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公开(公告)号:US10199718B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-05
申请号:US14822091
申请日:2015-08-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Sammy M. Khalifa , Daniel Lau , Scott A. Myers , Richard A. Besen , Gregory N. Stephens
Abstract: An antenna may be formed from a peripheral conductive housing structure in an electronic device that is separated from an antenna ground by a gap. An antenna feed may be formed from a metal trace on a flexible printed circuit that spans the gap. The metal trace may have a line segment that joins a wider pad portion of the trace at a junction. A stiffener on the flexible printed circuit may have a protrusion that overlaps the junction. A metal bracket attached to the peripheral housing structure may be soldered to the pad. A metal member with meandering paths may form a return path in the antenna. The meandering path may have parallel segments that extend along an inner surface of the peripheral conductive housing structure to prevent the metal member from rotating when a screw is used to screw the metal member to the peripheral conductive housing structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20190033911A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-31
申请号:US16144986
申请日:2018-09-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin M. Rappoport , Jeremy C. Franklin , Stephen Brian Lynch , Scott A. Myers , John Raff , Richard P. Howarth , Wei Chen , Christopher J. Stringer , Julian Hoenig
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display cover layer mounted to the device using an adhesive bond with a display. The display may be a flexible display. The flexible display may include Organic Light Emitting Diode display technology. The display may be mounted to a rigid support structure. The rigid support structure may be mounted to a device housing member. Mounting the display cover layer to the display may eliminate the need to mount the display cover layer to the device housing and may allow active display pixels to be visible under the display cover layer closer to the device housing than in conventional devices. Providing the electronic device with active display pixels closer to the device housing may reduce the need for an inactive border around the display and may improve the aesthetic appeal of the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US20180260072A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-13
申请号:US15974545
申请日:2018-05-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy C. Franklin , Scott A. Myers , Benjamin M. Rappoport , Stephen Brian Lynch , John P. Ternus , Justin R. Wodrich
IPC: G06F3/041 , G06F1/16 , G09G3/20 , G06F1/32 , G06F3/044 , H01M2/10 , H01M2/16 , H01M2/18 , H01L51/00 , H01L27/32 , H04M1/02 , H01M10/04 , G09G3/3208 , H01M2/02
CPC classification number: G06F3/0416 , G06F1/1626 , G06F1/163 , G06F1/1652 , G06F1/1677 , G06F1/3265 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/044 , G06F2203/04101 , G06F2203/04102 , G06F2203/04103 , G06F2203/04105 , G09G3/20 , G09G3/2092 , G09G3/3208 , G09G2330/027 , G09G2380/02 , H01L27/323 , H01L51/0097 , H01L2251/5338 , H01M2/1022 , H01M2/16 , H01M2/18 , H01M10/0436 , H01M2002/0205 , H01M2220/30 , H04M1/0216 , H04M1/0262 , H04M1/0268 , Y02D10/153 , Y02E10/549
Abstract: Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed. Flexible displays may include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing may be a multi-stable flexible housing having one or more stable positions. The flexible housing may include a configurable support structure that, when engaged, provides a rigid support structure for the flexible housing. The flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components. A flexible battery may include flexible and rigid portions or may include a lubricious separator layer that provides flexibility for the flexible battery. A flexible printed circuit may include flexible and rigid portions or openings that allow some rigid portions to flex with respect to other rigid portions.
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公开(公告)号:US10055039B2
公开(公告)日:2018-08-21
申请号:US15783272
申请日:2017-10-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Scott A. Myers , Stephen Brian Lynch , Anthony S. Montevirgen
IPC: G06F3/041 , G06F3/0488 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/0481 , G06F3/044 , H04M1/23 , H04M1/02
CPC classification number: G06F3/041 , G06F1/1652 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/044 , G06F3/04817 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/04886 , G06F2203/04102 , G06F2203/04112 , H04M1/0268 , H04M1/0283 , H04M1/236 , H04M2250/16 , H04M2250/22
Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays that are bent to form displays on multiple surfaces of the devices. Bent flexible displays may be bent to form front side displays and edge displays. Edge displays may be separated from front side displays or from other edge displays using patterned housing members, printed or painted masks, or by selectively activating and inactivating display pixels associated with the flexible display. Edge displays may alternately function as virtual buttons, virtual switches, or informational displays that are supplemental to front side displays. Virtual buttons may include transparent button members, lenses, haptic feedback components, audio feedback components, or other components for providing feedback to a user when virtual buttons are activated.
