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公开(公告)号:US20170060192A1
公开(公告)日:2017-03-02
申请号:US14843617
申请日:2015-09-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin A. Cousins , Kurt R. Stiehl , Samuel G. Smith , Kirk M. Mayer , Siddhartha Hegde , Melody Kuna
CPC classification number: H05K1/028 , A45C13/005 , A45C2011/003 , G06F1/1626 , G06F1/1656 , G06F1/1662 , G06F1/1683 , H04M1/185 , H04M1/23 , H05K1/0296 , H05K1/038 , H05K1/0393 , H05K1/09 , H05K1/111 , H05K1/189 , H05K3/06 , H05K3/10 , H05K3/108 , H05K2201/05
Abstract: An electronic device such as a cover for a portable device may be provided with a body having hinge portions. The hinge portions may allow the body to bend about one or more bend axes. The cover may have electrical components such as a keyboard. A keyboard may be mounted at one end of the cover and a connector may be mounted at an opposing end of the cover. A flexible fabric signal path structure may be formed from metal traces on a flexible fabric substrate. At one end of the cover, the flexible fabric signal path structure may be coupled to a printed circuit in the keyboard using conductive adhesive. At the opposing end of the cover, the metal traces on the flexible fabric substrate may be coupled to the connector.
Abstract translation: 诸如用于便携式设备的盖子的电子设备可以设置有具有铰链部分的主体。 铰链部分可以允许主体围绕一个或多个弯曲轴线弯曲。 盖可以具有诸如键盘的电气部件。 键盘可以安装在盖的一端,并且连接器可以安装在盖的相对端。 柔性织物信号路径结构可以由柔性织物基底上的金属迹线形成。 在盖的一端,柔性织物信号路径结构可以使用导电粘合剂耦合到键盘中的印刷电路。 在盖的相对端,柔性织物基底上的金属迹线可以连接到连接器。
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公开(公告)号:US20240348961A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-17
申请号:US18626024
申请日:2024-04-03
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Sean T. McIntosh , Jason C. Della Rosa , Samuel G. Parker , Benjamin A. Cousins , Ethan L. Huwe
IPC: H04R1/10 , A45C11/00 , A45C13/00 , E05F1/12 , E05F3/20 , G01V3/08 , H01F7/02 , H04B1/38 , H04B1/3827 , H04R1/02 , H05K5/00 , H05K5/02 , H05K5/03
CPC classification number: H04R1/1016 , A45C11/00 , A45C13/005 , E05F1/1261 , E05F3/20 , G01V3/081 , H01F7/02 , H04R1/023 , H04R1/1041 , H04R1/1058 , H04R1/1091 , H05K5/0086 , H05K5/0217 , H05K5/0226 , H05K5/03 , A45C2011/001 , E05Y2201/224 , E05Y2999/00 , H04B1/38 , H04B2001/3866 , H04R1/1025 , H04R2400/11 , H04R2420/07 , H04R2460/11
Abstract: Embodiments describe an eartip including an eartip body having an attachment end and an interfacing end opposite from the attachment end. The eartip body can include an inner eartip body having a sidewall extending between the interfacing end and the attachment end, the sidewall defining a channel and having a first thickness near the attachment end and a second thickness different from the first thickness at the interfacing end. The eartip can also include an attachment structure coupled to the inner eartip body at the attachment end, the attachment structure having an inner surface and an outer surface. The attachment structure can include an upper region interfacing with the sidewall and defining discrete through-holes, a lower region below the upper region where the inner surface defines a plurality of recesses positioned around the lower region, and a mesh extending across the channel and into the upper region.
