving the reliability of operating the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US20220214724A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-07
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
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:US11003208B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-11
申请号:US16412285
申请日:2019-05-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Keith J. Hendren , Adam T. Garelli , Bryan W. Posner , Dinesh C. Mathew , Mengyang Liang , Eric Benson , Victor Yin , Jun Qi
IPC: F21V7/04 , G06F1/16 , F21V8/00 , G02F1/1335 , G02F1/13357
Abstract: An electronic device such as a laptop computer or other device may have a housing. A display may be coupled to the housing. The display may have a pixel array configured to display an image. Backlight illumination for the pixel array may be provide by a backlight unit. The backlight unit may have a light guide layer. A light source may provide light to an edge of the light guide layer. The light guide layer may scatter the light outwardly to serve as the backlight illumination for the pixel array. The backlight unit may have optical films interposed between the light guide layer and the pixel array. The optical films may include flexible polymer layers such as diffuser layers and prism films. The optical films may each have a bent alignment portion that bends back on itself while wrapping around an edge of the light guide layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20210064095A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-04
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:US10921854B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-16
申请号:US16390505
申请日:2019-04-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Adam T. Garelli , Dinesh C. Mathew , Senem E. Emgin
IPC: G06F1/16 , G06F3/01 , G06F3/0354 , G06F3/044
Abstract: An electronic device may have an elongated sensing strip. Control circuitry may use the sensing strip to gather air gesture input from the fingers or other body part of a user. The electronic device may have a housing. The housing may have portions such as upper and lower portions that rotate relative to each other about an axis. A hinge may be used to couple the upper and lower portions together. The sensing strip may extend parallel to the axis and may be located on the lower portion between keys on the lower portion and the axis or on the upper portion between the edge of a display in the upper portion and the axis. The sensing strip may have a one-dimensional array of sensor elements such as capacitive sensor elements, optical sensor elements, ultrasonic sensor elements, or radio-frequency sensor elements.
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公开(公告)号:US10571957B2
公开(公告)日:2020-02-25
申请号:US15076464
申请日:2016-03-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Dinesh C. Mathew , Keith J. Hendren , Jun Qi , Victor H. Yin , Thomas Wilson, Jr. , Adam T. Garelli
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. Inactive portions of the display such as peripheral portions of the display may be masked using an opaque masking layer. An opening may be provided in the opaque masking layer to allow light to pass. For example, a logo may be viewed through an opening in the opaque masking layer and a camera may receive light through an opening in the opaque masking layer. The display may include upper and lower polarizers, a color filter layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. The opaque masking layer may be formed on the upper polarizer, may be interposed between the upper polarizer and the color filter layer, or may be interposed between the color filter layer and the thin-film transistor layer. The upper polarizer may have unpolarized windows for cameras, logos, or other internal structures.
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公开(公告)号:US20190391614A1
公开(公告)日:2019-12-26
申请号:US16558756
申请日:2019-09-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Dinesh C. Mathew , Adam T. Garelli , Mikael M. Silvanto
Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing formed from a rigid material such as metal or fiber-composite material. A display such as an organic light-emitting diode display may be attached to a planar wall portion of the housing using a layer of adhesive. A display cover layer may be attached to the organic light-emitting diode with a layer of adhesive. The adhesive layers may be rigid to enhance device stiffness. The housing may have curved sidewall portions that extend outwardly from the planar wall portion to enhance stiffness. The organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixels formed from thin-film transistor circuitry. The thin-film transistor circuitry may be formed on a substrate such as a glass substrate that is attached to the planar wall portion. The organic light-emitting diode display may have a circular polarizer that is attached to the thin-film transistor circuitry.
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