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公开(公告)号：US11960334B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-16
申请号：US18301975
申请日：2023-04-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Mikael M. Silvanto , Bartley K. Andre , Adam T. Garelli , Simon Regis Louis Lancaster-Larocque , Robert Y. Cao , Dinesh C. Mathew , Jacob S. Kononiuk , Robert J. Lockwood , Bryan W. Posner , Kevin M. Keeler , Bruce E. Berg , Yi-Chen Kuo , Kevin M. Robinson , Houtan R. Farahani
CPC classification number: G06F1/1683 , E05D11/0054 , E05D11/0081 , E05D2011/0072 , E05D11/1028 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1656 , G06F1/1681
Abstract: Cable assemblies for providing electrical communication between hinged sections of an electronic device are described. The cable assemblies can include a cover that covers one or more cables that run through a hinge region of the electronic device. The cable and cover can be drawn over a mandrel of the hinge region. The cover and the portions of the mandrel can be visible to a user at the hinge region of the electronic device. The cover can be sufficiently rigid to guide a path of the cable and protect the cable from bending beyond a prescribed angle during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region. The cover can also be sufficiently rigid to prevent ceasing or folding of the cover and the cable during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region.
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公开(公告)号：US11715810B2
公开(公告)日：2023-08-01
申请号：US15724162
申请日：2017-10-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Eric L. Benson , Bryan W. Posner , Christopher L. Boitnott , Dinesh C. Mathew , Jun Qi , Robert Y. Cao , Victor H. Yin
IPC: H01L31/12 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/041 , H01L31/18 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1335 , G02F1/1362
CPC classification number: H01L31/12 , G06F1/1643 , G06F1/1686 , G06F3/041 , H01L31/18 , G02F1/1362 , G02F1/133388 , G02F1/133512 , G02F1/133514 , G02F2201/58
Abstract: A display may include a color filter layer, a liquid crystal layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. A camera window may be formed in the display to accommodate a camera. The camera window may be formed by creating a notch in the thin-film transistor layer that extends inwardly from the edge of the thin-film transistor layer. The notch may be formed by scribing the thin-film transistor layer around the notch location and breaking away a portion of the thin-film transistor layer. A camera window may also be formed by grinding a hole in the display. The hole may penetrate partway into the thin-film transistor layer, may penetrate through the transistor layer but not into the color filter layer, or may pass through the thin-film transistor layer and partly into the color filter layer.
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公开(公告)号：US11366493B2
公开(公告)日：2022-06-21
申请号：US16951446
申请日：2020-11-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Robert Y. Cao , Michael K. McCord , Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque
IPC: G06F21/32 , G06F1/16 , G06K9/00 , G06F3/041 , G06V40/13 , G06V40/12 , H01H13/14 , H01H13/52 , H01H13/86 , H05K5/00 , G06F3/02 , G06F3/01
Abstract: A button assembly for an electronic device is disclosed. The button assembly integrates a biometric sensor below a top surface of the button. The button assembly is positioned relative to a secondary display of an electronic device. The secondary display can be positioned relative to a keyboard, such as above a top row of keys of the keyboard.
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公开(公告)号：US20210149458A1
公开(公告)日：2021-05-20
申请号：US17158480
申请日：2021-01-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Mikael M. Silvanto , Simon J. Trivett , Matthew S. Theobald , Dinesh C. Mathew , Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque , Robert Y. Cao , Ari P. Miller , Kevin M. Robinson , Houtan R. Farahani , Francesco Ferretti , John Raff , Robert J. Lockwood , Genie Kim , Karan Bir , Keith J. Hendren , Gurshan Deol , Antonio Clarke , Prabhu Sathyamurthy , William A. Counts
Abstract: An electronic device includes an enclosure formed of a plurality of layers cooperating to define an interior volume. The enclosure includes a first layer formed of a first material and defining a user input surface of the enclosure and a first portion of a side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a second layer, formed of a second material different from the first material, positioned below the first layer and defining a second portion of the side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a third layer, formed of a third material different from the first and second materials, positioned below the second layer and defining a bottom surface of the enclosure and a third portion of the side surface of the enclosure.
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公开(公告)号：US20200333853A1
公开(公告)日：2020-10-22
申请号：US16919425
申请日：2020-07-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Qiliang Xu , Dinesh C. Mathew , Adam T. Garelli , Richard G. Huizar , Genie Kim , Robert J. Lockwood , Robert Y. Cao
IPC: G06F1/16 , G06F3/0354 , G06F3/02 , G06F3/044 , G06F3/01 , F21V8/00 , G06F3/0488 , G04G21/00
Abstract: Embodiments are directed to an electronic device having an illuminated body that defines a virtual or dynamic trackpad. The electronic device includes a translucent layer defining a keyboard region and a dynamic input region along an external surface. A keyboard may be. positioned within the keyboard region and including a key surface and a switch element (e.g., to detect a keypress). A light control layer positioned below the translucent layer and within the dynamic input region may have a group of illuminable features. The electronic device may also include a group of light-emitting elements positioned below the optical diffuser. One or more of the light control layer or the group of light-emitting elements may be configured to illuminate the dynamic input region to display a visible boundary of an active input area. At least one of a size or a position of the visible boundary may be dynamically variable.