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公开(公告)号:US12063466B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-13
申请号:US17895028
申请日:2022-08-24
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Benjamin A. Cousins , Jarrett Lagler , Dirk Schmelzer , Sebastien D. de Rivaz , Tian Shi Li , Phillip Qian , Rebecca Russell , Jeyakkrishnan Chengleput Srinivasan , Jue Wang , Jerzy S. Guterman , Joel C. Yamasaki
CPC classification number: H04R1/1016 , G06F3/04144 , G06F3/044 , H02J7/0044 , H04R1/023 , H04R1/1025 , H04R1/1041 , H04R1/1058 , H04R1/1075 , H04R2420/07 , H04R2460/11
Abstract: A charging case for a pair of wireless earphones comprising: a housing having a peripheral wall that defines a shell; a frame insert coupled to the housing and extending into the shell, the frame insert having one or more insert walls that define first and second pockets sized and shaped to accept first and second wireless earphones, respectively, wherein the one or more insert walls cooperate with the housing primary wall to define a sealed chamber within the charging case; a lid coupled to the housing and operable between a closed position in which the lid covers the first and second pockets and an open position in which the first and second pockets are exposed; a speaker module disposed within the sealed chamber, the speaker module comprising an audio driver having a diaphragm that separates a front volume of the audio driver from a back volume of the audio driver and a speaker vent disposed within the back volume; one or more first openings formed through the peripheral wall and opening into the front volume, wherein the audio driver is positioned and aligned to emit sound into the front volume and through the one or more acoustic openings; and one or more second openings formed through the peripheral wall at a location spaced apart from the front volume, wherein at least one of the one or more second openings is an acoustic vent acoustically coupled to the back volume of the audio driver through the speaker vent ear tip.
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公开(公告)号:US12035094B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-09
申请号:US17895025
申请日:2022-08-24
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Benjamin A. Cousins , Robert Chun , Priyanka Venkatesh , Thanh P. Hua , Jarrett Lagler , Hanchi Chen
CPC classification number: H04R1/1016 , G06F3/04144 , G06F3/044 , H02J7/0044 , H04R1/023 , H04R1/1025 , H04R1/1041 , H04R1/1058 , H04R1/1075 , H04R2420/07 , H04R2460/11
Abstract: A deformable ear tip comprising: an annular inner ear tip body having a sidewall extending between first and second opposing ends thereby defining a sound channel through the ear tip; an annular outer flange integrally formed with and surrounding the first end of the inner ear tip body and extending towards the inner ear tip second end forming an air gap between the annular inner ear tip body and the annular outer flange along a portion of a length of the ear tip, wherein the outer flange comprises a first material having a first durometer and is sized and shaped to be inserted into a human ear canal; and an inner flange integrally formed with the inner ear tip body and comprising a second material having a second durometer less than the first durometer, the inner flange body extending from a location along the inner ear tip body between the first and second ends towards an inner surface of the outer flange body.
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公开(公告)号:US11540039B2
公开(公告)日:2022-12-27
申请号:US17207497
申请日:2021-03-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Sean T. McIntosh , Jason C. Della Rosa , Samuel G. Parker , Benjamin A. Cousins , Ethan L. Huwe
IPC: H04R1/10 , G01V3/08 , A45C11/00 , A45C13/00 , E05F1/12 , E05F3/20 , H01F7/02 , H05K5/00 , H05K5/02 , H05K5/03 , H04R1/02 , H04B1/38 , H04B1/3827
Abstract: Embodiments describe an eartip including an eartip body having an attachment end and an interfacing end opposite from the attachment end. The eartip body can include an inner eartip body having a sidewall extending between the interfacing end and the attachment end, the sidewall defining a channel and having a first thickness near the attachment end and a second thickness different from the first thickness at the interfacing end. The eartip can also include an attachment structure coupled to the inner eartip body at the attachment end, the attachment structure having an inner surface and an outer surface. The attachment structure can include an upper region interfacing with the sidewall and defining discrete through-holes, a lower region below the upper region where the inner surface defines a plurality of recesses positioned around the lower region, and a mesh extending across the channel and into the upper region.
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公开(公告)号:US10986433B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-20
申请号:US16584894
申请日:2019-09-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Sean T. McIntosh , Jason C. Della Rosa , Samuel G. Parker , Benjamin A. Cousins , Ethan L. Huwe
IPC: H04R1/10 , G01V3/08 , A45C11/00 , A45C13/00 , E05F1/12 , E05F3/20 , H01F7/02 , H05K5/00 , H05K5/02 , H05K5/03 , H04R1/02 , H04B1/38 , H04B1/3827
Abstract: Embodiments describe an eartip including an eartip body having an attachment end and an interfacing end opposite from the attachment end. The eartip body can include an inner eartip body having a sidewall extending between the interfacing end and the attachment end, the sidewall defining a channel and having a first thickness near the attachment end and a second thickness different from the first thickness at the interfacing end. The eartip can also include an attachment structure coupled to the inner eartip body at the attachment end, the attachment structure having an inner surface and an outer surface. The attachment structure can include an upper region interfacing with the sidewall and defining discrete through-holes, a lower region below the upper region where the inner surface defines a plurality of recesses positioned around the lower region, and a mesh extending across the channel and into the upper region.
