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公开(公告)号:US20240184335A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-06
申请号:US18439595
申请日:2024-02-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Scott A. Myers
CPC classification number: G06F1/1652 , G06F3/041 , G09G3/2096 , H04M1/0268 , H05K1/181 , H05K5/0017 , H05K5/0217 , G06F2203/04102 , G09G2354/00 , G09G2370/16 , G09G2380/02
Abstract: An electronic device may have a flexible display. The electronic device may have housing portions that are rotatably coupled to each other so that the flexible display may fold along one or more bend axes. A device may have rollers that store a flexible display and that help deploy the display from within a housing when additional display area is desired. A touch screen in a housing may be overlapped by a flexible display that has been scrolled outwardly from the housing. Wireless transmitter and receiver circuitry may be used to convey image data to display driver circuitry. The display driver circuitry may display images on a pixel array in a flexible display based on the image data. Magnets may be used to outwardly bias edge-mounted bistable support structures to help prevent a rolled flexible display from wrinkling.
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公开(公告)号:US20240168594A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-23
申请号:US18424003
申请日:2024-01-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Scott A. Myers , Stephen Brian Lynch , Anthony S. Montevirgen
IPC: G06F3/044 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/04817 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/04886 , H04M1/02
CPC classification number: G06F3/0446 , G06F1/1652 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/04817 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/04886 , H04M1/0268 , H04M1/0269 , H04M1/0283 , H04M1/236
Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays that are bent to form displays on multiple surfaces of the devices. Bent flexible displays may be bent to form front side displays and edge displays. Edge displays may be separated from front side displays or from other edge displays using patterned housing members, printed or painted masks, or by selectively activating and inactivating display pixels associated with the flexible display. Edge displays may alternately function as virtual buttons, virtual switches, or informational displays that are supplemental to front side displays. Virtual buttons may include transparent button members, lenses, haptic feedback components, audio feedback components, or other components for providing feedback to a user when virtual buttons are activated.
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公开(公告)号:US20240007556A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-04
申请号:US18368534
申请日:2023-09-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Matthew D. Hill , Derek C. Krass , Benjamin Shane Bustle , Lucy Elizabeth Browning , Michael Benjamin Wittenberg , James B. Smith , Ashutosh Y. Shukia , Scott A. Myers
IPC: H04M1/02
CPC classification number: H04M1/0249 , H04M1/02 , H04M1/0247 , H04M1/23
Abstract: An enclosure and a method for forming an enclosure are disclosed. The enclosure may be formed from metal, such as aluminum, and further include a non-metal portion allowing for transmission and receipt of electromagnetic waves. The non-metal portion may be interlocked to the enclosure and in particular, to a region within the enclosure including a first material having a relatively high strength and stiffness compared to the non-metal portion. Interlocking means may include forming dovetail cuts into the enclosure to receive the non-metal portion, a hole or cavity drilled into the enclosure which includes internal threads, and a rod inserted into the first material to provide a tension to the non-metal portion. Methods of assembling internal components using anodization are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20230297200A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-21
申请号:US18304158
申请日:2023-04-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Scott A. Myers , Stephen Brian Lynch , Anthony S. Montevirgen
IPC: G06F3/044 , H04M1/02 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/04817 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/04886
CPC classification number: G06F3/0446 , H04M1/0269 , H04M1/0268 , G06F1/1652 , G06F3/04817 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/04886 , H04M1/0283 , H04M1/236
Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays that are bent to form displays on multiple surfaces of the devices. Bent flexible displays may be bent to form front side displays and edge displays. Edge displays may be separated from front side displays or from other edge displays using patterned housing members, printed or painted masks, or by selectively activating and inactivating display pixels associated with the flexible display. Edge displays may alternately function as virtual buttons, virtual switches, or informational displays that are supplemental to front side displays. Virtual buttons may include transparent button members, lenses, haptic feedback components, audio feedback components, or other components for providing feedback to a user when virtual buttons are activated.
