公开(公告)号：US20160065818A1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-03

申请号：US14846035

申请日：2015-09-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel W. Jarvis ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  David Tupman ,  Richard H. Tsai

IPC: H04N5/225

CPC classification number: H04N5/2254 ,  H04N5/2256 ,  H04N5/2257

Abstract: An electronic device may have a camera module for acquiring still and video digital images of a subject. A light source such as a light-emitting diode may serve as a flash for the camera module. A shutter may be mounted above the light-emitting diode. When the light-emitting diode is not being used to produce a flash of light for illuminating the subject, the shutter may be closed to block the light-emitting diode from view by a user. During image acquisition operations in which it is desired to illuminate the subject, the shutter may be opened to allow light from the light-emitting diode to exit the electronic device. The electronic device may have a touch screen display with an active region and an inactive region. The camera module and light source may be mounted under a portion of the inactive region of the display. The shutter may include a filter structure.

Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有用于获取被摄体的静止和视频数字图像的照相机模块。 诸如发光二极管的光源可以用作相机模块的闪光灯。 遮光板可以安装在发光二极管的上方。 当发光二极管不被用于产生用于照亮被摄体的闪光时，可以关闭快门以阻止用户观察发光二极管。 在期望照亮被摄体的图像获取操作期间，可以打开快门以允许来自发光二极管的光离开电子设备。 电子设备可以具有具有活动区域和非活动区域的触摸屏显示。 相机模块和光源可以安装在显示器的非活动区域的一部分下方。 快门可以包括过滤器结构。

公开(公告)号：US20160044816A1

公开(公告)日：2016-02-11

申请号：US14456943

申请日：2014-08-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel W. Jarvis ,  Benjamin J. Pope ,  Jason S. Sloey ,  Jonathan C. Denby ,  Ian A. Spraggs ,  Shayan Malek

IPC: H05K7/02 ,  H01R43/20 ,  H05K7/06

CPC classification number: H05K7/14 ,  H01H23/04 ,  H01H23/148 ,  H01R43/205 ,  H04M1/026 ,  H04M1/0274 ,  H04M1/0277 ,  H05K7/026 ,  H05K7/06

Abstract: This application relates to securing and positioning internal components within a housing of a portable computing device. In one embodiment a cowling is utilized to retain a number of board-to-board connectors within communication slots on a printed circuit board (PCB). In another embodiment a number of insert molded retaining members are utilized to prevent outward deformation of sidewalls of the portable computing device during a drop event. In another embodiment, a C-shaped washer having diametrically opposed protrusions is utilized to adjust an alignment of an internal component.

Abstract translation: 本申请涉及在便携式计算设备的壳体内固定和定位内部部件。 在一个实施例中，使用整流罩将多个板对板连接器保持在印刷电路板（PCB）上的通信槽内。 在另一个实施例中，使用许多插入模制的保持构件来防止在丢弃事件期间便携式计算设备的侧壁向外变形。 在另一个实施例中，使用具有直径相对的突起的C形垫圈来调节内部部件的对准。

公开(公告)号：US20140323063A1

公开(公告)日：2014-10-30

申请号：US13871996

申请日：2013-04-26

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Hao Xu ,  Jayesh Nath ,  Peter Bevelacqua ,  Daniel W. Jarvis ,  Jared M. Kole ,  Jennifer M. Edwards ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Richard H. Dinh ,  Robert W. Schlub ,  Ruben Caballero

IPC: H04B1/38 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H01Q1/50

CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q9/0442 ,  H01Q9/42 ,  H04B1/18

Abstract: Custom antenna structures may be used to improve antenna performance and to compensate for manufacturing variations in electronic device antennas. An electronic device antenna may include an antenna tuning element and conductive structures formed from portions of a peripheral conductive housing member and other conductive antenna structures. The antenna tuning element may be connected across a gap in the peripheral conductive housing member. The custom antenna structures may be used to couple the antenna tuning element to a fixed custom location on the peripheral conductive housing member to help satisfy design criteria and to compensate for manufacturing variations in the conductive antenna structures that could potentially lead to undesired variations in antenna performance. Custom antenna structures may include springs and custom paths on dielectric supports.

