公开(公告)号：US20210263556A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-26

申请号：US16797971

申请日：2020-02-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brett W. Degner ,  Thomas R. Matzinger ,  Bradley J. Hamel ,  Ryan P. Brooks ,  Scott J. Krahn ,  Arka P. Roy

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: An input device includes a touch plate having a central axis and a top surface with three outer points evenly spaced away from the central axis. A touch sensor is used to detect a user touch on the top surface at the first outer point, and a support mechanism supports the touch plate and is configured to translate the touch plate at the second and third outer points upon application of the user touch and translation of the touch plate at the first outer point. Translation of the three outer points is substantially equal along the central axis.

公开(公告)号：US10739825B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-11

申请号：US16277997

申请日：2019-02-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Taylor Harrison Gilbert ,  Kristine S. Tom ,  Elvis M. Kibiti ,  Jaime G. Chavez Ruiz Garza ,  Thomas R. Matzinger ,  Zhengyu Li ,  Charles A. Bates, III ,  Shih-Hsiang Hsiao ,  Johan E. Lyon

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K7/00 ,  H01H13/70

Abstract: An accessory device for an electronic device is described. The accessory device may include a cover section and a keyboard section. The cover section may include a receiving surface that engages the electronic device. The cover section may include electrical contacts designed to electrically couple with contacts on the electronic device. The cover section may include several magnets designed to magnetically couple with magnets within the electronic device. The keyboard section may include a keyboard and one or more channels designed to receive and position the electronic device in a usable configuration with the keyboard. Several magnets may surround each channel, and may magnetically couple with magnets within (and along an edge of) the electronic device. The magnetic circuits formed between the channel magnets and the device magnets may counter, or offset, forces that otherwise remove the electronic device from the channel in an undesired manner.

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

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H01R24/66 ,  H01R13/66 ,  H01R13/62

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.