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公开(公告)号：US20170212554A1
公开(公告)日：2017-07-27
申请号：US15008139
申请日：2016-01-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jerzy S. Guterman , Joel D. Barrera , Kevin M. Robinson , Daniel D. Hershey
CPC classification number: G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1681 , G06F1/1698 , G06F1/203 , H01Q1/02 , H01Q1/2266 , H01Q1/2291 , H01Q9/0407 , H01Q9/42 , H01Q13/10 , H01Q21/28
Abstract: An electronic device may have a metal housing. The metal housing may have an upper housing in which a component such as a display is mounted and a lower housing in which a component such as a keyboard is mounted. Hinges may be used to mount the upper housing to the lower housing for rotation about a rotational axis. A slot-shaped opening may separate the upper and lower housing. Flexible printed circuits with ground traces may bisect the slot-shaped opening to form three electrically isolated slots each of which is aligned with a respective cavity antenna. The antennas may have antenna grounds formed from portions of the metal housing and other conductive structures. Resonating elements for the antennas may be supported by an elongated ventilation port structure along the rear edge of the lower housing.
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公开(公告)号：US09575514B2
公开(公告)日：2017-02-21
申请号：US14825147
申请日：2015-08-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Kevin M. Robinson , Houtan R. Farahani
IPC: G06F1/16
CPC classification number: G06F1/1679 , F16B5/065 , F16B21/186 , G06F1/1656 , G06F1/1658
Abstract: An enclosure for a portable computing device is disclosed. The enclosure includes a top case and a bottom case. The bottom case includes a retention feature that receives a snap member. The top case includes a tapered protrusion that is received by the snap member in order to secure the top case to the bottom case. Other features may be included. For example, the retention feature may also receive a tab member that secures the snap member to the retention feature. The retention feature and the tapered protrusion allow for alternate securing means between the top case and the bottom case. As a result, fewer fasteners are required to secure the top case with the bottom case.
Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于便携式计算设备的外壳。 外壳包括顶盖和底壳。 底部壳体包括接收卡扣构件的保持特征。 顶部壳体包括锥形突出部，该锥形突出部被卡扣部件接收以便将顶部壳体固定到底部壳体。 可能包括其他功能。 例如，保留特征还可以接收将捕捉构件固定到保持特征的标签构件。 保持特征和锥形突起允许在顶壳和底壳之间的交替固定装置。 因此，需要较少的紧固件来固定顶壳与底壳。
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公开(公告)号：US20250110531A1
公开(公告)日：2025-04-03
申请号：US18477202
申请日：2023-09-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Trevor J Edmonds , Michael J Williams , Nikolaos Chiotellis , Joel D. Barrera , Marc Soriano Baliarda , Ayoub Yari Boroujeni , Jerzy S. Guterman , Mahmoud R. Amini , Kevin M. Robinson
Abstract: An electronic device such as a laptop computer may have an upper housing and a lower housing. The lower housing may have a clutch barrel. The upper housing may be coupled to the clutch barrel by a hinge. The lower housing may have an upper metal wall separated from the upper housing by a first gap and a lower metal wall separated from the upper housing by a second gap. The clutch barrel may include a conductor. An antenna may be formed from a radiating slot in the conductor. The radiating slot may have a tunnel extending from a first opening to a second opening in the conductor across a diameter of the conductor. The tunnel may be linear or non-linear. The tunnel may have a uniform or tapered width. The radiating slot may convey radio-frequency signals through both gaps regardless of the orientation of the upper housing.
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公开(公告)号：US12189439B2
公开(公告)日：2025-01-07
申请号：US18094157
申请日：2023-01-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Mikael M. Silvanto , Simon J. Trivett , Matthew S. Theobald , Dinesh C. Mathew , Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque , Robert Y. Cao , Ari P. Miller , Kevin M. Robinson , Houtan R. Farahani , Francesco Ferretti , John Raff , Robert J. Lockwood , Genie Kim , Karan Bir , Keith J. Hendren , Gurshan Deol , Antonio Clarke , Prabhu Sathyamurthy , William A. Counts
Abstract: An electronic device includes an enclosure formed of a plurality of layers cooperating to define an interior volume. The enclosure includes a first layer formed of a first material and defining a user input surface of the enclosure and a first portion of a side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a second layer, formed of a second material different from the first material, positioned below the first layer and defining a second portion of the side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a third layer, formed of a third material different from the first and second materials, positioned below the second layer and defining a bottom surface of the enclosure and a third portion of the side surface of the enclosure.
