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公开(公告)号:US10931802B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-23
申请号:US15863729
申请日:2018-01-05
申请人: Apple Inc.
摘要: Electronic devices may be provided with concave displays that reduce the risk of damage in the event of a drop while maximizing the internal volume of the device. Concave displays may be formed from one or more flexible layers including a flexible display layer. The flexible display layer may be mounted to a rigid support structure or a rigid cover layer. Flexible display layers that conform to the curved shape of a rigid cover structure provide additional internal volume in which internal components of the device may be positioned.
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公开(公告)号:US10546901B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-28
申请号:US16203410
申请日:2018-11-28
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: 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分类号: G02F1/1345 , H01L27/32 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/01 , G02B27/01 , G06F3/042 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/3208 , H01L51/00 , H04R1/02 , G02B5/20
摘要: 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:US20190212603A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-11
申请号:US16355569
申请日:2019-03-15
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Paul S. Drzaic , Jeremy C. Franklin , Stephen Brian Lynch , Scott A. Myers , Benjamin M. Rappoport , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , John P. Ternus
IPC分类号: G02F1/1345
CPC分类号: G02F1/13452 , G02F2201/42
摘要: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US10320959B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-11
申请号:US15338157
申请日:2016-10-28
申请人: Apple Inc.
摘要: Transparent structures for portions of electronic device housings are disclosed. The transparent structures are formed from multiple layers of transparent (optically clear) materials. The multiple layers can include at least an outer glass layer and one or more other transparent layers that can be either glass or polymer layers. The multiple layers can be bonded together with one or more lamination layers. Accordingly, multi-layer transparent structures that are formed from multiple layers bonded together are able to be not only thin but also sufficiently strong and resistant to damage. The multi-layer transparent structures are well suited for use in consumer products, such as consumer electronic devices (e.g., portable electronic devices).
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公开(公告)号:US10318061B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-11
申请号:US15974545
申请日:2018-05-08
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Jeremy C. Franklin , Scott A. Myers , Benjamin M. Rappoport , Stephen Brian Lynch , John P. Ternus , Justin R. Wodrich
IPC分类号: 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
摘要: 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:US20190163233A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-30
申请号:US16264340
申请日:2019-01-31
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Benjamin M. Rappoport , Jeremy C. Franklin , Stephen Brian Lynch , Scott A. Myers , John Raff , Richard P. Howarth , Wei Chen , Christopher J. Stringer , Julian Hoenig
摘要: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US20190096966A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-28
申请号:US16203410
申请日:2018-11-28
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: 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分类号: H01L27/32 , H01L51/00 , G02B27/01 , G02B5/20 , G09G3/3208 , G06F1/16 , H04R1/02 , G06F3/01 , G06F3/042 , G06F3/044
摘要: 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:US10228719B2
公开(公告)日:2019-03-12
申请号:US16144986
申请日:2018-09-27
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Benjamin M. Rappoport , Jeremy C. Franklin , Stephen Brian Lynch , Scott A. Myers , John Raff , Richard P. Howarth , Wei Chen , Christopher J. Stringer , Julian Hoenig
摘要: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US10088863B2
公开(公告)日:2018-10-02
申请号:US14812956
申请日:2015-07-29
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Benjamin M. Rappoport , Jeremy C. Franklin , Stephen Brian Lynch , Scott A. Myers , John Raff , Richard P. Howarth , Wei Chen , Christopher J. Stringer , Julian Hoenig
摘要: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US10048721B2
公开(公告)日:2018-08-14
申请号:US15801013
申请日:2017-11-01
申请人: Apple Inc.
摘要: A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and so on. The portable computing device can include at least a single piece housing. The single piece housing including a plurality of steps. The plurality of mounting steps are formed by at least removing a preselected amount of housing material at predetermined locations on the interior surface. At least some of the mounting steps are used to mount at least some of the plurality of internal operating components housing.
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