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公开(公告)号：US11908846B1
公开(公告)日：2024-02-20
申请号：US17009158
申请日：2020-09-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yung-Yu Hsu , Chaohao Wang , Jonathan C. Moisant-Thompson , Kuan H. Lu , Mingjing Ha , Paul S. Drzaic , Yang Li , Yi-Pai Huang , Nathaniel T. Lawrence
IPC: H01L25/16
CPC classification number: H01L25/167
Abstract: A display may include light-emitting components such as light-emitting diodes on a transparent substrate. Conductive signal paths between the light-emitting components, driver integrated circuits for controlling the light-emitting components, and the light-emitting components themselves may be opaque. To mitigate diffraction artifacts caused by the opaque components, the opaque footprint of the display may be selected to include non-periodic portions. The non-periodic portions increase randomness and reduce periodicity within the opaque footprint, which mitigates perceptible diffraction artifacts when viewing the display. One or both of the component mounting portions and interconnect portions of the opaque footprint may be non-periodic. The component mounting portions may have random shapes. The interconnect portions may follow random paths between the component mounting portions.
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公开(公告)号：US10754440B2
公开(公告)日：2020-08-25
申请号：US16147384
申请日：2018-09-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yung-Yu Hsu , Mingjing Ha , Zhiyuan Sun , Paul S. Drzaic , Anuranjini Pragada , George Ho Yin Mak , Antonio Y. Layon Halun , Wesley W. Zuber
IPC: G06F3/044 , G06F3/042 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/02 , H03K17/96 , H01H13/7065 , H01H13/704 , G06F1/16
Abstract: Touch sensitive mechanical keyboards and processes for detecting touch events and key depressions on the touch sensitive mechanical keyboard are provided. The touch sensitive mechanical keyboard can include a set of individually depressible mechanical keys having a touch sensitive surface. A touch sensor layer can be disposed on top of a key mechanism and flexible interconnections provided between key segments of the touch sensor layer can allow for depression of the key mechanism of individual keys. In some examples, the flexible interconnections can be formed by patterning a spring-like structure into the touch sensor layer. In some examples, the touch sensor layer can be transparent or include openings to allow a backlight to shine through. In some examples, addressable LED backlighting with buckling interconnects can also be provided to illuminate keycaps of the mechanical keyboard.
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公开(公告)号：US20230409082A1
公开(公告)日：2023-12-21
申请号：US18184552
申请日：2023-03-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Bulong Wu , Zhen Zhang , Paul S. Drzaic , Yong Sun , Izhar Z. Ahmed , Kuan H. Lu , Han-Chieh Chang , Mingjing Ha , Yung-Yu Hsu
CPC classification number: G06F1/1652 , G02B5/22 , H04M1/0269 , G06F1/1656 , G02B2207/123
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display overlapped by a display cover layer. Portions of the surface of the display and cover layer may have curved profiles. For example, a display cover layer may have transparent sidewall portions with curved surface profiles. The transparent sidewall portions of the display cover layer may include rounded corners having areas of compound curvature. A flexible display panel may be pressed over a mold to impart desired curvature (such as compound curvature) to the flexible display panel. To mitigate wrinkling in a flexible display panel molded to have compound curvature, a film may be included that absorbs force in the display panel. The film may have a coefficient of thermal expansion that is different than that of the display panel. Instead or in addition, the film may have portions with different Young's modulus magnitudes or different thickness magnitudes.
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公开(公告)号：US20230239602A1
公开(公告)日：2023-07-27
申请号：US18295620
申请日：2023-04-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Kathryn P. Crews , Tirshathah A. Hunter , Kathleen A. Bergeron , Mingjing Ha , Shubham A. Gandhi , Paul S. Drzaic , Yung-Yu Hsu , David W. Lum
CPC classification number: H04R1/023 , G06F1/181 , G06F1/1605 , G10L15/20 , H04R5/02
Abstract: An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a housing characterized by a vertical longitudinal axis. A flexible substrate such as a flexible mesh substrate with component support regions coupled by flexible segments may be wrapped around the housing and the vertical axis. The housing may have surface regions with compound curvature. The flexible substrate may conform to the regions with compound curvature. A fabric spacer layer may be interposed between the flexible substrate and the housing. Electrical components such as input-output devices may be mounted to the component support regions. A display may be formed from an array of light-emitting devices that are mounted on respective component support regions. Light from the light-emitting devices may pass through the fabric spacer layer toward the housing and back out away from the housing. An outer fabric layer may cover the mesh.
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公开(公告)号：US11599145B2
公开(公告)日：2023-03-07
申请号：US17178556
申请日：2021-02-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Mingjing Ha , Kuan H. Lu , Paul S. Drzaic , Yung-Yu Hsu , Yong Sun , Zhen Zhang , Bulong Wu , Marc J. DeVincentis , Paolo Sacchetto , Han-Chieh Chang , Anshi Liang
IPC: G06F1/16
Abstract: An electronic device display may have pixels formed from crystalline semiconductor light-emitting diode dies, organic light-emitting diodes, or other pixel structures. The pixels may be formed in a display panel having a single substrate or an array of display panel tiles. The display panel has inwardly facing display panel contacts that mate with corresponding outwardly facing interconnect substrate contacts on an interconnect substrate. The interconnect substrate may have areas with compound curvature that are overlapped by the display panel. To enhance flexibility of the interconnect substrate, the interconnect substrate may have flexibility enhancement openings and/or may be formed from a material with a low elastic modulus such as silicone or other elastomeric material.
