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公开(公告)号：US20140140021A1
公开(公告)日：2014-05-22
申请号：US13679939
申请日：2012-11-16
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor： Shayan Malek , Gregory N. Stephens , Michael B. Wittenberg
IPC: H05K1/02
CPC classification number: H05K1/118 , G06F1/1658 , H04M1/026 , H04R11/02 , H04R2499/11 , H05K1/0281 , H05K1/147 , H05K1/189 , H05K3/325 , H05K3/361 , H05K2201/10083 , H05K2201/10409 , H05K2201/2009
Abstract: An electronic device contains electrical components. An electrical component is mounted to an electronic device housing using mounting structures. The mounting structures include a flexible printed circuit jumper having opposing ends with metal contact pads. Metal traces in the flexible printed circuit jumper form contact traces within openings in a solder mask layer. Solder in the openings may be used to connect the metal contact pads to the contact traces. A metal bracket may be screwed into the electronic device housing to mount the electrical component to the electronic device housing. The metal bracket may press the metal contact pads on one end of the jumper against mating contact terminals on the electrical component and may press the metal contacts on the other end of the jumper against mating contact pads on an additional printed circuit.
Abstract translation: 电子设备包含电气元件。 使用安装结构将电气部件安装到电子设备外壳。 安装结构包括具有金属接触垫的相对端的柔性印刷电路跳线。 柔性印刷电路跳线中的金属迹线在焊接掩模层的开口内形成接触迹线。 开口中的焊料可用于将金属接触焊盘连接到接触迹线。 金属支架可以拧入电子装置壳体中，以将电气部件安装到电子装置壳体上。 金属支架可以将跳线一端的金属接触垫压靠在电气部件上的匹配接触端子上，并且可以将跳线另一端上的金属触头压靠在附加印刷电路上的匹配接触垫上。
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公开(公告)号：US20140001022A1
公开(公告)日：2014-01-02
申请号：US14016190
申请日：2013-09-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Trent Weber , Michael B. Wittenberg , Michelle Yu , Scott A. Myers , Kurt Stiehl
IPC: H01H9/02
CPC classification number: H01H13/14 , H01H9/02 , H01H13/04 , H01H13/70 , H01H2215/02 , H01H2221/026 , H04M1/026 , H04M1/03 , H04M1/236 , H05K7/14
Abstract: An electronic device may have buttons, a display, and a vibrator unit. Buttons may be included in electronic devices such as glass buttons, metal buttons, buttons that are assembled on printed circuit boards, and buttons that are partly formed from antenna structures. Button coatings may be used to improve the sliding performance of metal-on-metal buttons. A layer of polymer may be interposed between a button plate and a housing structure. A glass button member may have an underside on which a layer of patterned ink is formed. Elastomeric members may be used to reduce button rattle. Portions of a button may be provided with conductive features that form portions of an antenna.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有按钮，显示器和振动器单元。 按钮可以包括在诸如玻璃按钮，金属按钮，组装在印刷电路板上的按钮以及由天线结构部分地形成的按钮的电子设备中。 按钮涂层可用于改善金属对金属按钮的滑动性能。 聚合物层可以插在钮扣板和壳体结构之间。 玻璃按钮构件可以具有其上形成图案油墨层的下侧。 弹性构件可用于减少按钮拨浪鼓。 按钮的一部分可以设置有形成天线部分的导电特征。
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公开(公告)号：US20250120026A1
公开(公告)日：2025-04-10
申请号：US18982685
申请日：2024-12-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Owen D. Hale , Tatsuya Sano , Chang-Chia Huang , Yasmin F. Afsar , Hoon Sik Kim , Michael B. Wittenberg
Abstract: An electronic device has a foldable display. First and second portions of an electronic device housing for the device may be joined using hinge structures. A flexible display may overlap the first housing portion, the hinge structures, and the second housing portion. A layer such as a layer of sheet metal may be used in supporting the display and may overlap the hinge structures. The hinge structures may include gear teeth, belts, and/or other movement synchronization structures. The hinge structures may include members that move relative to each other during bending. The moving members may include bars and links with opposing curved bearing surfaces. Stop surfaces may prevent excessive rotation of the bars and links with respect to each other. The links may rotate about pivot points that lie within the thickness of the display without the hinge structure living within the thickness of the display.
