公开(公告)号：US20220102911A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17543487

申请日：2021-12-06

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： John C. DiFonzo ,  Bradley J. Hamel ,  George Tziviskos ,  Hao Zhu ,  Jean-Marc Gery ,  Paul J. Hack

IPC分类号： H01R13/62 ,  H01R13/6581 ,  H01R13/24 ,  H01R13/629

摘要： Connector inserts having reliable contacts, as well as connector receptacles having improved magnetic circuits for use in electronic devices having a thin form factor. These and other examples can provide connector receptacles that can be easily aligned to an opening in an electronic device, as well as connector inserts and connector receptacles that can be readily manufactured.

公开(公告)号：US10054985B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-21

申请号：US15197620

申请日：2016-06-29

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： John Raff ,  Bartley K. Andre ,  Laura Deforest ,  John C. DiFonzo ,  Zheng Gao ,  Michelle Goldberg ,  Bradley J. Hamel ,  Timothy S. Hibbard ,  Ron Hopkinson ,  William F. Leggett ,  Chris Ligtenberg ,  Gavin J. Reid ,  Charles A. Schwalbach

IPC分类号： G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/02

CPC分类号： G06F1/1633 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/1656 ,  G06F1/1658 ,  H05K5/0243 ,  Y10T29/49826

摘要： A multipart computer housing is described. The multipart computer housing includes at least a structural support layer and a body. The body includes at least an outer layer formed of lightweight flexible material and an inner layer attached to the outer layer. The inner layer is connected to the support layer forming a load path between the inner layer and the structural support layer. A load applied to the multipart computer housing is transferred by way of the load path to the support layer without substantially affecting the outer layer.

公开(公告)号：US09116674B2

公开(公告)日：2015-08-25

申请号：US14055784

申请日：2013-10-16

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Nicholas G. Merz ,  John C. DiFonzo ,  Stephen P. Zadesky ,  Michael J. Prichard

IPC分类号： G06F1/20 ,  F28D3/02 ,  F28D15/02 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F1/18 ,  G11B33/14 ,  H01L23/367 ,  H01L23/427 ,  F28F3/02 ,  H05K7/20 ,  G11B33/08

CPC分类号： G06F1/20 ,  F28D15/02 ,  F28D15/0275 ,  F28F3/02 ,  G02F1/133308 ,  G02F2201/503 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/1656 ,  G06F1/1658 ,  G06F1/1662 ,  G06F1/1681 ,  G06F1/183 ,  G06F1/184 ,  G06F1/187 ,  G06F1/203 ,  G11B33/08 ,  G11B33/1426 ,  H01L23/367 ,  H01L23/427 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H05K7/20336 ,  Y10T29/4935 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A computing device is disclosed. The computing device includes a shock mount assembly that is configured to provide impact absorption to sensitive components such as a display and an optical disk drive. The computing device also includes an enclosureless optical disk drive that is housed by an enclosure and other structures of the computing device. The computing device further includes a heat transfer system that removes heat from a heat producing element of the computing device. The heat transfer system is configured to thermally couple the heat producing element to a structural member of the computing device so as to sink heat through the structural member, which generally has a large surface area for dissipating the heat.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种计算设备。 该计算装置包括一个冲击安装组件，其被配置为向诸如显示器和光盘驱动器的敏感部件提供冲击吸收。 计算设备还包括由机壳和计算设备的其他结构容纳的无外壳光盘驱动器。 计算装置还包括从计算装置的发热元件移除热量的传热系统。 传热系统被配置为将发热元件热耦合到计算装置的结构构件，以便通过结构构件吸收热量，结构构件通常具有用于散热的大的表面积。

公开(公告)号：US11360587B1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US17183210

申请日：2021-02-23

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Paul X. Wang ,  Alex J. Lehmann ,  Bradley J. Hamel ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John C. DiFonzo ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Navpreet S. Kaloty ,  Nicholas L. Qu ,  Scott J. Krahn ,  Aidan N. Zimmerman

IPC分类号： G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/0338 ,  G06F3/02 ,  H02J50/10

摘要： A system may include a finger device that is worn on a user's finger. The finger device may serve as a controller for a head-mounted device or other devices in the system. The finger device may have a foldable housing with hinge structures that allow portions of the housing to fold with respect to each other. Magnets or other bistability structures may be used to provide the folding housing with folding bistability. This allows the housing to be placed in a stable unfolded state that releases the finger or a stable folded state in which the housing snaps over the finger and holds the finger device in place. A base may be used to store the finger device for charging. The base may have deployment structures that help place the finger device on the user's finger for use.

