公开(公告)号：US20250112006A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18742349

申请日：2024-06-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Darya Amin-Shahidi ,  Stephanie Moon ,  Alex M. Lee ,  Daniel M. Winslow ,  Scott D. Ridel ,  Jere C. Harrison ,  Jacob Barton ,  Ehsan Masoumi Khalil Abad ,  Kevin Y. Chung ,  Jinhong Qu ,  Sai Sharon Injeti ,  Fu-Ying Huang

IPC: H01H13/14 ,  H01H13/06

Abstract: A device includes a button, a base, a haptic engine coupled to the base, and a fastener fastening the button to the base and allowing movement of the button with respect to the base. The movement of the button with respect to the base enables, in part, a better alignment of the button with a device housing to which the base is attached. The haptic engine may include a core, an electric coil wound around a portion of the core, and an attraction plate separated from the core by a gap. The base may include a frame, a set of tabs extending from the core and fastened to the button to allow the movement of the button with respect to the base, and a set of flexures extending from the tabs and coupling the core to the frame. The attraction plate may also be coupled to the frame.

公开(公告)号：US20240256003A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18243548

申请日：2023-09-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jacob Barton ,  Kevin Y. Chung ,  Shayla A. Schoensee

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F1/18

CPC classification number: G06F1/169 ,  G06F1/1643 ,  G06F1/1656 ,  G06F1/1683 ,  G06F1/181

Abstract: An electronic device may include an input button assembly including an input member positioned along a side exterior surface of a housing component and defining a first input region proximate a first end of the input member and a second input region proximate a second end of the input member, the input member configured to receive a user input. The input button assembly may further include a beam structure at least partially within the enclosure and coupled to the input member, the beam structure configured to be deflected as a result of the user input, a first strain sensing element at a first location of the beam structure, and a second strain sensing element at a second location of the beam structure.

公开(公告)号：US20230421678A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-28

申请号：US18243504

申请日：2023-09-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shayla A. Schoensee ,  Jacob Barton ,  Kevin Y. Chung ,  Daniel W. Jarvis ,  Jason P. Shannon ,  Marwan Rammah

IPC: H04M1/02 ,  H04M1/72466

CPC classification number: H04M1/0266 ,  H04M1/72466

Abstract: A mobile phone may include an enclosure defining a front exterior surface of the mobile phone, a rear exterior surface of the mobile phone, and a side exterior surface of the mobile phone. The mobile phone may further include an audio output system configured to produce an audible alert in response to the mobile phone receiving an incoming call, a momentary ringer-control button positioned along a side exterior surface of the housing component, and a processing system configured to, in response to detecting an actuation of the momentary ringer-control button while a first ringer mode of the mobile phone is active, transition the mobile phone to a second ringer mode, and in response to detecting the actuation of the momentary ringer-control button while a second ringer mode of the mobile phone is active, transition the mobile phone to the first ringer mode.