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84.发明授权公开(公告)号：US12169422B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-17
申请号：US17649787
申请日：2022-02-02
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor： Hoon Sik Kim , Michael B. Wittenberg
Abstract: In some aspects, mobile devices with foldable and rollable displays can use a sensor to detect vertical acceleration with respect to the ground to determine if the mobile device has been dropped. If the sensor detects that the mobile device has been dropped the foldable device can fold or retract at least partially to afford protection from the fragile display from striking the ground. Even folding the display to an angle less than 180 degrees can afford some protection because the mobile device can strike edges of the mobile device instead of the display itself. In various embodiments, a rollable device can retract the display if predetermined acceleration limits are exceeded.
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公开(公告)号：US12020603B2
公开(公告)日：2024-06-25
申请号：US18299487
申请日：2023-04-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Ying-Chih Wang , Michael J. Brown , Michael B. Wittenberg , Paul C. Kelley , Rasamy Phouthavong , Tyler R. Kakuda , Jean-Pierre S. Guillou , Marwan Rammah
CPC classification number: G09G3/20 , G02B6/0006 , G02B6/0008 , G02B2006/12111 , G09F9/301
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with pixels configured to display an image. The pixels may be overlapped by a cover layer. The display may have peripheral edges with curved cross-sectional profiles. An inactive area in the display may be formed along a peripheral edge of the display or may be surrounded by the pixels. Electrical components such as optical components may be located in the inactive area. An image transport layer may be formed from a coherent fiber bundle or Anderson localization material. The image transport layer may overlap the pixels, may have an opening that overlaps portions of the inactive area, may have an output surface that overlap portions of the inactive area, and/or may convey light associated with optical components in the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号：US11963425B1
公开(公告)日：2024-04-16
申请号：US17224020
申请日：2021-04-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Michael B. Wittenberg , Jean-Pierre S. Guillou , Tyler R. Kakuda , Christopher D. Prest , Marwan Rammah , Rasamy Phouthavong , Richard H. Dinh , David A. Pakula
IPC: H10K59/50 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/044 , H04M1/02 , H04W88/02 , H10K50/854 , H10K50/858 , H10K59/12 , H10K59/40 , H10K77/10 , H10K102/00
CPC classification number: H10K59/50 , G06F1/1652 , G06F3/044 , H04M1/026 , H04M1/0266 , H04M1/0268 , H04M1/0269 , H04W88/02 , H10K50/854 , H10K50/858 , H10K59/12 , H10K59/40 , H10K77/111 , G06F2203/04102 , H04M2201/38 , H10K2102/311
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display overlapped by a cover layer. Portions of the surface of the display and cover layer may have curved profiles. The display may include a flexible substrate and may have bent edge portions protruding from a central region. Gaps may be formed between regions of pixels on a common substrate or between separate display panels. Gap-overlapping structures may overlap the gaps to hide internal components from view or to blend the appearance of gaps with the appearance of adjoining portions of a display layer. The gap-overlapping structures may include light sources such as crystalline semiconductor light-emitting diodes. The diodes may emit light through light diffusing structures. Protruding display layer fingers and other structures may be used to accommodate display cover layer surfaces with curved profiles such as corner surfaces of compound curvature.
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公开(公告)号：US11835382B2
公开(公告)日：2023-12-05
申请号：US17471851
申请日：2021-09-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jason B. Neevel , Christopher S. Tomasetta , Jonathan M. Lee , Ekaterina Pease , Nicholas Merz , Daniel Jarvis , Michael B. Wittenberg , Jared P. Ostdiek , Rasamy Phouthavong , David A. Pakula , Richard H. Koch , Marwan Rammah , Ian A. Spraggs , Laura M. Burke
CPC classification number: G01J1/4204 , G01J1/0219 , G01J1/0233 , G01J1/0411 , G01J1/0474 , G01J1/0252 , G01J2001/0257 , H04M1/026
Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing, a front cover defining a front side of the portable electronic device, a display stack below the front cover and comprising a plurality of display layers configured to produce a graphical output in a display region of the display stack, the graphical output visible through the front cover, and a light sensor module positioned at least partially within the housing and coupled to the display stack in the display region. The light sensor module may be configured to receive ambient light passing through the front cover and through the plurality of display layers and, while a blanking interval is positioned over the light sensor module, produce an output corresponding to the received ambient light, the portable electronic device configured to determine an ambient light value based at least in part on the output from the light sensor module.