公开(公告)号：US20220102910A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17484624

申请日：2021-09-24

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： John C. DiFonzo ,  Bradley J. Hamel ,  George Tziviskos ,  Hao Zhu ,  Jean-Marc Gery

IPC分类号： H01R13/62 ,  H01R13/24

摘要： Connector inserts having reliable contacts, as well as connector receptacles having improved magnetic circuits for use in electronic devices having a thin form factor. These and other examples can provide connector receptacles that can be easily aligned to an opening in an electronic device, as well as connector inserts and connector receptacles that can be readily manufactured.

公开(公告)号：US10605774B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US14857534

申请日：2015-09-17

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： John C. DiFonzo ,  Jean-Marc Gery

IPC分类号： G01N27/72

摘要： A magnetic image system for providing a visible image includes a magnetic substrate having a first and a second opposing surface and formed of material that is magnetized into a pattern of magnetized regions corresponding to the visible image, the magnetized regions forming a magnetic surface having a size and a shape in accordance with the visible image and a magnetic property corresponding to a visible image property, wherein the magnetic surface is rendered visible as the visible image using a magnetic imaging medium that interacts with the magnetic surface in accordance with the magnetic property.

公开(公告)号：US10024689B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-17

申请号：US14857544

申请日：2015-09-17

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Hao Zhu ,  John C. DiFonzo ,  Guangtao Zhang ,  Rizal Johari ,  Samuel Gilkison Smith ,  Sean S. Corbin ,  Erik A. Uttermann

IPC分类号： G06F1/16 ,  G01D5/14

摘要： This application relates to devices that utilize magnets and associated magnetic sensors. A magnetic sensor can be positioned and oriented with respect to a magnetic element such that the magnetic sensor is capable of detecting a horizontal magnetic field component in contrast to the conventional paradigm of detecting a vertical magnetic field component. This can be accomplished by orienting a magnetically sensitive surface of the magnetic sensor about ninety degrees with respect to a magnetic vector of the magnetic element.

公开(公告)号：US20180090867A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-29

申请号：US15722379

申请日：2017-10-02

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Min Chul Kim ,  John C. DiFonzo

IPC分类号： H01R13/24 ,  H01R13/62 ,  H01R13/17

CPC分类号： H01R13/2471 ,  H01R13/17 ,  H01R13/2421 ,  H01R13/62

摘要： Spring-loaded contacts having an improved reliability. One example may provide spring-loaded contacts having a reduced likelihood of entanglement between a spring and a plunger. For example, a piston may be placed between a plunger and a spring. The piston may have a head portion that is wider than the diameter of the spring and located between the spring and the plunger to isolate the spring and the plunger. In these and other examples, an additional object, such as a sphere, may be placed between the plunger and spring. In another example, two additional objects, such as two spheres, may be placed between a plunger and piston.

公开(公告)号：US09897465B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-20

申请号：US14862129

申请日：2015-09-22

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： John C. DiFonzo ,  Jean-Marc Gery

IPC分类号： G06F1/32 ,  G01D5/16 ,  G01R33/09

CPC分类号： G01D5/16 ,  G01D5/145 ,  G01R33/093 ,  G01R33/096 ,  G06F1/3296

摘要： A sleep mode system for an electronic device can include a magnetic component and a proximately located sensor configured to detect magnetic field properties that vary with a variable rotation of the magnetic component. The magnetic component can rotate with one device component, such as a laptop lid, while the sensor remains stationary with another device component, such as a laptop base. A controller can determine the orientation angle of the magnetic component based on the detected properties, and can put the device into or remove the device from a sleep mode based on the angle, which can reflect an open state or closed state for the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US20170082580A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-23

申请号：US14857534

申请日：2015-09-17

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： John C. DiFonzo ,  Jean-Marc Gery

IPC分类号： G01N27/72

摘要： A magnetic image system for providing a visible image includes a magnetic substrate having a first and a second opposing surface and formed of material that is magnetized into a pattern of magnetized regions corresponding to the visible image, the magnetized regions forming a magnetic surface having a size and a shape in accordance with the visible image and a magnetic property corresponding to a visible image property, wherein the magnetic surface is rendered visible as the visible image using a magnetic imaging medium that interacts with the magnetic surface in accordance with the magnetic property.