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81.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11137648B2
公开(公告)日：2021-10-05
申请号：US17080705
申请日：2020-10-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Paul S. Drzaic , Jeremy C. Franklin , Stephen Brian Lynch , Scott A. Myers , Benjamin M. Rappoport , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , John P. Ternus
IPC: G02F1/1345
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display having a thin-film transistor layer. One or more holes in the thin-film transistor layer may be used to form pathways from display circuitry to other circuitry underneath the display. One or more conductive bridges may pass through holes in the thin-film transistor layer and may have one end that couples to the display circuitry and a second end that couples to a printed circuit underneath the display. These conductive bridges may be formed from wire bonding. Wire bond connections may be encapsulated with potting material to improve the reliability of the wire bond and increase the resiliency of the display. Display signal lines may be routed through holes in a thin-film transistor layer to run along a backside of the display thereby reducing the need for space in the border region for display circuitry.
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公开(公告)号：US20210274662A1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-02
申请号：US17322762
申请日：2021-05-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Scott A. Myers
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：US11044822B2
公开(公告)日：2021-06-22
申请号：US16797424
申请日：2020-02-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Scott A. Myers
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：US10969834B2
公开(公告)日：2021-04-06
申请号：US16586678
申请日：2019-09-27
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：US20210091146A1
公开(公告)日：2021-03-25
申请号：US17115547
申请日：2020-12-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Benjamin M. Rappoport , Jeremy C. Franklin , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Scott A. Myers , Richard P. Howarth , Julian Hoenig , Christopher Stringer , John P. Ternus , Stephen Brian Lynch
IPC: H01L27/32 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/01 , G02B27/01 , G06F3/042 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/3208 , H01L51/00 , H04R1/02 , G02B5/20
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.
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公开(公告)号：US10739855B2
公开(公告)日：2020-08-11
申请号：US16017438
申请日：2018-06-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Sora Kim , Martin P. Grunthaner , Rui Jin , Michael B. Wittenberg , Michael K. McCord , Henric Larsson , Giovanni Gozzini , Lucy Browning , Scott A. Myers
Abstract: An input device can be integrated within an electronic device and/or operably connected to an electronic device through a wired or wireless connection. The input device can include one or more force sensors positioned below a cover element of the input device or an input surface of the electronic device. The input device can include other components and/or functionality, such as a biometric sensor and/or a switch element.
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公开(公告)号：US20200042040A1
公开(公告)日：2020-02-06
申请号：US16586678
申请日：2019-09-27
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：US10447324B2
公开(公告)日：2019-10-15
申请号：US15844369
申请日：2017-12-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Scott A. Myers , Erik L Wang , Jason S. Sloey
IPC: H04B1/3818 , H04M1/02 , G06K13/08 , H04B1/3816 , H05K5/02
Abstract: Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies. The ejectable component assembly may include a tray that can be loaded with one or more removable modules, wafers coupled to circuit boards, cages and retaining plates to assist in retaining the tray within the assembly. The ejectable component assembly may include springs operative to engage detents in the tray to retain the tray in the assembly. The ejectable component assembly may include a tray ejector mechanism for ejecting the tray from the assembly.
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公开(公告)号：US20190074333A1
公开(公告)日：2019-03-07
申请号：US16179713
申请日：2018-11-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Benjamin M. Rappoport , Jeremy C. Franklin , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Scott A. Myers , Richard P. Howarth , Julian Hoenig , Christopher J. Stringer , John P. Ternus , Stephen Brian Lynch
IPC: H01L27/32 , G02B27/01 , G06F1/16 , G02B5/20 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/3208 , H01L51/00 , H04R1/02 , G06F3/042 , G06F3/01
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.
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公开(公告)号：US20190042041A1
公开(公告)日：2019-02-07
申请号：US16147253
申请日：2018-09-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Scott A. Myers , Stephen Brian Lynch
Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays and internal components. An internal component may be positioned under the flexible display. The internal component may be an output device such as a speaker that transmits sound through the flexible display or an actuator that deforms the display in a way that is sensed by a user. The internal component may also be a microphone or pressure sensor that receives sound or pressure information through the flexible display. Structural components may be used to permanently or temporarily deform the flexible display to provide tactile feedback to a user of the device.
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