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公开(公告)号:US10021800B1
公开(公告)日:2018-07-10
申请号:US15470842
申请日:2017-03-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Yaocheng Zhang , Kevin M. Froese , Scott A. Myers , Benjamin J. Pope , David A. Hurrell , Salome Bavetta , Eric N. Nyland
Abstract: An electronic device having openings covered by a vent assembly is disclosed. The vent assembly may include multiple adhesive layers surrounding an air-permeable, liquid resistant membrane that allow air to flow into and/or out of the electronic device, while also preventing liquid ingress into the electronic device. The membrane may be supported by several structural elements. For example, the vent assembly includes an adhesive layer secured with the membrane, with the adhesive layer including a web region having multiple ribs that engage the membrane. Also, the vent assembly includes a mesh material that includes a porous region that receives a portion of the adhesive layer. Also, an additional vent assembly may cover an additional opening of the electronic device and provide protection for an operational component in the electronic device. The additional vent assembly may allow air into the additional opening for the operational component.
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公开(公告)号:US20180159969A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-07
申请号:US15863729
申请日:2018-01-05
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Scott A. Myers , Benjamin M. Rappoport , Stephen Brian Lynch
CPC classification number: H04M1/0266 , G06F1/1637 , H04M1/0268
Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided with concave displays that reduce the risk of damage in the event of a drop while maximizing the internal volume of the device. Concave displays may be formed from one or more flexible layers including a flexible display layer. The flexible display layer may be mounted to a rigid support structure or a rigid cover layer. Flexible display layers that conform to the curved shape of a rigid cover structure provide additional internal volume in which internal components of the device may be positioned.
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公开(公告)号:US09983630B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-29
申请号:US15151360
申请日:2016-05-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Scott A. Myers
IPC: G06F1/16 , G06F3/01 , H05K7/06 , H05K13/00 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/0481 , G06F3/0487 , G06F3/14 , H04M1/02
CPC classification number: G06F1/1652 , G06F1/1613 , G06F1/1626 , G06F1/1633 , G06F3/013 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/04817 , G06F3/0487 , G06F3/1423 , H04M1/0268 , H05K7/06 , H05K13/00 , Y10T29/49002 , Y10T29/5313
Abstract: A consumer electronic product includes at least a transparent housing and a flexible display assembly enclosed within the transparent housing. In the described embodiment, the flexible display assembly is configured to present visual content at any portion of the transparent housing.
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公开(公告)号:US09974180B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-15
申请号:US14801686
申请日:2015-07-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Shayan Malek , David A. Pakula , Gregory N. Stephens , Sawyer I. Cohen , Scott A. Myers , Tyler B. Cater , Eric W. Bates
CPC classification number: H05K1/181 , G06F1/1658 , H05K2201/10151 , H05K2201/10219 , H05K2201/10598 , Y02P70/611
Abstract: An electronic device may have a printed circuit to which electrical components are mounted. The electrical components may include a thermal sensor and a pressure sensor. A through hole in the printed circuit may receive the shaft of a standoff. The standoff may be soldered to plated metal on the sides of the through hole. A screw or other fastener may secure the printed circuit to a housing for the electronic device. A ring-shaped metal member may be soldered to the printed circuit. The ring-shaped metal member may form a bumper that surrounds the screw or other fastener and the thermal sensor. The pressure sensor may have a port through which ambient pressure measurements are made. A dust protection cover such as a fabric or other porous layer may cover the port.
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公开(公告)号:US20180069297A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-08
申请号:US15257542
申请日:2016-09-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Nanbo Jin , Anand Lakshmanan , Christopher T. Cheng , Erica J. Tong , Han Wang , Mattia Pascolini , Scott A. Myers , Xu Gao , Richard H. Dinh , Tang Yew Tan
CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/2291 , H01Q1/38 , H01Q5/328 , H01Q9/42
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas. The antennas may include cellular telephone antennas, wireless local area network antennas, antenna structures for receiving satellite navigation system signals, and other antennas. An antenna may have an antenna resonating element such as an inverted-F antenna resonating element. The inverted-F antenna resonating element may have an inverted-F antenna resonating element arm formed from metal traces on a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit may be soldered to an antenna grounding clip. A screw may attach the clip, a speaker tab, a connector bracket, and other metal structures to a metal device housing that serves as ground for the antenna. The screw may be isolated from the antenna grounding clip and the other metal structures by an insulating structure such as an insulating gasket.
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公开(公告)号:US20180059729A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-01
申请号:US15802318
申请日:2017-11-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: John Raff , Scott A. Myers , Christopher Stringer
CPC classification number: G06F1/1652 , G06F1/00 , G06F1/1601 , G06F1/1637 , H01L51/0097 , H04L1/00 , Y10T29/49002
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display having a flexible substrate with fastened bent edges. The flexible substrate may have an active region that includes an array of light-emitting elements such as organic light-emitting diodes. The flexible substrate may also have inactive regions that lie outside of the active region. The bent edges may include portions of the inactive regions and portions of the active region. The bent edges may be wrapped to conform to the shape of an internal support structure. The bent edges may be fastened to the support structure with fastening members that attach a housing member or an internal clamp to the support structure. The bent edges may be secured between the housing member or the internal clamp and the support structure. The fastening members may be engaged in openings in the support structure and may pass through or alongside the bent edges.
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