Abstract translation: 可以使用定制天线结构来改善天线性能并补偿电子设备天线中的制造变化。 电子设备天线可以包括天线调谐元件和由外围导电外壳构件和其它导电天线结构的部分形成的导电结构。 天线调谐元件可以跨越外围导电外壳构件中的间隙连接。 定制天线结构可用于将天线调谐元件耦合到外围导电外壳构件上的固定定制位置，以帮助满足设计标准并补偿导电天线结构中可能导致天线性能不期望变化的制造变化 。 定制天线结构可以包括弹簧和电介质支撑件上的定制路径。

公开(公告)号：US20140285386A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-25

申请号：US14300704

申请日：2014-06-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Nicholas G. L. Merz ,  Daniel W. Jarvis ,  Sawyer I. Cohen

IPC: H01Q1/50 ,  H01Q1/48

CPC classification number: H01Q1/50 ,  H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q1/48 ,  H01Q9/42 ,  H01Q13/10

Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain conductive paths. A conductive path may be formed from an elongated metal member that extends across a dielectric gap in an antenna. The antenna may be formed from conductive structures that form an antenna ground and conductive structures that are part of a peripheral conductive housing member in the electronic device. The gap may separate the peripheral conductive housing member from the conductive structures. A conductive path may also be formed using one or more springs. A spring may be welded to a conductive member and may have prongs that press against an additional conductive member when the spring is compressed. The prongs may have narrowed tips, curved shapes, and burrs that help form a satisfactory electrical contact between the spring prongs and the additional conductive member.

Abstract translation: 可以提供包含导电路径的电子设备。 导电路径可以由延伸穿过天线中的电介质间隙的细长金属构件形成。 天线可以由形成天线接地的导电结构和作为电子设备中的外围导电外壳构件的一部分的导电结构形成。 间隙可以将外围导电壳体构件与导电结构分离。 也可以使用一个或多个弹簧形成导电路径。 弹簧可以焊接到导电构件上，并且当弹簧被压缩时可以具有压靠附加的导电构件的插脚。 尖头可能具有变窄的尖端，弯曲形状和毛刺，这有助于在弹簧插脚和附加导电构件之间形成令人满意的电接触。

公开(公告)号：US20130292396A1

公开(公告)日：2013-11-07

申请号：US13628568

申请日：2012-09-27

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Richard H. Dinh ,  Daniel W. Jarvis

IPC: B29C59/16 ,  B23P25/00 ,  C25D5/02 ,  B65D1/42

CPC classification number: B29C63/34 ,  B29C65/08 ,  B29C66/474 ,  B29C2793/0018 ,  B29L2031/3481 ,  B29L2031/737 ,  Y10T29/4998

Abstract: Electronic device housing structures and other structures may be formed from molded plastic. Plastic structures such as injection molding housing structures and other structures may be provided with openings. An opening may have sidewall surfaces. Machining operations and other techniques may be used in forming the openings. Openings may be processed to enhance resistance to stress-induced cracking of the plastic structures along the sidewall surfaces. Cracking resistance may be obtained by activating the surface using heat or laser treatment and by electroplating the activated surface to form a metal liner structure. Surface treatments using applied liquid chemicals or heat may form a treated layer on the surface of an opening with enhanced cracking resistance. A plastic sleeve or other insert may form a liner structure in an opening that resists cracking. Liner structures may also be formed by applying heat or light to a coating in an opening.

