KEYBOARD ASSEMBLIES HAVING REDUCED THICKNESS AND METHOD OF FORMING KEYBOARD ASSEMBLIES
    93.
    发明申请
    KEYBOARD ASSEMBLIES HAVING REDUCED THICKNESS AND METHOD OF FORMING KEYBOARD ASSEMBLIES 有权
    具有减小厚度的键盘组件和形成键盘组件的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160336128A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-17

    申请号:US15154682

    申请日:2016-05-13

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Keyboard assemblies having reduced thicknesses and methods of forming the same. A keyboard assembly may include a printed circuit board (PCB) and a single membrane sheet adhered directly to the PCB. The single membrane sheet may substantially cover the PCB. The keyboard assembly may also include a group of dome switches coupled directly to the single membrane sheet. Another keyboard assembly may include a group of conductive pads and a group of membrane pads. Each of the group of membrane pads may be adhered directly to a corresponding one of the group of conductive pads. The keyboard assembly may also include a group of dome switches coupled directly to the membrane pads. Each of the group of dome switches may be coupled directly to a corresponding one of the group of membrane pads.

    Abstract translation: 具有减小厚度的键盘组件及其形成方法。 键盘组件可以包括印刷电路板(PCB)和直接粘附到PCB的单个膜片。 单个膜片可以基本上覆盖PCB。 键盘组件还可以包括直接耦合到单个薄膜片的一组圆顶开关。 另一个键盘组件可以包括一组导电垫和一组膜垫。 一组膜垫中的每一个可以直接粘附到一组导电垫中的对应的一个。 键盘组件还可以包括直接耦合到膜垫的一组圆顶开关。 一组圆顶开关中的每一个可以直接耦合到一组膜垫中的对应的一个。

    LOW-TRAVEL KEY MECHANISM FOR AN INPUT DEVICE
    94.
    发明申请
    LOW-TRAVEL KEY MECHANISM FOR AN INPUT DEVICE 有权
    用于输入设备的低行程键机构

    公开(公告)号:US20160336127A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-17

    申请号:US15154706

    申请日:2016-05-13

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A key mechanism for an electronic device includes a switch housing and a hinged structure. As one example, the hinged structure can be a butterfly hinge. The switch housing includes switch pin retaining mechanisms on opposing sides of the switch housing. The hinged structure includes two separate wings that are positioned adjacent to each other such that a cavity is formed between the two wings. The two wings are coupled together by coupling elements. The wings of the hinged structure can include switch housing pins on each arm of the wing that extend into the cavity and couple to the switch pin retaining mechanisms in the switch housing. Various configurations of switch pin retaining mechanisms and switch housing pins can be used to attach the hinged structure to the switch housing.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备的关键机构包括开关壳体和铰链结构。 作为一个示例,铰接结构可以是蝴蝶铰链。 开关壳体包括在开关壳体的相对侧上的开关销保持机构。 铰链结构包括彼此相邻定位的两个单独的翼,使得在两个翼之间形成空腔。 两个翼通过耦合元件联接在一起。 铰链结构的翼可以包括在翼的每个臂上的开关壳体销,其延伸到空腔中并且耦合到开关壳体中的开关销保持机构。 可以使用开关销保持机构和开关壳体销的各种配置来将铰链结构附接到开关壳体。

    Flexible Cables in Electronic Devices With Moving Components
    96.
    发明申请
    Flexible Cables in Electronic Devices With Moving Components 有权
    具有移动元件的电子设备中的柔性电缆

    公开(公告)号:US20160014915A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-14

    申请号:US14328565

    申请日:2014-07-10

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H05K1/09 G06F1/1616 G06F1/1683 H05K1/03

