公开(公告)号：US20150109121A1

公开(公告)日：2015-04-23

申请号：US14470394

申请日：2014-08-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Dave Pakula ,  Matthew Hill ,  Ethan Larry Huwe ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Richard H. Dinh

IPC: G08B25/01 ,  G08B23/00

CPC classification number: G08B25/016 ,  G08B23/00 ,  H04M19/04 ,  H04M19/047 ,  H04M2250/12

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed that allow an electronic device to autonomously adapt one or more user alerts to the current operating environment of the electronic device. For example, some embodiments may include a method comprising providing a plurality of alert devices in an electronic device, determining an operating environment of the electronic device using a sensor of the electronic device, and actuating at least one of the plurality of alert devices that corresponds to the determined operating environment.

Abstract translation: 公开了允许电子设备自主地将一个或多个用户警报适配到电子设备的当前操作环境的方法和装置。 例如，一些实施例可以包括一种方法，包括在电子设备中提供多个警报设备，使用电子设备的传感器确定电子设备的操作环境，以及致动多个警报设备中的至少一个警报设备 到确定的操作环境。

公开(公告)号：US20140369518A1

公开(公告)日：2014-12-18

申请号：US14262320

申请日：2014-04-25

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Anna-Katrina Shedletsky ,  Stephen Brian Lynch

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  H04R1/06

CPC classification number: H04R1/1033 ,  H02J7/00 ,  H04R1/06 ,  H04R1/1091 ,  H04R25/00

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a technique for inductively charging an electronic device. This technique involves winding an audio cable for the electronic device around a charging mechanism multiple times so that one or more conductors in the audio cable form an inductive receiving coil. Next, a magnetic field is created through the charging mechanism to induce a current in the inductive receiving coil. Finally, the induced current in the inductive receiving coil is used to charge a rechargeable battery for the electronic device.

Abstract translation: 所公开的实施例涉及用于对电子设备进行感应充电的技术。 该技术涉及将电子设备的音频电缆绕在充电机构周围多次，使得音频电缆中的一个或多个导体形成感应接收线圈。 接下来，通过充电机构产生磁场，以感应感应接收线圈中的电流。 最后，感应接收线圈中的感应电流用于对电子设备的可再充电电池充电。

公开(公告)号：US08896995B2

公开(公告)日：2014-11-25

申请号：US13670289

申请日：2012-11-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anna-Katrina Shedletsky ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Adam Mittleman ,  Stephen Brian Lynch

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  F16F7/108 ,  F16F7/10 ,  H05K5/00

CPC classification number: G06F1/1656 ,  F16F7/1028 ,  F16F7/104 ,  F16F7/108 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/181 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2200/1637 ,  H05K5/0017 ,  H05K5/03 ,  H05K5/06 ,  Y10T29/49002

Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods for shock mounting glass for an electronic device are disclosed. The glass for the electronic device can provide an outer surface for at least a portion of a housing for the electronic device. In one embodiment, the shock mounting can provide a compliant interface between the glass and the electronic device housing. In another embodiment, the shock mounting can provide a mechanically actuated retractable. For example, an outer glass member for an electronic device housing can be referred to as cover glass, which is often provided at a front surface of the electronic device housing.

Abstract translation: 公开了用于电子设备的用于冲击安装玻璃的装置，系统和方法。 用于电子设备的玻璃可以为电子设备的壳体的至少一部分提供外表面。 在一个实施例中，冲击安装可以在玻璃和电子设备壳体之间提供柔顺的界面。 在另一个实施例中，冲击安装可以提供机械致动的可缩回。 例如，用于电子设备外壳的外玻璃构件可以被称为盖玻璃，其通常设置在电子设备外壳的前表面处。

公开(公告)号：US20140328041A1

公开(公告)日：2014-11-06

申请号：US14335783

申请日：2014-07-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Andrew J.M. Janis ,  Teodor Dabov

