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公开(公告)号:US10317955B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-11
申请号:US16029587
申请日:2018-07-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Brett W. Degner , Euan Abraham , John M. Brock , Matthew P. Casebolt , Robert L. Coish , Laura M. DeForest , Michelle Goldberg , Bradley Joseph Hamel , Ron Hopkinson , Jim Hwang , Caitlin E. Kalinowski , Steven Keiper , Patrick Kessler , Eugene Kim , Chris Ligtenberg , Jay K. Osborn , John Raff , Nicholas A. Rundle , David J. Yeh
IPC: H05K5/00 , G06F1/18 , H01R12/73 , H01R13/6582 , F16B35/06 , F16B41/00 , G06F1/16 , H05K5/02 , H01R12/70 , H01R12/72
Abstract: A portable computing device includes at least a base portion of a lightweight material that includes at least a wedge shaped top case having a trough formed at an interfacing edge thereof. The trough includes a raised portion having a first contact surface and a receiving area, and a bottom case coupled to the top case to form a complete housing for at least a portion of the portable computing device for enclosing at least a plurality of operational components and a plurality of structural components. The portable computing device also includes at least a lid portion pivotally connected to the base portion by a hinge assembly. In the described embodiments, the lid portion has a display in communication with one or more of the plurality of components in the base portion by way of or more electrical conductors that electrically connect the base portion to the lid portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20180314304A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-01
申请号:US16029587
申请日:2018-07-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Brett W. Degner , Euan Abraham , John M. Brock , Matthew P. Casebolt , Robert L. Coish , Laura M. DeForest , Michelle Goldberg , Bradley Joseph Hamel , Ron Hopkinson , Jim Hwang , Caitlin E. Kalinowski , Steven Keiper , Patrick Kessler , Eugene Kim , Chris Ligtenberg , Jay K. Osborn , John Raff , Nicholas A. Rundle , David J. Yeh
CPC classification number: G06F1/181 , F16B35/06 , F16B41/005 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1658 , G06F1/1662 , G06F1/1684 , G06F1/187 , H01R12/7082 , H01R12/721 , H01R12/73 , H01R13/6582 , H05K5/0008 , H05K5/0217 , Y10T29/49002
Abstract: A portable computing device includes at least a base portion of a lightweight material that includes at least a wedge shaped top case having a trough formed at an interfacing edge thereof. The trough includes a raised portion having a first contact surface and a receiving area, and a bottom case coupled to the top case to form a complete housing for at least a portion of the portable computing device for enclosing at least a plurality of operational components and a plurality of structural components. The portable computing device also includes at least a lid portion pivotally connected to the base portion by a hinge assembly. In the described embodiments, the lid portion has a display in communication with one or more of the plurality of components in the base portion by way of or more electrical conductors that electrically connect the base portion to the lid portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20130330975A1
公开(公告)日:2013-12-12
申请号:US13854820
申请日:2013-04-01
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Ron A. Hopkinson , Eric A. Knopf , Eugene Kim , Peter M. Arnold , Jim Hwang , Matthew P. Casebolt
IPC: H01R31/06
CPC classification number: H01R31/06 , G06F1/26 , H01M2/1022 , H01M2010/4278
Abstract: An interposer for electrically coupling a battery-management circuit board in a power supply and a motherboard is described. The interposer includes: a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface; first spring connectors, disposed on the top surface, which electrically couple to the battery-management circuit board; and second spring connectors, disposed on the bottom surface and electrically coupled to the first spring connectors, which electrically couple to the motherboard. Spring connectors in a first subset of the first and second spring connectors that convey power signals have a first vertical height, and spring connectors in a second subset of the first and second spring connectors that convey monitoring signals for the power supply have a second, smaller vertical height. In this way, the first subset is activated before the second subset is activated, thereby ensuring that an electrical path for the power signals is established first.
