公开(公告)号：US08518569B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-27

申请号：US12714737

申请日：2010-03-01

申请人： R. Sean Murphy ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr.

发明人： R. Sean Murphy ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr.

IPC分类号： H01M2/12 ,  H01M2/36 ,  H01M6/12

CPC分类号： H01M10/0525 ,  H01M2/0215 ,  H01M2/0277 ,  H01M2/0285 ,  H01M2/0287 ,  H01M2/1027 ,  H01M10/425

摘要： An electrolyte containment structure for an electrode jelly roll and electrolyte in a portable power source is described. The electrolyte containment structure comprises metal foil, such as metal foil sleeve, coupled to and partially surrounding a rigid frame. The rigid frame can protect the electrode jelly roll edges from crush events. To prevent shorts, the metal foil can be coated in plastic, which can insulate the metal foil from the electrode jelly roll. Further, the plastic can serve as a bonding and sealing agent. For instance, the metal foil can be coupled to the rigid frame using a thermal bonding method involving melting of the plastic. The rigid frame can provide a platform for connector pads and safety circuitry associated with the portable power source. The connector pads and safety circuitry can be assembled as modular components, which can simplify the assembly process The containment structure provides features associated with a pouch cell battery design, such as a light-weight metal foil pouch, but can be utilized in a portable computing device without being enclosed in a hard casing traditionally associated with pouch cell battery designs.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于便携式电源中的电极果冻辊和电解质的电解质容纳结构。 电解质容纳结构包括金属箔，例如金属箔套筒，耦合到并部分地围绕刚性框架。 刚性框架可以保护电极果冻卷边不受挤压事件的影响。 为了防止短路，金属箔可以以塑料涂覆，这可以使金属箔与电极果冻辊绝缘。 此外，塑料可以用作粘结和密封剂。 例如，金属箔可以使用涉及熔化塑料的热粘合方法耦合到刚性框架。 刚性框架可以为与便携式电源相关联的连接器焊盘和安全电路提供平台。 连接器垫和安全电路可以组装为模块化部件，这可以简化组装过程。容纳结构提供与袋式电池电池设计相关的特征，例如轻质金属箔袋，但可用于便携式计算 装置，而不被封装在传统上与袋式电池电池设计相关联的硬壳中。

公开(公告)号：US08711304B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-29

申请号：US13249653

申请日：2011-09-30

申请人： Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Bryan W. Posner ,  Chris Ligtenberg ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Peteris K. Augenbergs

发明人： Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Bryan W. Posner ,  Chris Ligtenberg ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Peteris K. Augenbergs

IPC分类号： G02F1/13 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G01B11/00 ,  B05D5/00 ,  C08K3/04 ,  C08F8/00

CPC分类号： G06F1/1637 ,  G02F1/133308 ,  G02F2001/133317 ,  G02F2001/13332 ,  G02F2001/133331 ,  G06F1/1601 ,  G06F1/1658 ,  H01L27/1214 ,  H01L27/1218 ,  H01L27/124 ,  H05K5/0017

摘要： An electronic device housing may have upper and lower portions that are attached with a hinge. At least one portion of the housing may have a rear planar surface and peripheral sidewalls having edges. A display module may be mounted in the housing. The display module may have glass layers such as a color filter glass layer and a thin-film transistor substrate. The color filter glass layer may serve as the outermost glass layer in the display module. The edges of the display module may be aligned with the edges of the peripheral housing sidewalls to create the appearance of a borderless display for the electronic device. The display module may be provided with an opening that allows a camera or other electronic components to receive light. Traces may be provided on the underside of the thin-film transistor substrate to serve as signal paths for the electrical components.

摘要翻译： 电子设备外壳可以具有与铰链连接的上部和下部。 壳体的至少一部分可以具有后平面表面和具有边缘的周边侧壁。 显示模块可以安装在壳体中。 显示模块可以具有玻璃层，例如滤色器玻璃层和薄膜晶体管基板。 滤色器玻璃层可以用作显示模块中的最外层玻璃层。 显示模块的边缘可以与外围壳体侧壁的边缘对齐，以产生用于电子设备的无边界显示器的外观。 显示模块可以设置有允许相机或其他电子部件接收光的开口。 迹线可以设置在薄膜晶体管基板的下侧，用作电气部件的信号路径。

公开(公告)号：US08638549B2

公开(公告)日：2014-01-28

申请号：US12862748

申请日：2010-08-24

申请人： Adam T. Garelli ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Peteris K. Augenbergs ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Bradley J. Hamel ,  Michael A. Damlanakis ,  Patrick Kessler

