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公开(公告)号:US09951425B2
公开(公告)日:2018-04-24
申请号:US14340473
申请日:2014-07-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque , Collin D. Chan , Kenneth A. Ross , Lindsay D. Corbet , Ari P. Miller , Thomas G. Budd
IPC: C23C24/04
CPC classification number: C23C24/04 , Y10T29/4998 , Y10T403/472
Abstract: The described embodiments relate generally to methods for enhancing cosmetic surfaces of friction stir processed parts. More specifically a method for applying cold spray over a weld line generated by friction stir processing is disclosed. Methods are also disclosed for blending the cold spray applied over the weld line with a cosmetic surface portion of the friction stir processed parts. In some embodiments cold spray can be used to create a cosmetic joint between various parts. Structural joints between first and second substrates may also be formed via solid state deposition. Such joints may be strengthened through use of a hidden weld, mechanical interlocking between the substrates, and/or coupling via fasteners.
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公开(公告)号:US12197078B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-14
申请号:US18533395
申请日:2023-12-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Meizi Jiao , Joshua A. Spechler , Jie Xiang , Zhenyue Luo , Chungjae Lee , Morteza Amoorezaei , Mengyang Liang , Xinyu Zhu , Mingxia Gu , Jun Qi , Eric L. Benson , Victor H. Yin , Youchul Jeong , Xiang Fang , Yanming Li , Michael J. Lee , Marianna C. Sbordone , Ari P. Miller , Edward J. Cooper , Michael C. Sulkis , Francesco Ferretti , Seth G. McFarland , Mary M. Morrison , Eric N. Vergo , Terence Chan , Ian A. Guy , Keith J. Hendren , Sunitha Chandra
IPC: G02F1/13357 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1335 , G06F1/16
Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a direct-lit backlight unit. The backlight unit may include an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on a printed circuit board. The display may have a notch to accommodate an input-output component. Reflective layers may be included in the notch. The backlight may include a color conversion layer with a property that varies as a function of position. The light-emitting diodes may be covered by a slab of encapsulant with recesses in an upper surface.
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公开(公告)号:US20250013274A1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-09
申请号:US18893850
申请日:2024-09-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Mikael M. Silvanto , Simon J. Trivett , Matthew S. Theobald , Dinesh C. Mathew , Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque , Robert Y. Cao , Ari P. Miller , Kevin M. Robinson , Houtan R. Farahani , Francesco Ferretti , John Raff , Robert J. Lockwood , Genie Kim , Karan Bir , Keith J. Hendren , Gurshan Deol , Antonio Clarke , Prabhu Sathyamurthy , William A. Counts
Abstract: An electronic device includes an enclosure formed of a plurality of layers cooperating to define an interior volume. The enclosure includes a first layer formed of a first material and defining a user input surface of the enclosure and a first portion of a side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a second layer, formed of a second material different from the first material, positioned below the first layer and defining a second portion of the side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a third layer, formed of a third material different from the first and second materials, positioned below the second layer and defining a bottom surface of the enclosure and a third portion of the side surface of the enclosure.
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公开(公告)号:US20240126120A1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-18
申请号:US18533395
申请日:2023-12-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Meizi Jiao , Joshua A. Spechler , Jie Xiang , Zhenyue Luo , Chungjae Lee , Morteza Amoorezaei , Mengyang Liang , Xinyu Zhu , Mingxia Gu , Jun Qi , Eric L. Benson , Victor H. Yin , Youchul Jeong , Xiang Fang , Yanming Li , Michael J. Lee , Marianna C. Sbordone , Ari P. Miller , Edward J. Cooper , Michael C. Sulkis , Francesco Ferretti , Seth G. McFarland , Mary M. Morrison , Eric N. Vergo , Terence Chan , Ian A. Guy , Keith J. Hendren , Sunitha Chandra
IPC: G02F1/13357 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1335 , G06F1/16
CPC classification number: G02F1/133611 , G02F1/13338 , G02F1/133514 , G02F1/133603 , G02F1/133605 , G02F1/133606 , G02F1/133607 , G02F1/133608 , G02F1/133614 , G06F1/16 , G06F1/1662 , G06F1/169 , G02F2202/28
Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a direct-lit backlight unit. The backlight unit may include an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on a printed circuit board. The display may have a notch to accommodate an input-output component. Reflective layers may be included in the notch. The backlight may include a color conversion layer with a property that varies as a function of position. The light-emitting diodes may be covered by a slab of encapsulant with recesses in an upper surface.
