Accessory device for an electronic device

    公开(公告)号:US10955875B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-23

    申请号:US16848335

    申请日:2020-04-14

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Electronic devices and accessory devices for electronic devices are described. In some instances, an accessory device includes a keyboard and a cover rotatable with respect to the keyboard. In some instances, an accessory device includes a back panel and a foldable cover rotatable with respect to the back panel. These accessory devices may include several magnetic elements designed to magnetically couple with, and retain, an electronic device without any additional mechanical or other interlocking devices. In this regard, the magnetic elements in the accessory devices provide an external magnetic field sufficiently strong enough to retain the electronic device, and can counter gravitational forces and/or the weight of the electronic device. However, some accessory devices include additional magnetic elements that provide an external magnetic field that repels magnetic elements in the electronic device. Also, the magnetic elements may also be used to hold different sections of the accessory device together.

    CONTACT DESIGN FOR EXTERNAL ACCESSORIES
    12.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200097042A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-26

    申请号:US16416783

    申请日:2019-05-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: The described embodiments relate generally to contact designs for electrically coupling electronic devices and electronic accessories. Some embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device including a housing, one or more magnets configured to align and removably couple the electronic accessory to the electronic device, and a contact area disposed at an external surface of the housing, the contact area including two or more spaced apart contacts. Each of the contacts includes a conductive contact surface positioned at the external surface of the housing, the contact surface configured to directly contact a corresponding contact of the electronic accessory when the electronic device is coupled to the electronic accessory, and an electrically-conductive via extending from the contact surface through the outer surface of housing.

    Contracting and Elongating Materials for Providing Input and Output for an Electronic Device
    17.
    发明申请
    Contracting and Elongating Materials for Providing Input and Output for an Electronic Device 审中-公开
    为电子设备提供输入和输出的承包和伸长材料

    公开(公告)号:US20160306423A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-20

    申请号:US15098669

    申请日:2016-04-14

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for providing haptic output on an electronic device. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes an actuator configured to move in a first direction. The electronic device also includes a substrate coupled to the actuator. When the actuator moves in the first direction, the substrate or a portion of the substrate, by virtue of being coupled to the actuator, moves in a second direction. In some implementations, the movement of the substrate is perpendicular to the movement of the actuator.

    Abstract translation: 这里公开了用于在电子设备上提供触觉输出的方法和系统。 在一些实施例中,电子设备包括构造成沿第一方向移动的致动器。 电子设备还包括耦合到致动器的衬底。 当致动器沿第一方向移动时,基板或基板的一部分通过联接到致动器沿第二方向移动。 在一些实施方案中,衬底的运动垂直于致动器的运动。

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