发明人： Adam T. Garelli ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Peteris K. Augenbergs ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Bradley J. Hamel ,  Michael A. Damlanakis ,  Patrick Kessler

IPC分类号： H05K5/00 ,  H05K7/00 ,  G06F1/16

CPC分类号： G06F1/181 ,  G06F1/1615 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q1/42 ,  H04M1/0214

摘要： Electronic devices may have housings. A housing may contain a display on its front face and a rear plate such as a plate formed from glass on its rear face. A peripheral housing member may surround the display and rear plate. An antenna may be formed in the peripheral housing member. The rear plate may be formed from laminated layers including a light guide layer. Device hinges may include hinge structures that are integral to the peripheral housing member. A logo may be formed by coating the rear plate with a patterned masking layer. Display structures for the display and the rear plate may be mounted to opposing sides of a shelf portion of the peripheral housing member. The rear plate may be formed from electrochromic glass and may cover photovoltaic cells and touch sensors. Driver boards may be mounted within a clutch barrel perpendicular to the display.

摘要翻译： 电子设备可以具有外壳。 壳体可以在其前表面上容纳显示器，并且在其后表面上可以包含由玻璃形成的后板。 外围壳体构件可围绕显示器和后板。 天线可以形成在外围壳体构件中。 后板可以由包括导光层的层压层形成。 设备铰链可以包括与外围壳体构件成一体的铰链结构。 标识可以通过用图案化的掩模层涂覆后板来形成。 显示器和后板的显示结构可以安装到外围壳体构件的搁板部分的相对侧。 后板可以由电致变色玻璃形成，并且可以覆盖光伏电池和触摸传感器。 驱动板可以安装在垂直于显示器的离合器筒内。

公开(公告)号：US08294675B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-23

申请号：US12241015

申请日：2008-09-29

申请人： Dinesh Mathew ,  Chris Ligtenberg ,  Brett William Degner ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. ,  John Brock

发明人： Dinesh Mathew ,  Chris Ligtenberg ,  Brett William Degner ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. ,  John Brock

IPC分类号： G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/045 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/043 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/046 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06K11/06 ,  G08C21/00 ,  G06C21/00

CPC分类号： G06F1/169 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1662 ,  G06F3/03547

摘要： A touchpad assembly for use in an electronic device is provided. The touchpad assembly may include a touchpad frame operative to be placed within an opening in an electronic device frame. The touchpad assembly may include a support plate for supporting a touchpad, and a bracket for receiving a pick button. The support plate and bracket may be manufactured into a same component to increase the rigidity of the touchpad assembly. The pick button may include a varying height to prevent the pick button from deflecting and to make the pick button travel for providing a selection instruction uniform. The pick button may be coupled to the frame using any suitable approach, including using springs connected the ends of the pick button to the frame. The frame may also include pads to muffle the sound of the pick button when it returns to its initial position after having been pressed.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于电子设备的触摸板组件。 触摸板组件可以包括可操作地放置在电子设备框架的开口内的触摸板框架。 触摸板组件可以包括用于支撑触摸板的支撑板和用于接收拾取按钮的支架。 支撑板和托架可以被制造成相同的部件以增加触摸板组件的刚性。 拾取按钮可以包括变化的高度以防止拾取按钮偏转并且使拾取按钮行进以提供均匀的选择指令。 拾取按钮可以使用任何合适的方法耦合到框架，包括使用将拾音按钮的端部连接到框架的弹簧。 框架还可以包括用于在按下按钮之后返回到其初始位置时消除拾取按钮的声音的垫。

公开(公告)号：US11163376B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-02

申请号：US16671752

申请日：2019-11-01

申请人： Thomas W. Wilson, Jr.

发明人： Thomas W. Wilson, Jr.

IPC分类号： G06F3/02 ,  B41J5/10 ,  F16M13/00

摘要： The present invention extends adjustable keyboard components. A user can selectively adjust height, tilt, and other keyboard positioning aspects (e.g., pitch, tilt, roll, yaw etc.), to accommodate the specific preferences and/or physical or anatomical characteristics of the user. Keyboard adjustments can tailor a solid foundational position for the user's fingers and hands. The keyboard can include separate left and right modules. Adjustability and separability facilitate highly variable and independent movement of the user's left and right hands. Adjustments and re-adjustments allow a user to make a wide range of alterations to their typing position at any point in time based on circumstances and comfort. As such, adjustments and re-adjustments can (potentially significantly) reduce discomfort and/or injuries associated with repetitive motion.

