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    ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH STRUCTURAL GLASS MEMBERS
    81.
    发明公开
    ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH STRUCTURAL GLASS MEMBERS 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20230384824A1

    公开(公告)日：2023-11-30

    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

    CPC classification number: G06F1/1626

    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.

    FORCE-DETECTING INPUT STRUCTURE
    85.
    发明申请
    FORCE-DETECTING INPUT STRUCTURE 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20220299944A1

    公开(公告)日：2022-09-22

    申请号：US17833851

    申请日：2022-06-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor： Colin M. Ely ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf

    IPC: G04C3/00 ,  G01D5/241 ,  G04G21/00 ,  H03K17/975 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F3/0346

    Abstract: An input mechanism, such as a crown, detects amounts of applied force. In various examples, an assembly including an input mechanism has an enclosure; a stem coupled to the enclosure such that the stem is rotatable, translatable, and transversely moveable with respect to the enclosure; a sensor, coupled between the stem and the housing, to which force is transferred when the stem moves with respect to the housing; and a processing unit coupled to the sensor. The processing unit is operable to determine a measurement of the force, based on a signal from the sensor.

    Flexible Display Devices
    86.
    发明申请
    Flexible Display Devices 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20220225514A1

    公开(公告)日：2022-07-14

    申请号：US17710831

    申请日：2022-03-31

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

    IPC: H05K5/00 ,  H04M1/02 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/02

    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.

    Capacitive touch panel for sensing mechanical inputs to a device
    89.
    发明授权
    Capacitive touch panel for sensing mechanical inputs to a device 有权

    公开(公告)号：US11221697B2

    公开(公告)日：2022-01-11

    申请号：US14915224

    申请日：2014-03-19

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor： Anna-Katrina Shedletsky ,  Christopher Werner ,  Colin M. Ely ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf

    IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F3/039

    Abstract: A device including a mechanical input and a touch-sensitive surface for detecting one or more touch inputs and an input from the mechanical input. The touch-sensitive surface can include a first portion for detecting at least the touch inputs, and a second portion for detecting at least the mechanical input. The touch-sensitive surface can include a first portion for detecting at least the touch inputs and the mechanical input. The mechanical input can comprise an electrically conductive material, and the mechanical input can be detected based on capacitance measurements between the mechanical input and the touch-sensitive surface. The device can include a sensing element, the mechanical input can comprise an electrically insulating material, and the mechanical input can be detected based on capacitance measurements between the touch-sensitive surface and the sensing element. The device can include logic to differentiate between the touch inputs and the mechanical input.

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