IPC: H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/02

CPC classification number: H05K5/0017 ,  G06F1/1652 ,  G06F1/1681 ,  H04M1/0216 ,  H04M1/022 ,  H04M1/0268 ,  H05K5/0217 ,  H05K5/0226

Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain multiple housing portions. The housing portions may be coupled together using hinges. The hinges may include hinges based on a three-bar linkage, hinges based on a four-bar linkage, hinges with slotted members, hinges formed from flexible support structures, and hinges based on flexible housing structures. Flexible displays may be mounted to the housing portions overlapping the hinges. When the housing portions in a device are rotated relative to each other, the flexible display may bend. The hinge may be configured to allow the flexible display to be placed in a front-to-front configuration in which an active side of the display faces itself or a back-to-back configuration. Engagement structures may be used to help the housing grip external objects and to hold the housing portions together. The hinges may be provided with rotational detents to help hold the flexible display in desired positions.

Abstract translation: 可以提供包含多个壳体部分的电子设备。 壳体部分可以使用铰链联接在一起。 铰链可以包括基于三杆连杆的铰链，基于四杆连接件的铰链，带有开槽构件的铰链，由柔性支撑结构形成的铰链以及基于柔性壳体结构的铰链。 柔性显示器可以安装到与铰链重叠的壳体部分。 当装置中的壳体部分相对于彼此旋转时，柔性显示器可以弯曲。 铰链可以被配置为允许柔性显示器被放置在前置配置中，其中显示器的活动侧面向自身或背对背配置。 可以使用接合结构来帮助外壳夹住外部物体并将壳体部分保持在一起。 铰链可以设置有旋转棘爪以帮助将柔性显示器保持在期望的位置。

公开(公告)号：US20140170905A1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-19

申请号：US14185133

申请日：2014-02-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Anna-Katrina Shedletsky ,  Ian P. Colahan ,  Daniele De Iuliis ,  Trent K. Do

IPC: H01R24/58

CPC classification number: H01R24/58 ,  H01R13/187 ,  Y10T29/49208

Abstract: Split jack assemblies are constructed with a tubeless pin block. Elimination (or split) of the tube, or more particularly, a tube that is an integrally formed part of the pin block form the pin block allows for the use of a tubeless pin block design that results in a jack assembly having smaller overall dimensions than a conventional jack assembly constructed to accommodate a plug of the same dimensions. The tubeless pin block can be used in conjunction with a tube sleeve or with a curved surface of a housing for an electronic device, or both to provide a plug receptacle of the split jack assembly.

Abstract translation: 分体式千斤顶组件采用无内孔的针座构成。 管的排除（或分裂），或更具体地，作为销块的整体形成部分的管形成销块允许使用无内筒销块设计，其导致千斤顶组件具有比 构造成容纳相同尺寸的插头的常规千斤顶组件。 无内胎销块可以与管套筒或用于电子设备的壳体的曲面结合使用，或者两者都提供分体插座组件的插头插座。

公开(公告)号：US20140069696A1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-13

申请号：US13633668

申请日：2012-10-02

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Teodor Dabov

IPC: H05K1/02 ,  H05K3/36

CPC classification number: H05K3/361 ,  H05K1/117 ,  H05K1/118 ,  H05K3/323 ,  H05K2201/09409 ,  H05K2201/09845 ,  H05K2201/10136 ,  Y10T156/10

Abstract: Multi-layer ACF flex circuits can be bonded to multiple, separate and distinct circuits on substrates. The multi-layer ACF bonds are formed by aligning each of multiple circuits with a separate portion of a multi-layer ACF flex circuit and then forming ACF bonds using a single or multiple thermodes. The selection of single or multiple thermodes depends on the required thermal profile for each of the ACF bonds. The multiple ACF bonds may also be formed to a single multi-layer ACF flex circuit independently such that realignment may occur after individual bonds have already been formed.

