公开(公告)号：US11803162B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-31

申请号：US17033542

申请日：2020-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sameer Pandya ,  Daniel J. Hiemstra ,  Zaki Moustafa

IPC: G04G21/00 ,  A44C5/14 ,  G04B37/08 ,  G04G9/00 ,  G04G21/06 ,  G04G21/04 ,  G04G21/08

CPC classification number: G04G9/007 ,  A44C5/147 ,  G04B37/084 ,  G04G21/04 ,  G04G21/06 ,  G04G21/08

Abstract: Wearable electronic devices, such as watches, can provide a seal member to form a fluid barrier between an inner chamber therein and outer chambers, as well as an external environment. Components within the sealed inner chamber can be protected from elements from the external environment (e.g., water ingress, etc.). The components outside of the inner chamber can include sensor modules and the like. Such components can be operatively connected to components within the inner chamber, for example, by a flex circuit that extends across the seal member. The component can interact with a watchband when coupled to a watch housing of the watch.

公开(公告)号：US11611372B1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-21

申请号：US17200660

申请日：2021-03-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel J. Hiemstra ,  Tengxing Wang ,  Erik G. De Jong ,  Zaki Moustafa ,  Xinping Zeng ,  Vincent Chauvin ,  Osamu Yabe

IPC: H04B5/00 ,  A44C5/00 ,  G04G17/04 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: Wearable electronic devices, such as smart watches, can be provided with a band for securing the device to a wearer. The device and the band can include near-field communications (NFC) components that allow the device to uniquely identify the band. Device operations such as the color, theme, or content displayed on the device can be based, in part, on the identification of a particular band. The band may include a miniature NFC tag in an attachment portion of the band that is configured to be received in a recess in a housing of the device. An NFC module for reading the NFC tag can be provided within the recess of the housing, so that the attachment portion of the band and the recess in the device housing position and align the NFC tag with the NFC module when the band is attached to the device.

公开(公告)号：US20250099035A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18976297

申请日：2024-12-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel J. Hiemstra ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Sameer Pandya

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/1455 ,  A61B5/256 ,  A61B5/282 ,  A61B5/339 ,  G04G17/08 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F1/18 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: A wearable electronic device may include a display and a housing. The housing may include a chassis defining a first portion of a rear exterior surface of the wearable electronic device, a first portion of a side exterior surface of the wearable electronic device, and an internal wall. The housing may also include a glass shell defining a front wall positioned over the display and defining a front exterior surface of the wearable electronic device and a side wall extending from the front wall and overlapping the internal wall, the side wall defining a second portion of the side exterior surface of the wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device may also include a touch sensing system within the housing and configured to detect a touch input applied to the front exterior surface of the wearable electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US20230168635A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US18097160

申请日：2023-01-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel J. Hiemstra ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Kevin F. Holz ,  Michael B. Wittenberg ,  Timothy D. Koch

IPC: G04G21/02 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G04G17/08

CPC classification number: G04G21/025 ,  A61B5/681 ,  A61B5/02438 ,  G04G17/08

Abstract: A modular sensing assembly may be used to detect user inputs at an electronic device. Example user inputs include touch inputs, fingerprint inputs, translational inputs, audio inputs, biometric inputs, and the like. Inputs received using the modular sensing assembly may be used to control a graphical output of a display of the electronic device. A modular sensing assembly may be configured, for example, as a power button, a key of a keyboard, a control button (e.g., volume control), a home button, a watch crown, and so on.

公开(公告)号：US11652509B1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US17883421

申请日：2022-08-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel J. Hiemstra ,  Tengxing Wang ,  Erik G. De Jong ,  Zaki Moustafa ,  Xinping Zeng ,  Vincent Chauvin ,  Osamu Yabe

IPC: H04B5/00 ,  A44C5/00 ,  G04G17/04 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H01Q1/27

CPC classification number: H04B5/0025 ,  A44C5/00 ,  A44C5/0007 ,  G04G17/04 ,  H01Q1/273 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H04B5/0081 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: Wearable electronic devices, such as smart watches, can be provided with a band for securing the device to a wearer. The device and the band can include near-field communications (NFC) components that allow the device to uniquely identify the band. Device operations such as the color, theme, or content displayed on the device can be based, in part, on the identification of a particular band. The band may include a miniature NFC tag in an attachment portion of the band that is configured to be received in a recess in a housing of the device. An NFC module for reading the NFC tag can be provided within the recess of the housing, so that the attachment portion of the band and the recess in the device housing position and align the NFC tag with the NFC module when the band is attached to the device.

