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公开(公告)号：US09971448B2
公开(公告)日：2018-05-15
申请号：US15419730
申请日：2017-01-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin , Scott A. Myers , Benjamin M. Rappoport , Stephen Brian Lynch , John P. Ternus , Justin R. Wodrich
IPC: G06F3/044 , G06F3/041 , G06F1/16 , H01M2/10 , G09G3/20 , H01M2/16 , H01M2/18 , H01M10/04 , G09G3/3208 , H01L27/32 , H01L51/00 , G06F1/32 , H04M1/02 , H01M2/02
CPC classification number: G06F3/0416 , G06F1/1626 , G06F1/163 , G06F1/1652 , G06F1/1677 , G06F1/3265 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/044 , G06F2203/04101 , G06F2203/04102 , G06F2203/04103 , G06F2203/04105 , G09G3/20 , G09G3/2092 , G09G3/3208 , G09G2330/027 , G09G2380/02 , H01L27/323 , H01L51/0097 , H01L2251/5338 , H01M2/1022 , H01M2/16 , H01M2/18 , H01M10/0436 , H01M2002/0205 , H01M2220/30 , H04M1/0216 , H04M1/0262 , H04M1/0268
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.
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公开(公告)号：US20170117336A1
公开(公告)日：2017-04-27
申请号：US15402009
申请日：2017-01-09
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
CPC classification number: H01L27/3227 , G02B5/208 , G02B27/01 , G02B2027/0138 , G02B2027/014 , G06F1/1626 , G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1641 , G06F1/1686 , G06F1/1688 , G06F1/169 , G06F1/1698 , G06F3/011 , G06F3/042 , G06F3/044 , G06F2203/04101 , G06F2203/04108 , G09G3/3208 , G09G2320/0626 , G09G2360/144 , H01L27/323 , H01L51/0097 , H04R1/028 , H04R2499/15
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.
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公开(公告)号：US20160380333A1
公开(公告)日：2016-12-29
申请号：US15263022
申请日：2016-09-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Erik A. Uttermann , Jeremy C. Franklin , Stephen C. McClure , Sean S. Corbin , Qingxiang Li , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo
CPC classification number: H01Q1/2266 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/42 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q1/50 , H04R1/028 , Y10T29/49016 , Y10T156/1089
Abstract: A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and no on. The portable computing device can include a single piece housing formed from a radio opaque material with a cover formed from a radio transparent material. To implement a wireless interface, an antenna stack-up can be provided that allows an antenna to be mounted to a bottom of the cover. Methods and apparatus are provided for improving wireless performance. For instance, in one embodiment, a metal housing can be thinned to improve antenna performance. As another example, a faraday cage can be formed around speaker drivers to improve antenna performance.
Abstract translation: 公开了一种便携式计算设备。 便携式计算设备可以采用许多形式，例如膝上型计算机，平板计算机，并且不存在。 便携式计算设备可以包括由无线电不透明材料形成的单件壳体，其具有由无线电透明材料形成的盖。 为了实现无线接口，可以提供允许将天线安装到盖的底部的天线叠加。 提供了用于改善无线性能的方法和装置。 例如，在一个实施例中，金属外壳可以变薄以改善天线性能。 作为另一示例，可以围绕扬声器驱动器形成法拉第笼，以改善天线性能。
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公开(公告)号：US09394733B2
公开(公告)日：2016-07-19
申请号：US14099653
申请日：2013-12-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin , Andrew D. Lauder , Brian Bentrim , Haibing Zhu
CPC classification number: E05D5/127 , E05Y2600/506 , Y10T16/525
Abstract: Glue-free hinge assemblies including press-fit pins are disclosed. A press-fit pin of one material can mechanically attach to a workpiece of another material during a press fit operation. The press-fit pin can include a pin shaft having a chamfered first end, a notched portion, a grooved portion having axial grooves, a clinching feature, and a sealing feature. The chamfered first end can guide the press-fit pin into a counter-bored receiving hole in the workpiece. The axial grooves can etch the workpiece material to rotationally lock the press fit-pin into the receiving hole. The clinching feature can plastically deform workpiece material into the notched portion to axially lock the press-fit pin into receiving hole without causing substantial axial expansion of the workpiece. The sealing feature can form a stepped fit between an outer diameter of the press-fit pin and an outer diameter of the counter-bored receiving hole.
