Methods for Manufacturing an Antenna Tuning Element in an Electronic Device
    21.
    发明申请
    Methods for Manufacturing an Antenna Tuning Element in an Electronic Device 有权
    在电子设备中制造天线调谐元件的方法

    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.

    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。

    Bracket assembly for a multi-component vision system in an electronic device

    公开(公告)号:US10983555B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-20

    申请号:US16269507

    申请日:2019-02-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device that includes a vision system carried by a bracket assembly is disclosed. The vision system may include a first camera module that captures an image of an object, a light emitting element that emits light rays toward the object, and a second camera module that receives light rays reflected from the object. The light rays may include infrared light rays. The bracket assembly is designed not only carry the aforementioned modules, but to also maintain a predetermined and fixed separation between the modules. The bracket assembly may form a rigid, multi-piece bracket assembly to prevent bending, thereby maintaining the predetermined separation. The electronic device may include a transparent cover designed to couple with a housing. The transparent cover incudes an alignment module designed to engage a module and provide a moving force that aligns the bracket assembly and the modules to a desired location in the housing.

    METHODS FOR APPLYING A COATING OVER LASER MARKING
    27.
    发明申请
    METHODS FOR APPLYING A COATING OVER LASER MARKING 有权
    用于涂覆激光标记的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20170066011A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-09

    申请号:US14846269

    申请日:2015-09-04

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Coatings for filling cracks within anodic films formed from, for example, a laser marking process are described. The cracks generally have widths of nanometers in scale and can extend from an external surface of an anodic film to an underlying metal substrate. The coatings fill the cracks to prevent liquid and contaminants from entering the cracks and reaching the metal substrate, thereby preventing corrosion of the underlying metal substrate. The coatings can be hydrophobic such that water is wicked away from the cracks. In some cases, the coatings are fluoropolymer coatings. Methods include spray-on techniques that provide a thin and uniform layer of the coating. The spray-on technique can be configured to spray on a fluoropolymer precursor onto the anodic film such that the fluoropolymer precursor diffuses into and polymerizes into the fluoropolymer coating within the cracks.

    Abstract translation: 描述了用于在由例如激光打标工艺形成的阳极膜内填充裂纹的涂层。 裂纹通常具有纳米级的尺寸并且可以从阳极膜的外表面延伸到下面的金属基底。 涂层填充裂缝以防止液体和污染物进入裂纹并到达金属基底,从而防止下面的金属基底的腐蚀。 涂层可以是疏水性的,使得水从裂纹中恶化。 在某些情况下,涂层是氟聚合物涂层。 方法包括喷涂技术,其提供薄且均匀的涂层层。 喷涂技术可以配置成将氟聚合物前体喷涂到阳极膜上,使得含氟聚合物前体扩散到裂缝内并聚合到含氟聚合物涂层中。

    SHIELD FOR ACOUSTIC DEVICE
    28.
    发明申请
    SHIELD FOR ACOUSTIC DEVICE 审中-公开
    声音设备屏蔽

    公开(公告)号:US20160073558A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-10

    申请号:US14681447

    申请日:2015-04-08

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: H05K9/0052

    Abstract: An electronic device having one or more magnets disposed within it (e.g., such as in a speaker) is equipped with a magnetic shield that attenuates magnetic fields propagating outside of the electronic device. The magnetic shield may be placed within the device such that it redirects the magnetic fields to contain them better within the one or more magnets, resulting in improved magnetic efficiency. In further embodiments, the magnetic shield may also function as a structural part of the electronic device and/or an electronic component with in the electronic device.

    Abstract translation: 具有设置在其内的一个或多个磁体的电子设备(例如,在扬声器中)配备有磁屏蔽,其衰减在电子设备外部传播的磁场。 磁屏蔽可以放置在装置内,使得其重定向磁场以在一个或多个磁体内更好地包含它们,从而提高磁效率。 在另外的实施例中,磁屏蔽还可以用作电子设备中的电子设备和/或电子部件的结构部分。

    Systems and methods for securing components of an electronic device
    29.
    发明授权
    Systems and methods for securing components of an electronic device 有权
    用于固定电子设备组件的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09146588B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-29

    申请号:US13632096

    申请日:2012-09-30

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F1/1637 G06F1/1626 H04M1/0249 Y10T29/49826

    Abstract: Systems and methods for securing components of an electronic device are provided. In some embodiments, the electronic device may include a housing having an opening, a cover resting on a portion of the electronic device in a first cover position within the opening, and a lock component configured to move within the housing from a first lock position to a second lock position for securing the cover in the first cover position.

    Abstract translation: 提供了用于固定电子设备的组件的系统和方法。 在一些实施例中,电子设备可以包括具有开口的壳体,位于开口内的第一盖位置中的盖在电子设备的一部分上的盖,以及锁定构件,其构造成在壳体内从第一锁定位置移动到 第二锁定位置,用于将盖固定在第一盖位置。

    Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Structures
    30.
    发明申请
    Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Structures 有权
    电磁干扰屏蔽结构

    公开(公告)号:US20140177181A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-26

    申请号:US13726890

    申请日:2012-12-26

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: Electrical components are mounted on a printed circuit in an electronic device housing. Shielding can structures may include a sheet metal shield can layer with a conductive gasket. The printed circuit may have an opening. A screw passes through the opening in the printed circuit and openings in the conductive gasket and sheet metal shield can layer to secure the shielding can structures to the housing. When secured, a lip in the gasket lies between the printed circuit substrate and the housing. The gasket may be formed from conductive elastomeric material. A shield can lid and a flexible printed circuit may be embedded within conductive elastomeric material that provides a thermal conduction path to dissipate heat from electrical components under the lid. Shield can members that are located on opposing sides of a bend in a flexible printed circuit substrate may be coupled by a conductive elastomeric bridging structure.

    Abstract translation: 电气部件安装在电子设备壳体中的印刷电路上。 屏蔽罐结构可以包括具有导电垫片的金属板屏蔽罐层。 印刷电路可以具有开口。 螺丝穿过印刷电路中的开口和导电垫圈和金属板护罩罐层中的开口,以将屏蔽罐结构固定到壳体上。 当固定时,垫圈中的唇缘位于印刷电路基板和壳体之间。 垫圈可以由导电弹性体材料形成。 屏蔽罐盖和柔性印刷电路可以嵌入在导电弹性体材料内,其提供热传导路径以从盖下方的电气部件散发热量。 位于柔性印刷电路基板中的弯曲部的相对侧上的屏蔽罐构件可以通过导电弹性体桥接结构耦合。

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