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公开(公告)号:US10785553B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-22
申请号:US16584934
申请日:2019-09-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Haochuan Sang , Craig M. Stanley , Benjamin A. Cousins , Arun D. Chawan , Lee M. Panecki , Jason J. LeBlanc
IPC: H04R1/10 , G01V3/08 , A45C11/00 , A45C13/00 , E05F1/12 , E05F3/20 , H01F7/02 , H05K5/00 , H05K5/02 , H05K5/03 , H04R1/02 , H04B1/38 , H04B1/3827
Abstract: Embodiments describe a hinge for a case that stores wireless listening devices, including: a first shaft forming a first pivot point for the hinge; a second shaft forming a second pivot point for the hinge, the first shaft and the second shaft defining a conversion axis; a piston rod having a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to the second shaft and a second end opposite from the first end coupled to a stopper; a piston guide slidably coupled to the piston rod between the first end and the second end of the piston rod; a third shaft forming a third pivot point for the piston guide, the third shaft allowing the piston guide to rotate and maintain concentric alignment with the piston guide; and a spring positioned between the second shaft and the piston guide and wound around the piston rod.
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公开(公告)号:US20190289382A1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-19
申请号:US16430823
申请日:2019-06-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Arun D. Chawan , Kurt Stiehl , Benjamin A. Cousins , Jonathan S. Aase , Yacine Azmi , Paul Choiniere , Scott W. Slabaugh
IPC: H04R1/10 , A45C11/24 , H02J7/02 , A45C13/02 , H04R1/28 , H04R1/34 , B65D25/02 , B65D43/16 , H04R1/02 , H04B1/3888 , H04B5/00 , A45C13/10 , A45C13/00 , H04R5/033 , A45C11/00 , H01R13/52 , H02J7/00 , H04R9/06 , H04R9/02
Abstract: An earbud includes a housing that includes a driver assembly positioned within the housing forming a front volume in front of the driver and a back volume behind the driver. An acoustic insert is positioned behind the driver assembly and attached to an interior surface of the housing such that it forms a bass channel that is routed from the back volume to a vent in the housing.
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公开(公告)号:US10056205B2
公开(公告)日:2018-08-21
申请号:US15449663
申请日:2017-03-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Siddhartha Hegde , Benjamin A. Cousins , Benjamin A. Shaffer , Samuel G. Smith , Melody Kuna
CPC classification number: H01H13/83 , B29C45/14221 , B29C45/14336 , B29C45/14786 , B29C59/02 , G06F1/1656 , G06F1/1662 , G06F1/1675 , G06F1/181 , G06F1/182 , G06F3/0202 , H04M1/0202 , H04M1/23
Abstract: An electronic device such as a cover for a portable device or other electronic equipment may have circuitry mounted in a housing. The housing may be formed from layers of material such as fabric and polymer layers. The fabric may be formed from woven polymer yarn. The fabric may be treated with chemicals to improve stain resistance and wear resistance, may be provided with a polymer backing layer, and may receive molded plastic structures. Patterned areas may be woven into the fabric, may be formed by placing coatings on selected portions of the fabric, or may be formed by embroidering or otherwise locally processing the fabric. The patterned areas may form labels for keyboard keys, logos, key trim patterns, and other features for an electronic device. Patterned areas may have locally enhanced light transmission characteristics and may be backlit.
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公开(公告)号:US10003881B2
公开(公告)日:2018-06-19
申请号:US15273696
申请日:2016-09-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin A. Cousins , Arun D. Chawan , Zachary C. Rich , Jonathan S. Aase , Marcus Albonico
IPC: H04R1/10 , H04R1/28 , H04R1/34 , B65D25/02 , B65D43/16 , H04R1/02 , H04B1/3888 , H04B5/00 , A45C11/24 , A45C13/10 , H04R9/02 , H04R9/06 , H02J7/00 , H02J7/02 , H01R13/52 , A45C11/00 , H04R5/033 , A45C13/02 , H04R25/00 , H04B1/3827 , H04M1/60 , F16B1/00
Abstract: An earbud includes a housing having a touch sensitive region at an exterior surface of the housing. A capacitive sensor insert is disposed within the housing and has metallized circuitry formed on a first surface that is positioned adjacent an interior surface of the housing.
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