Abstract translation: 电子设备外壳结构和其他结构可以由模制塑料形成。 塑料结构例如注模壳体结构和其它结构可以设置有开口。 开口可以具有侧壁表面。 可以使用加工操作和其它技术来形成开口。 可以处理开口以增强沿着侧壁表面的塑性结构的应力引起的开裂的阻力。 可以通过使用热或激光处理来激活表面并且通过电镀激活的表面以形成金属衬垫结构来获得抗开裂性。 使用应用的液体化学品或热的表面处理可以在开口的表面上形成具有增强的抗开裂性的处理层。 塑料套筒或其他插入件可以在开口中形成抵抗裂纹的衬里结构。 也可以通过向开口中的涂层施加热或光来形成衬里结构。

公开(公告)号：US12244916B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-04

申请号：US18467548

申请日：2023-09-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel W. Jarvis ,  Michael D. Quinones

IPC: H04N23/54 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/50 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/55 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/57

Abstract: Portable electronic devices having I/O assemblies that can include optical and audio components are described. An exemplary I/O assembly can include a first camera module and a second camera module that can be carried within a camera module housing. A flex connector can carry a strobe that can be positioned between the first camera module and the second camera module. A trim can enclose the first camera, the second camera and the strobe and optically isolates the optical components. An exemplary portable electronic device can include a side wall retainer that defines its perimeter, a front cover glass and a rear cover glass that cooperate to form an enclosure. The I/O assembly can be secured to the enclosure both from inside and outside of the rear cover glass. I/O assembly can also include an audio transducer that can record sound when the camera module are recording videos.

公开(公告)号：US20240267447A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-08

申请号：US18243531

申请日：2023-09-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Laura M. Burke ,  Woonyong Bae ,  Joel Ravi ,  Daniel W. Jarvis ,  Jason P. Shannon ,  Marwan Rammah ,  Alexander K. Mark ,  Maxwell Zhang ,  Ekaterina Pease ,  Sara Salmon ,  Ethan Stobbe

IPC: H04M1/02

CPC classification number: H04M1/026

Abstract: A mobile phone may include a connector module configured to couple to a charging cable, antenna circuitry conductively coupled to a first housing component and a second housing component, and a processing system configured to, in accordance with a determination that the connector module is decoupled from the charging cable, cause the second housing component to operate as a first radiating element for the antenna circuitry, and in accordance with a determination that the connector module is coupled to the charging cable and that an operational condition of the connector module is satisfied, cause the first housing component to operate as at least a portion of a second radiating element for the antenna circuitry.

公开(公告)号：US20240064220A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-22

申请号：US18243485

申请日：2023-09-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Richard H. Koch ,  Chen Zhong ,  Matthew A. Lashinsky ,  Bryan Zin ,  Daniel W. Jarvis ,  Jason P. Shannon ,  Marwan Rammah ,  Hugh J. Jay

IPC: H04M1/02

CPC classification number: H04M1/0268 ,  H04M2201/38

Abstract: A portable electronic device may include a housing component defining a side exterior surface of the portable electronic device and a front cover assembly coupled to the housing component and including a front cover defining a front exterior surface of the portable electronic device and an interior surface opposite to the front exterior surface, a display stack attached to the interior surface of the front cover, a support frame coupled to the display stack and defining a plurality of engagement features, and a molded frame member coupled to the interior surface of the front cover and extending at least partially around a periphery of the display stack, the molded frame member encapsulating at least a portion of the support frame and engaging the plurality of engagement features.

公开(公告)号：USD967827S1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US29822533

申请日：2022-01-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Designer： Jody Akana ,  Molly Anderson ,  Bartley K. Andre ,  Shota Aoyagi ,  Anthony Michael Ashcroft ,  Marine C. Bataille ,  Jeremy Bataillou ,  Markus Diebel ,  M. Evans Hankey ,  Julian Hoenig ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  Jonathan P. Ive ,  Julian Jaede ,  Daniel W. Jarvis ,  Duncan Robert Kerr ,  Richard H. Koch ,  Robert F. Meyer ,  David A. Pakula ,  Michael D. Quinones ,  Peter Russell-Clarke ,  Benjamin Andrew Shaffer ,  Mikael Silvanto ,  Ian A. Spraggs ,  Sung-Ho Tan ,  Clement Tissandier ,  Christopher S. Tomasetta ,  Eugene Antony Whang ,  Rico Zörkendörfer

公开(公告)号：USD938905S1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-21

申请号：US29691263

申请日：2019-05-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Designer： Daniel W. Jarvis ,  Andrew U. Leopold ,  Ian A. Spraggs ,  Gregory Nicolaus Stephens