公开(公告)号：US10546901B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-28

申请号：US16203410

申请日：2018-11-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  Julian Hoenig ,  Christopher J. Stringer ,  John P. Ternus ,  Stephen Brian Lynch

IPC: G02F1/1345 ,  H01L27/32 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  H01L51/00 ,  H04R1/02 ,  G02B5/20

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.

公开(公告)号：US10521034B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-31

申请号：US16421892

申请日：2019-05-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Scott A. Myers ,  Stephen Brian Lynch ,  Anthony S. Montevirgen

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/044 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H04M1/23

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.

公开(公告)号：US20190217513A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-18

申请号：US16360929

申请日：2019-03-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin Shane Bustle ,  Tyler B. Cater ,  Derek C. Krass ,  Scott A. Myers

IPC: B29C45/14

CPC classification number: B29C45/14786 ,  B29C45/14311 ,  B29K2101/12 ,  B29L2031/3437 ,  B29L2031/3456 ,  B29L2031/3481 ,  H04M1/0202

Abstract: Compound structures and methods for forming the same are described. The compound structures can be used to form an enclosure. The enclosure may be formed from metal, such as aluminum, and further include one or more non-metal regions that allow for transmission and receipt of electromagnetic waves, such as radio frequency waves. The non-metal region can include a first section, a second section, and an optional cosmetic section. The first section can be firmly molded onto a metal section of the enclosure by small pores formed within the metal section. The second section can engage with interlock features of the first section. The optional cosmetic section can cover the first section and the second section such that the first section and the second section are not visible from an exterior of the enclosure.

公开(公告)号：US20190212603A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-11

申请号：US16355569

申请日：2019-03-15

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: G02F1/1345

CPC classification number: G02F1/13452 ,  G02F2201/42

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display having a thin-film transistor layer. One or more holes in the thin-film transistor layer may be used to form pathways from display circuitry to other circuitry underneath the display. One or more conductive bridges may pass through holes in the thin-film transistor layer and may have one end that couples to the display circuitry and a second end that couples to a printed circuit underneath the display. These conductive bridges may be formed from wire bonding. Wire bond connections may be encapsulated with potting material to improve the reliability of the wire bond and increase the resiliency of the display. Display signal lines may be routed through holes in a thin-film transistor layer to run along a backside of the display thereby reducing the need for space in the border region for display circuitry.

公开(公告)号：US10345860B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-09

申请号：US15954564

申请日：2018-04-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Scott A. Myers

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0487 ,  G06F3/14 ,  H05K7/06 ,  H05K13/00 ,  H04M1/02

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.

公开(公告)号：USD852197S1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-25

申请号：US29658265

申请日：2018-07-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Designer： Jody Akana ,  Bartley K. Andre ,  Shota Aoyagi ,  Anthony Michael Ashcroft ,  Jeremy Bataillou ,  Daniel J. Coster ,  Daniele De Iuliis ,  M. Evans Hankey ,  Matthew David Hill ,  Julian Hoenig ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  Jonathan P. Ive ,  Duncan Robert Kerr ,  Scott A. Myers ,  David A. Pakula ,  Matthew Dean Rohrbach ,  Peter Russell-Clarke ,  Benjamin Andrew Shaffer ,  Mikael Silvanto ,  Christopher J. Stringer ,  Eugene Antony Whang ,  Michael Benjamin Wittenberg ,  Rico Zörkendörfer

公开(公告)号：US10334745B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-25

申请号：US15821301

申请日：2017-11-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Scott A. Myers ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Richard Hung Minh Dinh ,  Trent Weber ,  Robert Schlub ,  Josh Nickel ,  Robert Hill ,  Nanbo Jin ,  Tang Yew Tan

IPC: H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q1/42 ,  H05K5/02

Abstract: An electronic device may include a ring-shaped housing member defining an interior volume. The ring-shaped housing member may be configured to receive electronic device components. The ring-shaped housing member may include a first element comprising an angled region, and a second element comprising an angled region. A first intermediate element may be placed between the first and second elements, where the intermediate element is secured to internal surfaces of each of the first and second elements such that the first and second elements do not overlap. The first intermediate element may fasten the first and second elements to one another, and electrically isolate the first and second elements from one another.

公开(公告)号：US10318061B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-11

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: G06F1/16 ,  G09G3/20 ,  H01M2/02 ,  H01M2/10 ,  H01M2/16 ,  H01M2/18 ,  H04M1/02 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/00 ,  H01M10/04 ,  G06F1/3234 ,  G09G3/3208

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：US20190163233A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-30

申请号：US16264340

申请日：2019-01-31

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

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  F21K9/60

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.

公开(公告)号：US10303219B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-28

申请号：US15892310

申请日：2018-02-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Scott A. Myers ,  Matthew Theobald ,  Richard Heley ,  Adam Stagnaro ,  Richard Hung Minh Dinh ,  David A. Pakula ,  Tang Yew Tan

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H05K5/03 ,  H05K5/02 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/24

Abstract: This is directed to an electronic device enclosure. The enclosure includes an outer periphery member forming an outer surface of a device, and to which an internal platform is connected. Electronic device components can be assembled to one or both surfaces of the internal platform. The enclosure can include front and back cover assemblies assembled to the opposite surfaces of the outer periphery member to retain electronic device components. One or both of the cover assembles can include a window through which display circuitry can provide content to a user of the device.