Abstract translation: 描述了用于电耦合电源和母板中的电池管理电路板的插入器。 插入件包括:具有顶表面和底表面的基底; 第一弹簧连接器,设置在顶表面上,其电耦合到电池管理电路板; 和第二弹簧连接器,其设置在底表面上并电耦合到第一弹簧连接器,其电耦合到母板。 传送功率信号的第一和第二弹簧连接器的第一子集中的弹簧连接器具有第一垂直高度,并且传送电源的监视信号的第一和第二弹簧连接器的第二子集中的弹簧连接器具有第二较小的 垂直高度 以这种方式,在第二子集被激活之前激活第一子集,从而确保首先建立用于功率信号的电路径。
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公开(公告)号:US10061361B2
公开(公告)日:2018-08-28
申请号:US15156178
申请日:2016-05-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Brett W. Degner , Euan Abraham , John M. Brock , Matthew P. Casebolt , Robert L. Coish , Laura M. DeForest , Michelle Goldberg , Bradley Joseph Hamel , Ron Hopkinson , Jim Hwang , Caitlin E. Kalinowski , Steven Keiper , Patrick Kessler , Eugene Kim , Chris Ligtenberg , Jay K. Osborn , John Raff , Nicholas A. Rundle , David J. Yeh
CPC classification number: G06F1/181 , F16B35/06 , F16B41/005 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1658 , G06F1/1662 , G06F1/1684 , G06F1/187 , H05K5/0008 , H05K5/0217 , Y10T29/49002
Abstract: A portable computing device includes at least a base portion of a lightweight material that includes at least a wedge shaped top case having a trough formed at an interfacing edge thereof. The trough includes a raised portion having a first contact surface and a receiving area, and a bottom case coupled to the top case to form a complete housing for at least a portion of the portable computing device for enclosing at least a plurality of operational components and a plurality of structural components. The portable computing device also includes at least a lid portion pivotally connected to the base portion by a hinge assembly. In the described embodiments, the lid portion has a display in communication with one or more of the plurality of components in the base portion by way of or more electrical conductors that electrically connect the base portion to the lid portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20130328521A1
公开(公告)日:2013-12-12
申请号:US13627919
申请日:2012-09-26
Applicant: APPLE INC
Inventor: Christiaan A. Ligtenberg , Ron A. Hopkinson , Robert S. Murphy , Brett W. Degner , Eugene Kim , Peter M. Arnold , Jim Hwang
CPC classification number: H01M2/1027 , H01M2/1033 , H01M2/204 , H01M2010/4271
Abstract: A power supply for use in a portable electronic device is described. This power supply includes battery cells in separate locations that are electrically coupled by a power bus to a battery-management circuit board, which includes an integrated circuit with control logic that monitors the battery cells and that regulates charging and discharging of the battery cells. The battery cells are not enclosed in a common battery-pack housing so that the battery cells are mechanically separate from each other. Moreover, the battery-management circuit board is external to the battery cells and is not enclosed in the battery-pack housing. By excluding the battery-pack housing from the power supply, there may be more space available to expand the sizes, and thus the total capacities, of the battery cells.
Abstract translation: 描述了用于便携式电子设备的电源。 该电源包括在电源总线电耦合到电池管理电路板的独立位置的电池单元,其包括具有监控电池单元并且调节电池单元的充电和放电的控制逻辑的集成电路。 电池单元未被封装在公共电池组壳体中,使得电池单元彼此机械分离。 此外,电池管理电路板在电池单元的外部,并未封装在电池组壳体中。 通过从电源中排除电池组外壳,可能会有更多的空间来扩大电池单元的尺寸,从而扩大总容量。
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公开(公告)号:US09829932B2
公开(公告)日:2017-11-28
申请号:US14593930
申请日:2015-01-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Brett W. Degner , Euan Abraham , John M. Brock , Matthew P. Casebolt , Robert L. Coish , Laura M. DeForest , Michelle Goldberg , Bradley Joseph Hamel , Ron Hopkinson , Jim Hwang , Caitlin E. Kalinowski , Steven Keiper , Patrick Kessler , Eugene Kim , Chris Ligtenberg , Jay K. Osborn , John Raff , Nicholas A. Rundle , David J. Yeh
CPC classification number: G06F1/181 , F16B35/06 , F16B41/005 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1658 , G06F1/1662 , G06F1/1684 , G06F1/187 , H05K5/0008 , H05K5/0217 , Y10T29/49002
Abstract: A portable computing device includes at least a base portion of a lightweight material that includes at least a wedge shaped top case having a trough formed at an interfacing edge thereof. The trough includes a raised portion having a first contact surface and a receiving area, and a bottom case coupled to the top case to form a complete housing for at least a portion of the portable computing device for enclosing at least a plurality of operational components and a plurality of structural components. The portable computing device also includes at least a lid portion pivotally connected to the base portion by a hinge assembly. In the described embodiments, the lid portion has a display in communication with one or more of the plurality of components in the base portion by way of or more electrical conductors that electrically connect the base portion to the lid portion.
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公开(公告)号:US09735528B2
公开(公告)日:2017-08-15
申请号:US13854820
申请日:2013-04-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ron A. Hopkinson , Eric A. Knopf , Eugene Kim , Peter M. Arnold , Jim Hwang , Matthew P. Casebolt
CPC classification number: H01R31/06 , G06F1/26 , H01M2/1022 , H01M2010/4278
Abstract: An interposer for electrically coupling a battery-management circuit board in a power supply and a motherboard is described. The interposer includes: a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface; first spring connectors, disposed on the top surface, which electrically couple to the battery-management circuit board; and second spring connectors, disposed on the bottom surface and electrically coupled to the first spring connectors, which electrically couple to the motherboard. Spring connectors in a first subset of the first and second spring connectors that convey power signals have a first vertical height, and spring connectors in a second subset of the first and second spring connectors that convey monitoring signals for the power supply have a second, smaller vertical height. In this way, the first subset is activated before the second subset is activated, thereby ensuring that an electrical path for the power signals is established first.
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