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公开(公告)号：US20200278747A1
公开(公告)日：2020-09-03
申请号：US15931192
申请日：2020-05-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Christiaan A. Ligtenberg , Brett W. Degner , Ron A. Hopkinson , Asif Hussain , Dinesh C. Mathew , Mikael M. Silvanto , Chang Zhang , Zheng Gao , Robert Y. Cao , Keith J. Hendren , Bryan W. Posner , Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque , Alex J. Lehmann
IPC: G06F3/01 , G06F1/16 , H03K17/96 , H01H13/785 , H01H13/85 , H01H13/86 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/0354 , H03K17/94 , G06F3/02 , G06F3/044 , H03K17/98 , G06F3/041 , G06K9/00 , H01L41/09 , H01H13/703 , H01H13/705
Abstract: A portable computer includes a display portion comprising a display and a base portion pivotally coupled to the display portion. The base portion may include a bottom case and a top case, formed from a dielectric material, coupled to the bottom case. The top case may include a top member defining a top surface of the base portion and a sidewall integrally formed with the top member and defining a side surface of the base portion. The portable computer may also include a sensing system including a first sensing system configured to determine a location of a touch input applied to the top surface of the base portion and a second sensing system configured to determine a force of the touch input.
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公开(公告)号：US10049251B2
公开(公告)日：2018-08-14
申请号：US15262922
申请日：2016-09-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Robert Y. Cao , Ran Xu , Stephen K. Pomes , Brandon S. Smith , Dinesh C. Mathew
Abstract: An electronic device may include a device housing having a topside and an underside. The electronic device may also include a mounting frame movable above the topside of the device housing and a finger biometric sensor carried by the mounting frame. A flexure member may be coupled to the underside of the device housing and configured to upwardly bias the mounting frame relative to the device housing. A pushbutton switch may be operatively coupled between the finger biometric sensor and the topside of the device housing.
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公开(公告)号：US20180218857A1
公开(公告)日：2018-08-02
申请号：US15940909
申请日：2018-03-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Robert Y. Cao , Dinesh C. Mathew
IPC: H01H13/702 , H01H13/02 , H01H13/704 , H01H13/705 , H01H3/12
CPC classification number: H01H13/702 , H01H3/125 , H01H13/023 , H01H13/704 , H01H13/705 , H01H2209/03 , H01H2215/006 , H01H2219/036 , H01H2223/034 , H01H2231/042
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a stack-up for an input device. The stack-up may include a flexible substrate having a switch and a light source. The switch has at least two contacts that are bridged in response to actuation of a dome that is positioned above the switch. The flexible substrate includes a signal trace for detecting the actuation of the dome and a power trace for providing power to the light source.
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公开(公告)号：US09922229B2
公开(公告)日：2018-03-20
申请号：US15260253
申请日：2016-09-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Robert Y. Cao , Michael K. McCord , Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque
IPC: G06F3/01 , G06K9/00 , G06F1/16 , H01H13/14 , H01H13/52 , H01H13/86 , H05K5/00 , G06F3/02 , G06F3/041 , G06F21/32
CPC classification number: G06K9/00013 , G06F1/1607 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1647 , G06F1/165 , G06F1/1662 , G06F1/1671 , G06F1/1681 , G06F1/1692 , G06F3/017 , G06F3/02 , G06F3/021 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/0414 , G06F21/32 , G06F2203/04105 , G06K9/0002 , G06K9/00087 , H01H13/14 , H01H13/52 , H01H13/86 , H01H2221/08 , H05K5/0017 , H05K5/0086
Abstract: A button assembly for an electronic device is disclosed. The button assembly integrates a biometric sensor below a top surface of the button. The button assembly is positioned relative to a secondary display of an electronic device. The secondary display can be positioned relative to a keyboard, such as above a top row of keys of the keyboard.
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公开(公告)号：US20180026152A1
公开(公告)日：2018-01-25
申请号：US15724162
申请日：2017-10-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Eric L. Benson , Bryan W. Posner , Christopher L. Boitnott , Dinesh C. Mathew , Jun Qi , Robert Y. Cao , Victor H. Yin
IPC: H01L31/12 , G06F3/041 , G06F1/16 , H01L31/18 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1335 , G02F1/1362
CPC classification number: H01L31/12 , G02F1/133512 , G02F1/133514 , G02F1/1362 , G02F2001/133388 , G02F2201/58 , G06F1/1643 , G06F1/1686 , G06F3/041 , H01L31/18
Abstract: A display may include a color filter layer, a liquid crystal layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. A camera window may be formed in the display to accommodate a camera. The camera window may be formed by creating a notch in the thin-film transistor layer that extends inwardly from the edge of the thin-film transistor layer. The notch may be formed by scribing the thin-film transistor layer around the notch location and breaking away a portion of the thin-film transistor layer. A camera window may also be formed by grinding a hole in the display. The hole may penetrate partway into the thin-film transistor layer, may penetrate through the transistor layer but not into the color filter layer, or may pass through the thin-film transistor layer and partly into the color filter layer.
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