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing. Electrical components such as a display and other circuitry may be mounted in the housing. The housing may have portions that move with respect to each other such as a lid that rotates relative to a base. A flexible printed circuit may have metal lines that couple components in one portion of the housing to components in another portion of the housing. As the housing portions move with respect to each other, the flexible printed circuit bends. Reliability may be enhanced for the flexible printed circuit by providing the metal layer that forms the metal lines with upper and lower coating layers. The coating layers may be formed from metal with a higher Young's modulus than a metal core in the metal layer. A slot may be formed along the length of the flexible printed circuit to help increase the minimum bend radius exhibited by the flexible printed circuit. Upper and lower metal shield layers may be provided above and below the metal traces.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有壳体。 诸如显示器和其它电路的电气部件可以安装在壳体中。 壳体可以具有相对于彼此移动的部分,例如相对于基部旋转的盖。 柔性印刷电路可以具有将壳体的一部分中的部件耦合到壳体的另一部分中的部件的金属线。 当壳体部分相对于彼此移动时,柔性印刷电路弯曲。 通过提供形成具有上下涂层的金属线的金属层,可以提高柔性印刷电路的可靠性。 涂层可以由具有比金属层中的金属芯更高的杨氏模量的金属形成。 可以沿着柔性印刷电路的长度形成槽,以帮助增加由柔性印刷电路显示的最小弯曲半径。 上下金属屏蔽层可以设置在金属迹线的上方和下方。

    Electronic Device With Injection Molded Display Trim
    97.
    发明申请
    Electronic Device With Injection Molded Display Trim 有权
    带注塑成型显示器的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US20150049433A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-19

    申请号:US13967595

    申请日:2013-08-15

    Applicant: Apple, Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The electronic device may include a housing. A display trim may be formed from injection molded plastic that is molded directly onto the housing. The molded plastic trim may form a rectangular ring around the periphery of the housing. The housing may have angled or curved interior surfaces that are covered by the molded plastic trim. Computer-controlled positioners may be used to center the housing within an injection molding tool. Independently controlled positioners may also be used in capturing the housing between the lower die and the upper die in the injection molding tool. The injection molding tool may inject thermoplastic elastomer material into a channel in the upper die to form the plastic display trim.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有显示器。 电子设备可以包括壳体。 显示装饰可以由直接模制在外壳上的注模塑料形成。 模制的塑料饰件可以围绕壳体的周边形成矩形环。 壳体可以具有被模制的塑料饰件覆盖的成角度或弯曲的内表面。 计算机控制的定位器可以用于将壳体居中在注射模制工具内。 独立控制的定位器也可用于在注射模制工具中捕获下模与上模之间的壳体。 注射成型工具可以将热塑性弹性体材料注入上模具中的通道以形成塑料显示镶边。

    Hinged Portable Electronic Device With Display Circuitry Located in Base
    98.
    发明申请
    Hinged Portable Electronic Device With Display Circuitry Located in Base 有权
    带显示电路的铰链便携式电子设备位于基地

    公开(公告)号:US20150049275A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-19

    申请号:US13968254

    申请日:2013-08-15

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing with a lid that rotates relative to a base. A display in the lid may have a thin-film transistor layer. Display driver circuitry may be mounted to the thin-film transistor layer. A display timing controller integrated circuit may be mounted in the base. A rigid flex printed circuit may have a rigid portion in the base to which the display timing controller integrated circuit is mounted and may have a rigid portion in the lid. A flexible printed circuit portion of the rigid flex printed circuit may be used to couple the rigid printed circuit portion in the lid to the thin-film transistor layer. A flexible printed circuit portion of the rigid flex printed circuit that extends between the lid and the base may be formed from a double-shield-layer single-signal-line-layer flexible printed circuit.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有具有相对于基座旋转的盖的壳体。 盖中的显示器可以具有薄膜晶体管层。 显示驱动器电路可以安装到薄膜晶体管层。 显示定时控制器集成电路可以安装在基座中。 刚性柔性印刷电路可以在基座中具有刚性部分,显示定时控制器集成电路安装在该基座上,并且可以在盖子中具有刚性部分。 可以使用刚性柔性印刷电路的柔性印刷电路部分将盖中的刚性印刷电路部分耦合到薄膜晶体管层。 刚性柔性印刷电路的柔性印刷电路部分可以在双层屏蔽层单信号线层柔性印刷电路之间形成,该柔性印刷电路部分在盖和基体之间延伸。

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