公开(公告)号：US10739908B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-11

申请号：US16421886

申请日：2019-05-24

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 ,  H01M2/16 ,  H01M2/18 ,  H01M10/04 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01M2/10 ,  H04M1/02 ,  G06F1/3234 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/00 ,  H01M2/02

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.

公开(公告)号：US10658744B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-19

申请号：US15263022

申请日：2016-09-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Erik A. Uttermann ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Stephen C. McClure ,  Sean S. Corbin ,  Qingxiang Li ,  Rodney A. Gomez Angulo

IPC: H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/52 ,  H01Q1/24

Abstract: A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and no on. The portable computing device can include a single piece housing formed from a radio opaque material with a cover formed from a radio transparent material. To implement a wireless interface, an antenna stack-up can be provided that allows an antenna to be mounted to a bottom of the cover. Methods and apparatus are provided for improving wireless performance. For instance, in one embodiment, a metal housing can be thinned to improve antenna performance. As another example, a faraday cage can be formed around speaker drivers to improve antenna performance.

公开(公告)号：US10299553B1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-28

申请号：US15623212

申请日：2017-06-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Joshua A. Hoover ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Chad J. Miller ,  Candace A. Marbury ,  Heidi Williamson ,  Kristine S. Tom ,  Michael B. Velez

IPC: A45C11/00 ,  A45C11/38 ,  A45C13/00

Abstract: An accessory case that can be used for protecting a separate portable electronic device may include a structural shell configured to contain the electronic device, a camera opening to align with a camera on the electronic device, and a button cover that can be used for actuating a button on the electronic device. The structural shell can include an outer layer, an internal layer, and a microfiber lining. The camera opening can include a chamfered or angled edge that reduces the effects of camera flash on the camera. The button cover can include an outer button cover component that is coupled to the outer layer. The outer button cover component, which may be anodized aluminum, can be a different material than the outer layer, which may include leather.

公开(公告)号：US20190152129A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-23

申请号：US16251931

申请日：2019-01-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Stephen Brian Lynch ,  John Raff

IPC: B29C53/04

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with a bent portion such as one or more bent edge portions. The display may be formed from a flexible display layer such as an organic light-emitting-diode layer. The organic light-emitting-diode layer may include a substrate layer such as a sheet of polymer. The flexible display may be attached to a support structure such as a flexible support layer using adhesive. To facilitate bending, the display may be heated. Bending and heating equipment may simultaneously heat the display layer and the flexible support layer to form a bent edge portion for the display. The bending and heating equipment may include heated structures for pressing the display layer into a desired shape.

公开(公告)号：US20190086963A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-21

申请号：US16138945

申请日：2018-09-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Amy Qian ,  Daniel D. Sunshine ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Michael K. Pilliod

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/03 ,  B32B7/12 ,  C03C21/00 ,  B32B37/12 ,  B32B17/06 ,  H04M1/02 ,  G02F1/1333

Abstract: A transparent article, such as a transparent cover, for use as a cover glass for an electronic device, as well as methods for producing transparent articles, are disclosed. The transparent article can form a part of a housing of the portable electronic device and can provide an outer surface for a portion of the housing. The transparent article can be provided over a display of portable electronic device to provide a protective outer cover over the display. In one embodiment, the transparent article can be formed with a laminate structure. In another embodiment, the transparent article can be formed with a ribbed structure. In still another embodiment, a sapphire coating can be deposited on the transparent article to improve it strength. Advantageously, the transparent article is able to be not only thin and lightweight but also provide sufficient stiffness for use as a cover glass.

公开(公告)号：US10089456B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-02

申请号：US15585088

申请日：2017-05-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： David C. Andrus ,  Philip F. Kearney ,  Christopher B. Zimmermann ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Nathaniel S. Sharpe

IPC: G06F21/00 ,  G06F21/36 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04L9/32

Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for generating an authentication key are provided. Two or more communications devices can generate an authentication key by monitoring a physical stimulus that is experienced by both devices (e.g., a common physical stimulus). Each device can then use an identical, predetermined algorithm to generate a common authentication key based on the stimulus. The devices can use the common authentication key to establish a secure network.

公开(公告)号：US10010145B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-03

申请号：US15263784

申请日：2016-09-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  James A. Stryker ,  Aaron P. Beese

IPC: A45C11/00 ,  H04M1/23 ,  H04B1/3888 ,  H04M1/18

CPC classification number: A45C11/00 ,  A45C2011/002 ,  H04B1/3888 ,  H04M1/185 ,  H04M1/23 ,  H04M1/236

Abstract: An accessory device is described. The accessory device may include a base region and sidewalls that combine with the base region to secure an electronic device with the accessory device. The accessory device may include a rigid layer having openings in at least some corners of the rigid layer. In order to facilitate insertion and extraction of the electronic device, an elastic material disposed in the openings may join with two sidewalls at the corners, allowing the sidewalls to move or bend with respect to other sidewalls. The accessory device may include a protective layer embedded in a sidewall to provide support to an opening formed in the sidewall. The sidewall may include a protrusion supported by features embedded in sidewall to facilitate pressing the protruding feature, which corresponds to pressing a button of the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US20180101196A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-12

申请号：US15840913

申请日：2017-12-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John P. Ternus ,  Kevin D. Gibbs

IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided having internal components mounted to a structural glass support member. The structural glass support member may have a planar front surface that forms a front surface of the device. The structural glass support member may have bent portions that form sidewall surfaces of the device. Portions of the structural glass support member may form a transparent display cover layer. A rigid or flexible display may be mounted to the structural glass support member. Additional internal device components may be mounted to the display. A thin enclosure for enclosing the internal components in the device may be mounted to the structural glass support member. The thin enclosure may be mounted to the structural glass support member using a peripheral member. The thin enclosure may be free from attachments to internal components or may be adhesively bonded to one or more internal components.

公开(公告)号：US20170367190A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-21

申请号：US15690146

申请日：2017-08-29

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: H05K1/18 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G02F1/1345

CPC classification number: H05K1/189 ,  G02F1/13452 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G2300/0408 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  H05K2201/10128

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display and a multi-layer printed circuit. Integrated circuits and other components may be mounted to the multi-layer printed circuit. The display and multi-layer printed circuit may share a common layer formed from a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate may have portions that are integrated into the display and portions that are integrated into the multi-layer printed circuit board. The flexible substrate may contain patterned conductive traces that are used to route signals from components in the multi-layer printed circuit to display circuitry such as a display driver integrated circuit. An array of thin-film transistors may be used to control the emission of light from the display and may be formed on portions of the flexible substrate that are integrated into the display. The display may be a flexible display that includes an array of organic light-emitting diodes.

公开(公告)号：US20170308123A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-26

申请号：US15648982

申请日：2017-07-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Stephen R. McClure ,  Sean S. Corbin ,  John P. Ternus ,  Kevin D. Gibbs ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Elvis M. Kibiti ,  John Raff ,  Jules B. Henry ,  Benjamin Rappoport ,  Derek W. Wright ,  Erik A. Utterman ,  Ming Yu ,  Carl R. Peterson

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q1/42

CPC classification number: G06F1/1633 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q1/42 ,  Y10T29/49002

Abstract: A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and so on. The portable computing device can include at least a single piece housing. The single piece housing can be machined from a single billet of material, such as a billet of aluminum. The single piece housing can include ledges with a surface receiving a trim bead and a cover. Corner brackets can be attached to the single piece housing to improve the damage resistance of the housing.