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公开(公告)号：US10671121B2
公开(公告)日：2020-06-02
申请号：US16415649
申请日：2019-05-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Hao Zhu , Yang Zhou , Thomas R. Matzinger , Guangtao Zhang , Ming Yu , Jaime G. Chavez Ruiz Garza , Florence W. Ow , James A. Stryker , Travis C. Pedley , Melody L. Kuna , Taylor Harrison Gilbert
Abstract: Electronic devices and accessory devices for electronic devices are described. In some instances, an accessory device includes a keyboard and a cover rotatable with respect to the keyboard. In some instances, an accessory device includes a back panel and a foldable cover rotatable with respect to the back panel. These accessory devices may include several magnetic elements designed to magnetically couple with, and retain, an electronic device without any additional mechanical or other interlocking devices. In this regard, the magnetic elements in the accessory devices provide an external magnetic field sufficiently strong enough to retain the electronic device, and can counter gravitational forces and/or the weight of the electronic device. However, some accessory devices include additional magnetic elements that provide an external magnetic field that repels magnetic elements in the electronic device. Also, the magnetic elements may also be used to hold different sections of the accessory device together.
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公开(公告)号：US11513556B2
公开(公告)日：2022-11-29
申请号：US16277999
申请日：2019-02-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： James A. Stryker , Caitlin M. Mclain , Travis C. Pedley , Nicholas A. Treadwell , Hao Zhu , Yang Zhou
Abstract: An accessory device for a portable electronic device is described. The accessory device includes a front cover connected to a back cover. The front cover includes multiple segments rotatable with respect to each other. The segments include magnets that allow the segments, through magnetic coupling, to couple with another segment or with the portable electronic device. When the front cover engages the back cover, a user may remove, or pull away, a segment from the back cover, causing the remaining segments to sequentially fall away from the back cover. In some instances, when the front cover at least partially engages the back cover, one of the segments includes magnets designed to couple with magnets in the back cover, but not with magnets in another segment. The accessory device may further include an opening that receives a camera assembly of the portable electronic device and forms a mechanical interlock.
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公开(公告)号：US10955875B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-23
申请号：US16848335
申请日：2020-04-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Hao Zhu , Yang Zhou , Thomas R. Matzinger , Guangtao Zhang , Ming Yu , Jaime G. Chavez Ruiz Garza , Florence W. Ow , James A. Stryker , Travis C. Pedley , Melody L. Kuna , Taylor Harrison Gilbert
Abstract: Electronic devices and accessory devices for electronic devices are described. In some instances, an accessory device includes a keyboard and a cover rotatable with respect to the keyboard. In some instances, an accessory device includes a back panel and a foldable cover rotatable with respect to the back panel. These accessory devices may include several magnetic elements designed to magnetically couple with, and retain, an electronic device without any additional mechanical or other interlocking devices. In this regard, the magnetic elements in the accessory devices provide an external magnetic field sufficiently strong enough to retain the electronic device, and can counter gravitational forces and/or the weight of the electronic device. However, some accessory devices include additional magnetic elements that provide an external magnetic field that repels magnetic elements in the electronic device. Also, the magnetic elements may also be used to hold different sections of the accessory device together.
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公开(公告)号：US11812831B1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-14
申请号：US17368664
申请日：2021-07-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： William Leith , Travis C. Pedley , Mark W. Townsend , Camille I. Henrot , Austin S. Glover
CPC classification number: A45C11/00 , B32B5/024 , B32B5/026 , B32B5/2795 , B32B7/09 , A45C2011/001 , A45C2011/002 , A45C2011/003
Abstract: A cover for an electronic device may be formed from fabric. The cover may include a front cover portion and a rear cover portion that rotate relative to one another about a first bend axis. The front cover portion may have first and second panels that rotate relative to one another about a second bend axis. The cover may have flexible hinge regions along the first and second bend axes. The flexible hinge regions may include spacer fabric having first and second warp knit fabric layers and spacer strands coupled between the first and second warp knit fabric layers. Stiffeners may be used to stiffen portions of the cover between the flexible hinge regions. An inlay strand may be located in the flexible hinge region in the front cover portion to restrict the range of motion of the first panel relative to the second panel.
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公开(公告)号：US11216031B2
公开(公告)日：2022-01-04
申请号：US16277999
申请日：2019-02-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： James A. Stryker , Caitlin M. Mclain , Travis C. Pedley , Nicholas A. Treadwell , Hao Zhu , Yang Zhou
Abstract: An accessory device for a portable electronic device is described. The accessory device includes a front cover connected to a back cover. The front cover includes multiple segments rotatable with respect to each other. The segments include magnets that allow the segments, through magnetic coupling, to couple with another segment or with the portable electronic device. When the front cover engages the back cover, a user may remove, or pull away, a segment from the back cover, causing the remaining segments to sequentially fall away from the back cover. In some instances, when the front cover at least partially engages the back cover, one of the segments includes magnets designed to couple with magnets in the back cover, but not with magnets in another segment. The accessory device may further include an opening that receives a camera assembly of the portable electronic device and forms a mechanical interlock.
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