Abstract translation: 公开了包括压配销的无胶合铰链组件。 在压配合操作期间，一种材料的压配销可以机械地附接到另一材料的工件。 压配销可以包括具有倒角的第一端，切口部分，具有轴向凹槽的开槽部分，铆接特征和密封特征的销轴。 倒角的第一端可以将压配销引导到工件中的反孔接收孔中。 轴向槽可以蚀刻工件材料，以将压配合销旋转地锁定到接收孔中。 夹紧特征可以将工件材料塑性地变形到切口部分中，以将压配合销轴向锁定到接收孔中，而不会引起工件的显着的轴向膨胀。 密封特征可以在压配合销的外径和反钻孔接收孔的外径之间形成阶梯式配合。
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25.发明授权公开(公告)号：US09361609B2
公开(公告)日：2016-06-07
申请号：US14245447
申请日：2014-04-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin , Derek W. Wright , Wenyong Zhu
CPC classification number: G06Q20/204 , G02B6/0068 , G02B6/0073 , G02B6/0088 , G02B6/0091 , G06Q20/3223 , H05K1/189
Abstract: An electronic device may have a liquid crystal display with backlight structures. The backlight structures may produce backlight that passes through the display layers in the display. The display layers may include a layer of liquid crystal material interposed between a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. The backlight structures may include a light guide plate. A plurality of light-emitting diodes mounted on a flexible printed circuit may be coupled to an edge of the light guide plate. The flexible printed circuit may be curled into a spring element to bias the light-emitting diodes against the edge of the light guide plate. A plurality of gaps may be formed in the flexible printed circuit and may be used to separate and mechanically decouple adjacent light-emitting diodes. Individual light-emitting diodes may independently register to the light guide plate to maximize optical efficiency in the display.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有带背光结构的液晶显示器。 背光结构可以产生穿过显示器中的显示层的背光。 显示层可以包括介于滤色器层和薄膜晶体管层之间的液晶材料层。 背光结构可以包括导光板。 安装在柔性印刷电路上的多个发光二极管可以耦合到导光板的边缘。 柔性印刷电路可以卷曲成弹簧元件，以将发光二极管偏压抵靠导光板的边缘。 可以在柔性印刷电路中形成多个间隙，并且可以用于分离和机械地分离相邻的发光二极管。 单独的发光二极管可以独立地对准导光板以使显示器的光学效率最大化。
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公开(公告)号：US09281109B2
公开(公告)日：2016-03-08
申请号：US14643123
申请日：2015-03-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Florence W. Ow , Jeremy C. Franklin
CPC classification number: H01F7/0263 , G06F1/1626 , G06F2200/1634 , H05K9/0075
Abstract: A magnetic assembly for use in a housing of an electronic device can include a first and a second magnet and a magnetic shield. The magnetic shield can reduce magnetic flux density from the first and the second magnets that can appear on the outside of the housing. A magnetic hinge assembly can include magnets configured to correlate with the first and second magnets. The magnetic hinge can magnetically attach to the housing by cooperating with the first and second magnets with magnets that can be included in the magnetic hinge.
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公开(公告)号：US09103512B2
公开(公告)日：2015-08-11
申请号：US13770169
申请日：2013-02-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin , Kevin D. Gibbs , Amy Qian , John Raff , Jiang Ai
IPC: G02F1/1335 , F21S2/00 , F21V17/10 , G06F1/16 , G02F1/1333
CPC classification number: F21S2/00 , F21V17/10 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/133308 , G02F1/133608 , G02F2001/133322 , G02F2001/133325 , G02F2001/133354 , G06F1/1626 , G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1643 , Y10T29/49769
Abstract: Electronic devices may include displays having backlight structures and display layers. The display layers may include alignment features. The backlight structure may include alignment features. The alignment features on the backlight structures may include transparent portions of the backlight structures. The alignment features on the display layers may include alignment marks that are visible through the transparent portions of the backlight structures. The transparent portions of the backlight structures may include openings that extend from a first surface of the backlight structures to an opposing second surface of the backlight structures. The openings may be filled by transparent members formed from plastic or glass. The transparent members may include additional alignment marks. The transparent members may include lensing portions that magnify the alignment marks on the display layers when viewed through the lensing portions.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以包括具有背光结构和显示层的显示器。 显示层可以包括对准特征。 背光结构可以包括对准特征。 背光结构上的对准特征可以包括背光结构的透明部分。 显示层上的对准特征可以包括通过背光结构的透明部分可见的对准标记。 背光结构的透明部分可以包括从背光结构的第一表面延伸到背光结构的相对的第二表面的开口。 开口可以由由塑料或玻璃形成的透明构件填充。 透明构件可以包括附加的对准标记。 透明构件可以包括当通过透镜部分观察时放大显示层上的对准标记的透镜部分。
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公开(公告)号：US20150049285A1