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公开(公告)号：US20240373721A1
公开(公告)日：2024-11-07
申请号：US18568070
申请日：2022-05-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Bulong Wu , Zhen Zhang , Paul S Drzaic , Yong Sun , Izhar Z Ahmed , Kuan H Lu , Han-Chieh Chang , Mingjing Ha , Yung-Yu Hsu
IPC: H10K59/80 , H10K77/10 , H10K102/00
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display overlapped by a display cover layer. Portions of the surface of the display and cover layer may have curved profiles. For example, a display cover layer may have transparent sidewall portions with curved surface profiles. The transparent sidewall portions of the display cover layer may include rounded corners having areas of compound curvature. A flexible display panel may be pressed over a mold to impart desired curvature (such as compound curvature) to the flexible display panel. To mitigate wrinkling in a flexible display panel molded to have compound curvature, a backfilm may be included that absorbs compressive strains in the display panel. The backfilm may have a coefficient of thermal expansion that is higher than that of the display panel. Instead or in addition, the backfilm may have portions with different Young's modulus magnitudes or different thickness magnitudes.
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公开(公告)号：US20240234181A1
公开(公告)日：2024-07-11
申请号：US18562211
申请日：2022-05-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Mingjing Ha , Kuan H. Lu , Paul S. Drzaic , Peter T. Carmichael , Siyi Liu , Yung-Yu Hsu , Stephen P. Bathurst , Kevin T. Huang
IPC: H01L21/67 , H01L21/687 , H01L25/075
CPC classification number: H01L21/67144 , H01L21/6875 , H01L21/68778 , H01L21/68757 , H01L25/0753
Abstract: Conformable transfer devices and micro-transfer printing methods are described. In an embodiment, a conformable transfer devices includes first and second arrays of transfer heads with differential lengths to support a micro-transfer printing sequence including a single pick operation and multiple placement operations.
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公开(公告)号：US20220007095A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-06
申请号：US17475094
申请日：2021-09-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Kathryn P. Crews , Tirshathah A. Hunter , Kathleen A. Bergeron , Mingjing Ha , Shubham A. Gandhi , Paul S. Drzaic , Yung-Yu Hsu , David W. Lum
Abstract: An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a housing characterized by a vertical longitudinal axis. A flexible substrate such as a flexible mesh substrate with component support regions coupled by flexible segments may be wrapped around the housing and the vertical axis. The housing may have surface regions with compound curvature. The flexible substrate may conform to the regions with compound curvature. A fabric spacer layer may be interposed between the flexible substrate and the housing. Electrical components such as input-output devices may be mounted to the component support regions. A display may be formed from an array of light-emitting devices that are mounted on respective component support regions. Light from the light-emitting devices may pass through the fabric spacer layer toward the housing and back out away from the housing. An outer fabric layer may cover the mesh.
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公开(公告)号：US20190313172A1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-10
申请号：US16140409
申请日：2018-09-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Kathryn P. Crews , Tirshathah A. Hunter , Kathleen A. Bergeron , Mingjing Ha , Shubham A. Gandhi , Paul S. Drzaic , Yung-Yu Hsu , David W. Lum
Abstract: An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a housing characterized by a vertical longitudinal axis. A flexible substrate such as a flexible mesh substrate with component support regions coupled by flexible segments may be wrapped around the housing and the vertical axis. The housing may have surface regions with compound curvature. The flexible substrate may conform to the regions with compound curvature. A fabric spacer layer may be interposed between the flexible substrate and the housing. Electrical components such as input-output devices may be mounted to the component support regions. A display may be formed from an array of light-emitting devices that are mounted on respective component support regions. Light from the light-emitting devices may pass through the fabric spacer layer toward the housing and back out away from the housing. An outer fabric layer may cover the mesh.
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公开(公告)号：US11653128B2
公开(公告)日：2023-05-16
申请号：US17475094
申请日：2021-09-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Kathryn P. Crews , Tirshathah A. Hunter , Kathleen A. Bergeron , Mingjing Ha , Shubham A. Gandhi , Paul S. Drzaic , Yung-Yu Hsu , David W. Lum
CPC classification number: H04R1/023 , G06F1/1605 , G06F1/181 , G10L15/20 , H04R5/02
Abstract: An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a housing characterized by a vertical longitudinal axis. A flexible substrate such as a flexible mesh substrate with component support regions coupled by flexible segments may be wrapped around the housing and the vertical axis. The housing may have surface regions with compound curvature. The flexible substrate may conform to the regions with compound curvature. A fabric spacer layer may be interposed between the flexible substrate and the housing. Electrical components such as input-output devices may be mounted to the component support regions. A display may be formed from an array of light-emitting devices that are mounted on respective component support regions. Light from the light-emitting devices may pass through the fabric spacer layer toward the housing and back out away from the housing. An outer fabric layer may cover the mesh.
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