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公开(公告)号：US11817025B1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-14
申请号：US16682346
申请日：2019-11-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Ying-Chih Wang , Michael J. Brown , Michael B. Wittenberg , Paul C. Kelley , Rasamy Phouthavong , Tyler R. Kakuda , Jean-Pierre S. Guillou , Marwan Rammah , Richard H. Dinh
CPC classification number: G09G3/20 , G02B6/0006 , G02B6/0008 , G09F9/301 , G02B2006/12111
Abstract: An electronic device may have pixels. The pixels may form one or more displays. The displays may be flexible organic light-emitting diode displays or other displays. The electronic device may have first and second display layers that face away from each other and display images in different directions. Image transport layers may overlap the display layers and may have curved edges that overlap a sidewall portion of the electronic device. Image transport layers receive images at input surfaces and transport the received images to corresponding output surfaces. Image transport layers may be provided with hemispherical shapes and other shapes having output surfaces of compound curvature. A folding device may have first and second displays that are overlapped by respective first and second image transport layers that join over a hinge to block the hinge from view. A wristwatch device may have links or other structures with an image transport layer.
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公开(公告)号：US11783629B2
公开(公告)日：2023-10-10
申请号：US17471693
申请日：2021-09-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Christopher S. Tomasetta , Jason B. Neevel , Sara E. Salmon , Richard H. Koch , Jonathan M. Lee , Nicholas Merz , Daniel Jarvis , Jared P. Ostdiek , Michael B. Wittenberg , Rasamy Phouthavong , David A. Pakula , Ian A. Spraggs , Marwan Rammah
IPC: G06V40/16 , G06T7/521 , G06V10/145 , H04M1/02
CPC classification number: G06V40/166 , G06T7/521 , G06V10/145 , H04M1/0266 , G06T2207/30201
Abstract: A portable electronic device may include a housing, a display at least partially within the housing, a front cover coupled to the housing and positioned over the display, and a biometric sensor module configured to illuminate an object and capture an image of the object through the front cover. The biometric sensor module may include a first lens positioned below the front cover, a first light source positioned below the first lens and configured to project, through the first lens, a dot pattern on the object, a second light source positioned below the first lens and configured to illuminate, through the first lens, the object with a flood of light, a second lens positioned below the front cover, and a light sensor positioned below the second lens and configured to capture an image of the object.
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公开(公告)号：US20230210461A1
公开(公告)日：2023-07-06
申请号：US18118930
申请日：2023-03-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Sameer Pandya , Adam T. Clavelle , Erik G. de Jong , Michael B. Wittenberg , Tobias J. Harrison-Noonan , Martin Melcher , Zhipeng Zhang , Steven C. Roach , Steven P. Cardinali
CPC classification number: A61B5/332 , A61B5/282 , A61B5/681 , A61B5/742 , A61B5/02405 , A61B5/14542
Abstract: An electronic device, such as a watch, has a housing to which a carrier is attached. The carrier has a first surface interior to the electronic device, and a second surface exterior to the electronic device. A set of electrodes is deposited on the exterior surface of the carrier. An additional electrode is operable to be contacted by a finger of a user of the electronic device while the first electrode is positioned against skin of the user. The additional electrode may be positioned on a user-rotatable crown of the electronic device, on a button of the electronic device, or on another surface of the housing of the electronic device. A processor of the electronic device is operable to determine a biological parameter of the user based on voltages at the electrodes. The biological parameter may be an electrocardiogram.
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