公开(公告)号：US10852697B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-01

申请号：US15866396

申请日：2018-01-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel J. Hiemstra ,  Colin M. Ely

IPC: G04B3/04 ,  G04C3/00 ,  G04G17/02 ,  G01D5/347 ,  H01H19/06

Abstract: A watch can include one or more input components, such as a crown for receiving input from a user. The crown can be an assembly of multiple parts, for example, to provide aesthetic, structural, and/or functional attributes. The parts of the crown can be assembled in a manner that resists separation during use and when subject to environmental influences. For example, the assembled parts of a crown can be resistant to separation while a user wearing the watch is swimming, bathing, or sweating. The assembly can be secured by both mechanical mechanisms and chemical mechanisms.

公开(公告)号：US11949466B1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-02

申请号：US18132895

申请日：2023-04-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel J. Hiemstra ,  Tengxing Wang ,  Erik G. De Jong ,  Zaki Moustafa ,  Xinping Zeng ,  Vincent Chauvin ,  Osamu Yabe

IPC: H04B5/00 ,  A44C5/00 ,  G04G17/04 ,  H01Q1/27 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H04W4/80

CPC classification number: H04B5/0025 ,  A44C5/00 ,  A44C5/0007 ,  G04G17/04 ,  H01Q1/273 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H04B5/0081 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: Wearable electronic devices, such as smart watches, can be provided with a band for securing the device to a wearer. The device and the band can include near-field communications (NFC) components that allow the device to uniquely identify the band. Device operations such as the color, theme, or content displayed on the device can be based, in part, on the identification of a particular band. The band may include a miniature NFC tag in an attachment portion of the band that is configured to be received in a recess in a housing of the device. An NFC module for reading the NFC tag can be provided within the recess of the housing, so that the attachment portion of the band and the recess in the device housing position and align the NFC tag with the NFC module when the band is attached to the device.

公开(公告)号：US11817916B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-14

申请号：US17328694

申请日：2021-05-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel J. Hiemstra ,  Jorge L. Rivera Espinoza ,  Timothy B. Ogilvie ,  Timothy M. Johnson

IPC: H04B5/00 ,  H04B1/034 ,  H01Q1/27 ,  G04G21/04 ,  H02J50/10 ,  H02J50/40 ,  H01Q7/00

CPC classification number: H04B5/0037 ,  G04G21/04 ,  H01Q1/273 ,  H02J50/10 ,  H02J50/402 ,  H04B1/0343 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H04B5/0081

Abstract: A first device such as a wristwatch may include a front face at which a display is disposed and a rear face at which a rear housing wall is mounted. Antenna structures may overlap the rear housing wall and may be operable to transmit and receive relatively high frequency signals through the rear housing wall to a communication with a second device such as a wireless power transmitting device for the wristwatch. The second device may also include antenna structures that overlap a top surface housing. Respective sets of magnetic structures may be provided in the first and second devices to align the two devices and to form a reliable wireless communication link between the two devices. The first and second devices may include respective antenna arrays that include pairs of antenna elements that are selectively used to form a reliable wireless communication link.

公开(公告)号：US20210325834A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-21

申请号：US16849548

申请日：2020-04-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel J. Hiemstra ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Kevin F. Holz ,  Michael B. Wittenberg ,  Timothy D. Koch

IPC: G04G21/02 ,  G04G17/08 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/00

Abstract: A modular sensing assembly may be used to detect user inputs at an electronic device. Example user inputs include touch inputs, fingerprint inputs, translational inputs, audio inputs, biometric inputs, and the like. Inputs received using the modular sensing assembly may be used to control a graphical output of a display of the electronic device. A modular sensing assembly may be configured, for example, as a power button, a key of a keyboard, a control button (e.g., volume control), a home button, a watch crown, and so on.

公开(公告)号：US10765019B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-01

申请号：US16186521

申请日：2018-11-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christopher M. Werner ,  Maegan K. Spencer ,  Daniel J. Barrett ,  Brad G. Boozer ,  Daniel J. Hiemstra ,  Christopher D. Guichet ,  Amin M. Younes ,  James G. Horiuchi ,  Eugene H. Fox

IPC: H05K5/02 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H04R1/02 ,  G04G17/08 ,  G04G21/08 ,  A44C5/14 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/041 ,  H04R1/44 ,  H04R1/08 ,  G06F3/0338 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F3/0354

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a portable electronic device having a substantially concealed barometric vent. The vent may be used to equalize air pressure within the enclosure while forming a barrier between external contaminants, moisture, and so on and various internal component and assemblies of the device. In one embodiment, the vent may include a screen configured to impede ingress of particulates and an air-permeable membrane configured to impede ingress of moisture.