公开(公告)号：US08941795B2

公开(公告)日：2015-01-27

申请号：US13332228

申请日：2011-12-20

申请人： Adam T. Garelli ,  Jun Qi ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Bryan W. Posner ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Peteris K. Augenbergs

发明人： Adam T. Garelli ,  Jun Qi ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Bryan W. Posner ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Peteris K. Augenbergs

IPC分类号： G02F1/1335

CPC分类号： G02B6/001 ,  G02B6/0006 ,  G02B6/0068 ,  G02B6/0073 ,  G02B6/0088

摘要： An electronic device may have a liquid crystal display with backlight structures. The backlight structures may produce backlight that passes through display layers in the display. The display layers may include color filter elements, a liquid crystal layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. The color filter elements may be interposed between the thin-film transistor layer and the backlight structures or the thin-film transistor layer may be interposed between the color filter elements and the backlight structures. The backlight structures may be formed from optical fiber, a two-dimensional array of light-emitting diodes, a light guide plate that includes a rectangular recess for receiving optical films, or light guide plate structures that include internal light scattering structures. A light guide plate may be provided with alignment features that mate with alignment features on optical films.

摘要翻译： 电子设备可以具有带背光结构的液晶显示器。 背光结构可以产生通过显示器中的显示层的背光。 显示层可以包括滤色器元件，液晶层和薄膜晶体管层。 滤色器元件可以插入在薄膜晶体管层和背光结构之间，或者薄膜晶体管层可以插入在滤色器元件和背光结构之间。 背光结构可以由光纤，发光二极管的二维阵列，包括用于接收光学膜的矩形凹部的导光板或包括内部光散射结构的导光板结构形成。 导光板可以设置有与光学膜上的对准特征相配合的对准特征。

公开(公告)号：US08199477B2

公开(公告)日：2012-06-12

申请号：US12483205

申请日：2009-06-11

申请人： Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. ,  Nicholas Alan Rundle ,  Bryan W. Posner

发明人： Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. ,  Nicholas Alan Rundle ,  Bryan W. Posner

IPC分类号： G06F1/16

CPC分类号： G06F1/1637 ,  Y10S345/905 ,  Y10T29/53283

摘要： An electronic device housing may contain a display module. The display module may contain layers of material such as a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. These layers of material may be mounted in a display module chassis. A cover glass may cover the display module. The housing may have springs that mate with corresponding holes in the chassis of the display module to hold the display module in place within the housing. The springs may flex about a flex axis that is perpendicular to a planar rear housing surface and the planar layers of the display module. A disassembly tool may be inserted into a gap between the cover glass and housing sidewalls. When the disassembly tool is rotated, a fin on the tool may press against an engagement structure in the spring and may release the spring from the display module.

摘要翻译： 电子设备外壳可以包含显示模块。 显示模块可以包含诸如滤色器层和薄膜晶体管层的材料层。 这些材料层可以安装在显示模块底盘中。 盖玻璃可以覆盖显示模块。 壳体可以具有与显示模块的底盘中的相应孔相配合的弹簧，以将显示模块保持在壳体内的适当位置。 弹簧可围绕垂直于平面后壳体表面和显示器模块的平面层的挠曲轴线弯曲。 拆卸工具可以插入到盖玻璃和壳体侧壁之间的间隙中。 当拆卸工具旋转时，工具上的翅片可以压靠弹簧中的接合结构并且可以将弹簧从显示模块释放。

公开(公告)号：US07697283B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-13

申请号：US12241016

申请日：2008-09-29

申请人： Dinesh Mathew ,  Brett William Degner ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. ,  John Brock

发明人： Dinesh Mathew ,  Brett William Degner ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. ,  John Brock

IPC分类号： G06F1/16

CPC分类号： H05K5/0234 ,  A47B91/00 ,  G06F1/181 ,  Y10T29/49826

摘要： Wall portions, such as wall portions of electronic device housing components, are provided with one or more foot assemblies. A foot assembly can be formed by creating an internal cavity in an internal surface of the wall portion, an external cavity in an external surface of the wall portion, and a hollow passageway extending through the wall portion and between the cavities. The foot assembly can be completed by inserting a foot at least partially through the external cavity and hollow passageway and into the internal cavity, such that an external portion of the foot is at least partially contained within and contacting the surfaces of the external cavity, and such that an internal portion of the foot is at least partially contained within the internal cavity. A portion of the foot may be deformable to at least partially conform to the surfaces defining the internal cavity.