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公开(公告)号:US20230259163A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-17
申请号:US18304285
申请日:2023-04-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy C. Franklin , Scott A. Myers , Benjamin M. Rappoport , Stephen Brian Lynch , John P. Ternus , Justin R. Wodrich
IPC: G06F1/16 , H01M10/04 , H04M1/02 , G06F1/3234 , G09G3/20 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/00 , H01M50/213 , H01M50/293 , H01M50/216 , H10K59/40 , H10K77/10 , G09G3/3208
CPC classification number: G06F1/1626 , H01M10/0436 , H04M1/0268 , G06F1/1677 , G06F1/3265 , G09G3/20 , G06F3/0416 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/035 , H01M50/213 , H01M50/293 , H01M50/216 , H10K59/40 , H10K77/111 , G06F1/1652 , G09G3/2092 , G06F3/0412 , G09G3/3208 , G06F1/163 , H01M2220/30 , G06F2203/04102 , H04M1/0216 , H04M1/0262 , Y02E10/549 , Y02D10/00 , H01M50/409
Abstract: Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed. Flexible displays may include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing may be a multi-stable flexible housing having one or more stable positions. The flexible housing may include a configurable support structure that, when engaged, provides a rigid support structure for the flexible housing. The flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components. A flexible battery may include flexible and rigid portions or may include a lubricious separator layer that provides flexibility for the flexible battery. A flexible printed circuit may include flexible and rigid portions or openings that allow some rigid portions to flex with respect to other rigid portions.
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公开(公告)号:US11209961B2
公开(公告)日:2021-12-28
申请号:US14402087
申请日:2013-05-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin J. Pope , Daniel W. Jarvis , Nicholas G. Merz , Scott A. Myers , Michael A. Cretella , Michael Eng , James H. Foster , Terry L. Gilton , Myra Haggerty , Byron B. Han , M. Evans Hankey , Steven P. Hotelling , Brian R. Land , Stephen Brian Lynch , Paul Meade , Mushtaq A. Sarwar , John P. Ternus , Paul M. Thompson , Marcel Van Os , John A. Wright
IPC: G06F3/048 , G06F3/0484 , G06K9/00 , G06F3/0488 , A63F13/2145 , A63F13/837 , A63F13/42 , A63F13/537 , A63F13/218 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/0489 , G06F3/0481 , G06F3/14
Abstract: Devices, methods and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interfaces based on fingerprint sensor inputs are provided. While a display of an electronic device with a fingerprint sensor displays a first user interface, the device may detect movement of a fingerprint on the fingerprint sensor. In accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a first direction, the device allows navigating through the first user interface, and in accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a second direction different from the first direction, the device allows displaying a second user interface different from the first user interface on the display.
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公开(公告)号:US20210191458A1
公开(公告)日:2021-06-24
申请号:US17192722
申请日:2021-03-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Lucy Elizabeth Browning , Benjamin J. Pope , Paul U. Leutheuser , Scott A. Myers , Richard Hung Minh Dinh , Edward S. Huo
Abstract: Sensor assemblies for electronic devices are described. According to some embodiments, the sensor assemblies include solid-state sensors, such as capacitive sensors, piezoelectric sensors or piezoresistive sensors. The sensor assemblies can include a number of features that provide a compact profile, making them well suited for integration into small spaces of electronic device enclosures. The sensor assemblies can also include features that isolate movement of various parts of the sensor assemblies, allowing for accurate detection of a sensing event. According to some embodiments, the sensor assemblies are coupled to haptic actuators, speaker, or both, which mimic the feel of a mechanical button and enhance a user's experience.
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公开(公告)号:US11006524B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-11
申请号:US15875886
申请日:2018-01-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Scott A. Myers , James B. Smith , Dale T. Morgan , Shayan Malek
Abstract: An interposer for mechanically and electrically connecting two circuit boards is described. The interposer can be bent to enclose an area of a circuit board. The interposer can include a first layer external to the enclosed area. The first layer can be conductive and can serve as an EMI shield. The interposer can also include a second layer internal to the enclosed area. The second layer can be non-conductive but can carry multiple discrete pins that can electrically couple the first and second circuit boards and provide signal transmission pathways between the circuit boards. The interposer can be formed by folding a sheet of conductive material having different cutout regions that forms a comb pattern into multiple stacked layers. Then, the bent regions that connect the stacked layers can be removed so that the conductive bars in the comb patterns can be separated and isolated to form discrete pins.
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公开(公告)号:US10936136B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-02
申请号:US16720257
申请日:2019-12-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Scott A. Myers , Stephen Brian Lynch , Anthony S. Montevirgen
IPC: G06F3/044 , H04M1/02 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/0481 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/041 , H04M1/23
Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays that are bent to form displays on multiple surfaces of the devices. Bent flexible displays may be bent to form front side displays and edge displays. Edge displays may be separated from front side displays or from other edge displays using patterned housing members, printed or painted masks, or by selectively activating and inactivating display pixels associated with the flexible display. Edge displays may alternately function as virtual buttons, virtual switches, or informational displays that are supplemental to front side displays. Virtual buttons may include transparent button members, lenses, haptic feedback components, audio feedback components, or other components for providing feedback to a user when virtual buttons are activated.
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