公开(公告)日：2015-02-19
申请号：US13965965
申请日：2013-08-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Amy Qian , Jeremy C. Franklin , John Raff , Victor H. Yin , Wenyong Zhu
IPC: F21V8/00 , G02F1/1335
CPC classification number: G02B6/0073 , G02B6/0018 , G02B6/002 , G02B6/0065 , G02B6/0086 , G02F2001/133388
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may include display layers characterized by an active area and backlight structures that provide backlight to the active area. To accommodate components such as a button, an edge portion of a light guide plate in the backlight structures that does not overlap the active area is bent out of the plane of the light guide plate. The bent edge portion of the light guide plate may be formed by molding clear plastic in a die or by bending a flexible sheet of clear polymer. Flared structures may be formed on the flexible sheet of clear polymer to help guide light from light-emitting diodes into the flexible sheet of clear polymer. The flared structures may be formed by applying resin coating layers to the flexible sheet of clear polymer.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有显示器。 显示器可以包括以有源区域为特征的显示层和向有源区域提供背光的背光结构。 为了容纳诸如按钮的部件，背光结构中不与有源区域重叠的导光板的边缘部分弯曲到导光板的平面之外。 导光板的弯曲边缘部分可以通过在模具中模制透明塑料或通过弯曲透明聚合物的柔性片而形成。 扩张结构可以形成在透明聚合物的柔性片上，以帮助将来自发光二极管的光引导到透明聚合物的柔性片中。 扩张结构可以通过将树脂涂层施加到透明聚合物的柔性片上而形成。
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公开(公告)号：US20140133174A1
公开(公告)日：2014-05-15
申请号：US13673649
申请日：2012-11-09
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin , Kevin D. Gibbs , Amy Qian , John Raff , Michael J. Reilly , Altan N. Yazar
CPC classification number: F21V9/08 , G02B6/0031 , G02B6/0088 , G02F1/13338 , G02F2001/133317 , G02F2001/133331 , G02F2001/133334 , G02F2202/16 , G02F2202/28 , H05K9/0067
Abstract: Electronic devices may include displays. A display may include backlight components that provide backlight illumination for the display. Backlight components may include a light guide plate that distributes light from a light source across the display. A plastic display chassis may be used to support display layers and backlight components. A light blocking material such as a layer of metal or opaque coating material may be formed on a surface of the plastic display chassis and may be used to reduce light leakage from the backlight components to the exterior of the electronic device. A metal barrier structure may be formed on a surface of the support structure and may be used to ground a conductive display layer to a conductive support structure such as a metal display chassis or a metal housing member. The plastic display chassis may be insert molded around a light barrier structure.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以包括显示器。 显示器可以包括为显示器提供背光照明的背光组件。 背光组件可以包括将来自光源的光分布在显示器上的导光板。 可以使用塑料显示器底盘来支持显示层和背光元件。 可以在塑料显示器底盘的表面上形成诸如金属或不透明涂层材料的遮光材料，并且可以用于减少从背光组件到电子设备外部的光泄漏。 金属阻挡结构可以形成在支撑结构的表面上，并且可以用于将导电显示层接地到诸如金属显示器底座或金属外壳构件的导电支撑结构。 塑料显示器底盘可以围绕光栅结构插入模制。
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公开(公告)号：US20140092630A1
公开(公告)日：2014-04-03
申请号：US13771473
申请日：2013-02-20
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin , Kevin D. Gibbs , Amy Qian , John Raff
IPC: F21V8/00
CPC classification number: G02B6/0031 , G02B6/0083 , G02B6/009 , G02B6/0091
Abstract: Electronic devices may include displays. A display may include backlight components such as a light guide plate that distributes light from a light source across the display. The light source may include a plurality of light-emitting diodes mounted on a printed circuit substrate. A portion of the light guide plate may be attached to the printed circuit substrate using adhesive. The adhesive may be a supported adhesive that includes a lining of reflective material. A reflective coating such as a layer of white coverlay may be formed on the surface of the printed circuit substrate and may be configured to reflect light into the light guide plate. The reflective coating may serve as a solder mask. The printed circuit substrate may be attached to a metal display chassis using adhesive. A shim may be used to raise the height of the light source relative to the printed circuit substrate.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以包括显示器。 显示器可以包括诸如导光板的背光组件，其将来自光源的光分布在显示器上。 光源可以包括安装在印刷电路基板上的多个发光二极管。 可以使用粘合剂将导光板的一部分附着到印刷电路基板。 粘合剂可以是包括反射材料的衬里的支撑的粘合剂。 可以在印刷电路基板的表面上形成诸如白色覆盖层的反射涂层，并且可以被配置为将光反射到导光板中。 反射涂层可以用作焊接掩模。 印刷电路基板可以使用粘合剂附接到金属显示器底座。 可以使用垫片来提高光源相对于印刷电路基板的高度。
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