摘要翻译： 诸如电子设备外壳部件的壁部分的壁部分设置有一个或多个脚组件。 脚组件可以通过在壁部的内表面中形成内腔，在壁部的外表面中形成外腔，以及延伸穿过壁部和空腔之间的中空通道。 足部组件可以通过将脚部至少部分地穿过外部空腔和中空通道插入内部空腔中而使脚部完全插入，使得脚部的外部部分至少部分地容纳在外部空腔的表面内并与外部空腔的表面接触， 使得脚的内部部分至少部分地包含在内部空腔内。 脚的一部分可以是可变形的，以至少部分地符合限定内腔的表面。

公开(公告)号：US09395589B2

公开(公告)日：2016-07-19

申请号：US13424950

申请日：2012-03-20

申请人： Jun Qi ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Bryan W. Posner ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Peteris K. Augenbergs ,  Adam T. Garelli ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr.

发明人： Jun Qi ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Bryan W. Posner ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Peteris K. Augenbergs ,  Adam T. Garelli ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr.

IPC分类号： G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1362

CPC分类号： G02F1/13454 ,  G02F1/133512 ,  G02F1/133514 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/136209 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F2001/133357 ,  G02F2001/133562 ,  G02F2001/136222

摘要： An electronic device may have a liquid crystal display with backlight structures. The backlight structures may produce backlight that passes through an array of display pixels. The display pixels may include electrode structures and thin-film transistor structures for controlling electric fields in a layer of liquid crystal material. The liquid crystal material may be formed between an outer display layer and an inner display layer. The inner display layer may be interposed between the backlight structures and the liquid crystal material. Thin-film transistor structures, electrodes, and conductive interconnection lines may be deposited in a layer on the inner surface of the outer display layer. A layer of color filter elements may be used to provide the display with color pixels. The color filter elements may be formed on top of the thin-film transistor layer or on a separate color filter array substrate such as the inner display layer.

摘要翻译： 电子设备可以具有带背光结构的液晶显示器。 背光结构可以产生通过显示像素阵列的背光。 显示像素可以包括用于控制液晶材料层中的电场的电极结构和薄膜晶体管结构。 液晶材料可以形成在外显示层和内显示层之间。 内部显示层可以插入在背光结构和液晶材料之间。 薄膜晶体管结构，电极和导电互连线可以沉积在外显示层的内表面上的层中。 可以使用一层滤色器元件来向显示器提供彩色像素。 滤色器元件可以形成在薄膜晶体管层的顶部上，或者形成在诸如内显示层的单独的滤色器阵列基板上。

公开(公告)号：US08605232B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-10

申请号：US13008300

申请日：2011-01-18

申请人： Jun Qi ,  Bryan W. Posner ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Adam T. Garelli ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Laura M. DeForest ,  Peteris K. Augenbergs ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr.

发明人： Jun Qi ,  Bryan W. Posner ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Adam T. Garelli ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Laura M. DeForest ,  Peteris K. Augenbergs ,  Thomas W. Wilson, Jr.

IPC分类号： G02F1/1335

CPC分类号： G02B6/0021 ,  G02B6/0068 ,  G02B6/0073 ,  G02B6/0091

摘要： A display may include a backlight structure. The backlight structure may include a light guide plate. Holes in the light guide plate may be configured to receive corresponding light-emitting diodes. The holes may separate an edge portion of the light guide plate from a main central portion of the light guide plate. Adhesive may be attached to the lower surface of the edge portion. The adhesive may be attached to a device housing or may be attached to a flex circuit that is attached to the housing with additional adhesive. The light-emitting diodes may be mounted within packages in pairs. The packages may be mounted on the flex circuit. Traces on part of the flex circuit may be covered by part of the light guide plate without any intervening adhesive. A reflective structure may be interposed between the traces and parts of the main portion of the light guide plate.

摘要翻译： 显示器可以包括背光结构。 背光结构可以包括导光板。 导光板中的孔可以被配置为接收对应的发光二极管。 孔可以将导光板的边缘部分与导光板的主要中心部分分离。 粘合剂可以附接到边缘部分的下表面。 粘合剂可以附接到装置壳体上，或者可以附接到用附加粘合剂附接到壳体的柔性电路。 发光二极管可以成对安装在封装内。 封装可以安装在柔性电路上。 柔性电路的一部分上的痕迹可以由导光板的一部分覆盖，而没有任何中间粘合剂。 反射结构可以插入在导光板的主要部分的迹线和部分之间。