ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH GLASS HOUSING MEMBER

    公开(公告)号:US20250103095A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-27

    申请号:US18974481

    申请日:2024-12-09

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may include a glass housing member that includes an upper portion defining a display area, a lower portion defining an input area, and a transition portion joining the upper portion and the lower portion and defining a continuous, curved surface between the upper portion and the lower portion. The electronic device may include a display coupled to the glass housing member and configured to provide a visual output at the display area. The electronic device may include an input device coupled to the glass housing member and configured to detect inputs at the input area. The electronic device may include a support structure coupled to the glass housing member and configured to support the computing device.

    CAMERA INTEGRATION FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20240340511A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18749451

    申请日:2024-06-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04N23/531 H04N23/45 H04N23/51 H04N23/951

    Abstract: A portable electronic device can have a housing including a wall, the wall at least partially defining an external surface, and the housing defining an aperture disposed opposite the wall. A display assembly can be positioned at the aperture and a retention component can be positioned at least partially in an internal volume defined by the housing. The portable electronic device can also have an optical component that includes an optical component housing defining a camera aperture and a camera module positioned at the camera aperture. The optical component can be configured to be removably retained against the wall by the retention component and to be removably retained against the display assembly by the retention component.

    Flexible cable durability
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11656661B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-23

    申请号:US17361254

    申请日:2021-06-28

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Apparatuses and systems can mitigate the ingress of debris such as small foreign particles or fluids passing into a joint of an electronic device. Some aspects of the systems prevent particles from passing between a flexible cable and a mandrel surface used to limit bending of the cable. Other aspects provide particle relief features including gaps, grooves, or reduced-size sections of the mandrel so that particles can pass into them and thereby cause no damage or pass out of the electronic device. Another aspect provides a protective layer configured to limit pressure applied to the cable by particles or other contaminants. These apparatuses and systems can improve the life and durability of the mandrel and cable, thereby improving the reliability of operating the electronic device.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE DISPLAY
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220214724A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-07

    申请号:US17383251

    申请日:2021-07-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device can include a base portion and a display portion rotatably mounted to the base portion. The display portion can have a display housing including a trim that at least partially defines an orifice and a portion of the exterior surface of the electronic device. A display call can be positioned at the orifice in contact with the trim and can be secured to the display housing.

    Display having optical films with bent alignment structures

    公开(公告)号:US11003208B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-11

    申请号:US16412285

    申请日:2019-05-14

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device such as a laptop computer or other device may have a housing. A display may be coupled to the housing. The display may have a pixel array configured to display an image. Backlight illumination for the pixel array may be provide by a backlight unit. The backlight unit may have a light guide layer. A light source may provide light to an edge of the light guide layer. The light guide layer may scatter the light outwardly to serve as the backlight illumination for the pixel array. The backlight unit may have optical films interposed between the light guide layer and the pixel array. The optical films may include flexible polymer layers such as diffuser layers and prism films. The optical films may each have a bent alignment portion that bends back on itself while wrapping around an edge of the light guide layer.

    LIQUID INGRESS CONTROL FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20210064095A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US16554552

    申请日:2019-08-28

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Invasive material ingress mitigation and control features are positioned in a hinge that uses a flexible cable and cable cover at a gap between housings of a portable electronic device. The features include hydrophobic materials on the cover or a cover-facing surface of the device housing, a barrier between the cover and the device housing, channels or protrusions on the cover-facing surface of the top case, a series of different top case surface feature modifications, and a flex cover profile modification that controls and limits contacting surface area between the cover and the top case.

    Electronic device with sensing strip

    公开(公告)号:US10921854B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US16390505

    申请日:2019-04-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have an elongated sensing strip. Control circuitry may use the sensing strip to gather air gesture input from the fingers or other body part of a user. The electronic device may have a housing. The housing may have portions such as upper and lower portions that rotate relative to each other about an axis. A hinge may be used to couple the upper and lower portions together. The sensing strip may extend parallel to the axis and may be located on the lower portion between keys on the lower portion and the axis or on the upper portion between the edge of a display in the upper portion and the axis. The sensing strip may have a one-dimensional array of sensor elements such as capacitive sensor elements, optical sensor elements, ultrasonic sensor elements, or radio-frequency sensor elements.

    Displays with polarizer windows and opaque masking layers for electronic devices

    公开(公告)号:US10571957B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-25

    申请号:US15076464

    申请日:2016-03-21

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. Inactive portions of the display such as peripheral portions of the display may be masked using an opaque masking layer. An opening may be provided in the opaque masking layer to allow light to pass. For example, a logo may be viewed through an opening in the opaque masking layer and a camera may receive light through an opening in the opaque masking layer. The display may include upper and lower polarizers, a color filter layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. The opaque masking layer may be formed on the upper polarizer, may be interposed between the upper polarizer and the color filter layer, or may be interposed between the color filter layer and the thin-film transistor layer. The upper polarizer may have unpolarized windows for cameras, logos, or other internal structures.

    Electronic Devices With Thin Display Housings

    公开(公告)号:US20190391614A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-26

    申请号:US16558756

    申请日:2019-09-03

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing formed from a rigid material such as metal or fiber-composite material. A display such as an organic light-emitting diode display may be attached to a planar wall portion of the housing using a layer of adhesive. A display cover layer may be attached to the organic light-emitting diode with a layer of adhesive. The adhesive layers may be rigid to enhance device stiffness. The housing may have curved sidewall portions that extend outwardly from the planar wall portion to enhance stiffness. The organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixels formed from thin-film transistor circuitry. The thin-film transistor circuitry may be formed on a substrate such as a glass substrate that is attached to the planar wall portion. The organic light-emitting diode display may have a circular polarizer that is attached to the thin-film transistor circuitry.

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