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公开(公告)号：US20220325848A1
公开(公告)日：2022-10-13
申请号：US17653854
申请日：2022-03-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Brett W. Degner , Kevin M. Robinson , Christoph M. Pistor , Mehrdad Hooshmand , Simon J. Trivett , Bradley J. Hamel , Kristopher P. Laurent , David H. Narajowski , Stephen V Jayanathan , Laura M. DeForest
IPC: F16M11/12
Abstract: Support systems and stands for electronic devices include tilt hinges, lift arms, and their component parts. Some tilt hinges include assemblies for guiding and retaining bars or protrusions into preferred positioning within receiver openings to unify the parts, particularly as they move, and to reduce wobble or slop in the joints. Lift arms provide simplified and low-cost guidance and counterbalance mechanisms for controlling movement of the electronic device relative to the base of a stand. In some cases, the lift arms have sheaths to help protect or cover mechanisms while allowing additional space for the mechanisms within the lift arm. Other interconnection systems hide and protect a connector interface between the stand and the electronic device within a housing until unlocked and the connector is moved into an exposed position. These systems improve efficiency, comfort, ergonomics, accessibility, and user satisfaction of the electronic devices and their supports.
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26.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20220214751A1
公开(公告)日：2022-07-07
申请号：US17703740
申请日：2022-03-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Ari P. Miller , Justin D. Crosby , Daniel K. Boothe , Houtan R. Farahani , Kevin M. Robinson , Ryan J. Mihelich , Robert J. Lockwood
IPC: G06F3/01 , H04R1/02 , G06F3/041 , H04R1/24 , G06F3/0354
Abstract: An electronic device has a housing that forms an exterior surface of the electronic device. An array of actuators is coupled to the housing and is operable to move the housing in order to produce sound waves and/or haptic output via the exterior surface. In this way, less space is consumed by acoustic and haptic devices as compared to similar conventional devices, thereby allowing for thinner electronic devices and/or room for other components within the housing. The actuators may be operable to move different regions of the housing to produce sound waves and/or haptic output within different frequency ranges.
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27.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11307661B2
公开(公告)日：2022-04-19
申请号：US16121454
申请日：2018-09-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Ari P. Miller , Justin D. Crosby , Daniel K. Boothe , Houtan R. Farahani , Kevin M. Robinson , Ryan J. Mihelich , Robert J. Lockwood
Abstract: An electronic device has a housing that forms an exterior surface of the electronic device. An array of actuators is coupled to the housing and is operable to move the housing in order to produce sound waves and/or haptic output via the exterior surface. In this way, less space is consumed by acoustic and haptic devices as compared to similar conventional devices, thereby allowing for thinner electronic devices and/or room for other components within the housing. The actuators may be operable to move different regions of the housing to produce sound waves and/or haptic output within different frequency ranges.
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公开(公告)号：US11106249B1
公开(公告)日：2021-08-31
申请号：US16439571
申请日：2019-06-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aidan N. Zimmerman , Kevin M. Robinson , Scott J. Krahn , Chien-Tsun Chen , Bradley J. Hamel , Arthur Stanley Brigham
Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a first and a second set of friction elements engaged each other by an applied force perpendicular to the friction elements. The first and the second set of friction elements are capable of rotational movement about a cylindrical element that passes through each of the friction elements. Also, the first set of friction elements is capable of movement relative to the second set of friction elements. However, the first set friction elements can remain in a fixed position based upon the applied force, until an external force overcomes the applied. During rotation of the first set of friction elements about the cylindrical element, the frictional engagement that controls the position of the first set of friction elements is based primarily on engagement between the friction elements, as opposed to engagement, if any, between the friction elements and the cylindrical element.
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公开(公告)号：US11029735B2
公开(公告)日：2021-06-08
申请号：US16808075
申请日：2020-03-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Mikael M. Silvanto , Bartley K. Andre , Adam T. Garelli , Simon Regis Louis Lancaster-Larocque , Robert Y. Cao , Dinesh C. Mathew , Jacob S. Kononiuk , Robert J. Lockwood , Bryan W. Posner , Kevin M. Keeler , Bruce E. Berg , Yi-Chen Kuo , Kevin M. Robinson , Houtan R. Farahani
Abstract: Cable assemblies for providing electrical communication between hinged sections of an electronic device are described. The cable assemblies can include a cover that covers one or more cables that run through a hinge region of the electronic device. The cable and cover can be drawn over a mandrel of the hinge region. The cover and the portions of the mandrel can be visible to a user at the hinge region of the electronic device. The cover can be sufficiently rigid to guide a path of the cable and protect the cable from bending beyond a prescribed angle during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region. The cover can also be sufficiently rigid to prevent ceasing or folding of the cover and the cable during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region.
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公开(公告)号：US10683591B1
公开(公告)日：2020-06-16
申请号：US16276203
申请日：2019-02-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Daniel D. Sunshine , Didio V. Gomes , Kevin M. Robinson , Mariel L. Lanas , Ari P. Miller , Houtan Farahani
Abstract: An item such as a removable device cover or a portable electronic device may have a fabric hinge. The item may have first and second structures that are configured to rotate relative to each other. The fabric hinge may have first and second fabric layers that are coupled to the first structure and third and fourth fabric layers that are coupled to the second structure. A center portion of the fabric hinge may have one side that is coupled to the first and second fabric layers and an opposing second side that is coupled to the third and fourth fabric layers. In the center portion, first strands of material may extend outwardly into the first and fourth fabric layers and second parallel strands that are interspersed with the first strands may extend outwardly into the second and third fabric layers.
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