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公开(公告)号:US11874559B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-16
申请号:US17519344
申请日:2021-11-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Meizi Jiao , Joshua A. Spechler , Jie Xiang , Zhenyue Luo , Chungjae Lee , Morteza Amoorezaei , Mengyang Liang , Xinyu Zhu , Mingxia Gu , Jun Qi , Eric L. Benson , Victor H. Yin , Youchul Jeong , Xiang Fang , Yanming Li , Michael J. Lee , Marianna C. Sbordone , Ari P. Miller , Edward J. Cooper , Michael C. Sulkis , Francesco Ferretti , Seth G. McFarland , Mary M. Morrison , Eric N. Vergo , Terence Chan , Ian A. Guy , Keith J. Hendren , Sunitha Chandra
IPC: G02F1/13357 , G02F1/1335 , G02F1/1333 , G06F1/16
CPC classification number: G02F1/133611 , G02F1/13338 , G02F1/133514 , G02F1/133603 , G02F1/133605 , G02F1/133606 , G02F1/133607 , G02F1/133608 , G02F1/133614 , G06F1/16 , G06F1/169 , G06F1/1662 , G02F2202/28
Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a direct-lit backlight unit. The backlight unit may include an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on a printed circuit board. The display may have a notch to accommodate an input-output component. Reflective layers may be included in the notch. The backlight may include a color conversion layer with a property that varies as a function of position. The light-emitting diodes may be covered by a slab of encapsulant with recesses in an upper surface.
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公开(公告)号:US20230091389A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-23
申请号:US17519344
申请日:2021-11-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Meizi Jiao , Joshua A. Spechler , Jie Xiang , Zhenyue Luo , Chungjae Lee , Morteza Amoorezaei , Mengyang Liang , Xinyu Zhu , Mingxia Gu , Jun Qi , Eric L. Benson , Victor H. Yin , Youchul Jeong , Xiang Fang , Yanming Li , Michael J. Lee , Marianna C. Sbordone , Ari P. Miller , Edward J. Cooper , Michael C. Sulkis , Francesco Ferretti , Seth G. McFarland , Mary M. Morrison , Eric N. Vergo , Terence Chan , Ian A. Guy , Keith J. Hendren
IPC: G02F1/13357 , G06F1/16
Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a direct-lit backlight unit. The backlight unit may include an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on a printed circuit board. The display may have a notch to accommodate an input-output component. Reflective layers may be included in the notch. The backlight may include a color conversion layer with a property that varies as a function of position. The light-emitting diodes may be covered by a slab of encapsulant with recesses in an upper surface.
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公开(公告)号:US11181949B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-23
申请号:US16536014
申请日:2019-08-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ian A. Guy , Ari P. Miller , Edward J. Cooper , Houtan R. Farahani , Kevin M. Robinson , Riley E. Brandt
Abstract: Keyboards are disclosed that are retractable. Movable magnetic or mechanical linkage elements are configured to reposition keycaps and stabilizers between different relative positions. Structures in a movable layer can act on the keycaps or stabilizers to move the keycaps and stabilizers into a retracted position for storage and for saving space in an electronic device. The stabilizers can be scissor mechanisms, butterfly mechanisms, and similar devices. The movable layer can be moved in response to rotation of a hinge or other mechanical element in the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US10915151B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-09
申请号:US16145019
申请日:2018-09-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Mikael M. Silvanto , Simon J. Trivett , Matthew S. Theobald , Dinesh C. Mathew , Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque , Robert Y. Cao , Ari P. Miller , Kevin M. Robinson , Houtan R. Farahani , Francesco Ferretti , John Raff , Robert J. Lockwood , Genie Kim , Karan Bir , Keith J. Hendren , Gurshan Deol , Antonio Clarke , Prabhu Sathyamurthy , William A. Counts
Abstract: An electronic device includes an enclosure formed of a plurality of layers cooperating to define an interior volume. The enclosure includes a first layer formed of a first material and defining a user input surface of the enclosure and a first portion of a side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a second layer, formed of a second material different from the first material, positioned below the first layer and defining a second portion of the side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a third layer, formed of a third material different from the first and second materials, positioned below the second layer and defining a bottom surface of the enclosure and a third portion of the side surface of the enclosure.
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公开(公告)号:US10761571B1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-01
申请号:US16424332
申请日:2019-05-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Edward J. Cooper , Ari P. Miller , Kevin M. Robinson , Ian A. Guy
Abstract: This application relates to a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes a housing including (i) a first case, and (ii) a second case that is capable of pivoting relative to the first case. The portable electronic device further includes a linkage assembly that includes a first joint that is joined to the first case, a second joint that is joined to the first case, a third joint that is joined to the second case, where the second and third joints define a first link, and a fourth joint that is joined to the second case, the first and fourth joints defining a second link, where when an input motion is applied at the second link, the second link oscillates to cause the first link to move such that the first and second cases pivot between a closed configuration and an open configuration.
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公开(公告)号:US20190094973A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-28
申请号:US16121454
申请日:2018-09-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ari P. Miller , Justin D. Crosby , Daniel K. Boothe , Houtan R. Farahani , Kevin M. Robinson , Ryan J. Mihelich , Robert J. Lockwood
Abstract: An electronic device has a housing that forms an exterior surface of the electronic device. An array of actuators is coupled to the housing and is operable to move the housing in order to produce sound waves and/or haptic output via the exterior surface. In this way, less space is consumed by acoustic and haptic devices as compared to similar conventional devices, thereby allowing for thinner electronic devices and/or room for other components within the housing. The actuators may be operable to move different regions of the housing to produce sound waves and/or haptic output within different frequency ranges.
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