Abstract translation: 多层ACF柔性电路可以结合到基板上的多个，分离和不同的电路。 多层ACF键通过将多个电路中的每一个与多层ACF柔性电路的单独部分对齐并且然后使用单个或多个热电偶形成ACF键来形成。 单个或多个热电偶的选择取决于每个ACF键的所需热分布。 多个ACF键也可以独立地形成为单个多层ACF柔性电路，使得可以在已经形成各个键之后进行重新对准。

公开(公告)号：US20250040344A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18919889

申请日：2024-10-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anna-Katrina Shedletsky ,  Paul S. Drzaic ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf

IPC: H10K50/86 ,  G02F1/133 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H10K50/11 ,  H10K50/818 ,  H10K50/828 ,  H10K50/844 ,  H10K50/856 ,  H10K59/13 ,  H10K59/60 ,  H10K102/00

Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a display and a light sensor that receives light that passes through the display. The display includes features that increase the amount of light that passes through the display. The features may be translucency enhancement features that allow light to pass directly through the display onto a light sensor mounted behind the display or may include a light-guiding layer that guides light through the display onto a light sensor mounted along an edge of the display. The translucency enhancement features may be formed in a reflector layer or an electrode layer for the display. The translucency enhancement features may include microperforations in a reflector layer of the display, a light-filtering reflector layer of the display, or a reflector layer of the display that passes a portion of the light and reflects an additional portion of the light.

公开(公告)号：US12210378B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-28

申请号：US18233362

申请日：2023-08-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John P. Ternus ,  Kevin D. Gibbs

IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided having internal components mounted to a structural glass support member. The structural glass support member may have a planar front surface that forms a front surface of the device. The structural glass support member may have bent portions that form sidewall surfaces of the device. Portions of the structural glass support member may form a transparent display cover layer. A rigid or flexible display may be mounted to the structural glass support member. Additional internal device components may be mounted to the display. A thin enclosure for enclosing the internal components in the device may be mounted to the structural glass support member. The thin enclosure may be mounted to the structural glass support member using a peripheral member. The thin enclosure may be free from attachments to internal components or may be adhesively bonded to one or more internal components.

公开(公告)号：US20250004545A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18614219

申请日：2024-03-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. Wang ,  Ashwin Kumar Asoka Kumar Shenoi ,  Shuxin Yu ,  Benjamin R. Blachnitzky ,  Jie Gu ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/04815 ,  G06F3/0487

Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted support structure, a gaze tracker in the head-mounted support structure, and one or more displays in the head-mounted support structure. For example, two displays may display images to two eye boxes. The display may display a virtual keyboard and may display a text input in response to a gaze location that is determined by the gaze tracker. The gaze tracker may additionally determine a gaze swipe input, or a camera in the support structure may determine a hand swipe input, and the swipe input may be used with the gaze location to determine the text input. In particular, the swipe input may create a swipe input curve that is fit to the text input to determine the text input. A user's hand may be used as a secondary input to indicate the start or end of a text input.

公开(公告)号：US20240430561A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-26

申请号：US18662980

申请日：2024-05-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Michael J. Rockwell ,  Oriel Y. Bergig ,  Geoffrey Stahl ,  Thibaut Weise ,  Peter Kaufmann ,  Branko Petljanski ,  Jason L. Slupeiks ,  Tom Sengelaub ,  Kathrin Berkner Cieslicki ,  Yanghai Tsin ,  Hesam Najafi ,  Arthur Y. Zhang ,  Cheng Chen ,  Graham B. Myhre ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Marinus Meursing ,  Phil M. Hobson ,  Jason C. Sauers ,  Jan K. Quijalvo ,  Jia Tao ,  Ivan S. Maric ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Wey-Jiun Lin ,  William A. Sorrentino, III ,  Jonathan Ive ,  Alan C. Dye ,  Stephen O. Lemay

IPC: H04N23/611 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04N23/90

Abstract: A head-mountable display device includes a housing defining a front opening and a rear opening, a display screen disposed in the front opening, a display assembly disposed in the rear opening, a first securement strap coupled to the housing, the first securement strap including a first electronic component, a second securement strap coupled to the housing, the second securement strap including a second electronic component, and a securement band extending between and coupled to the first securement strap and the second securement strap.