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公开(公告)号:US20160029496A1
公开(公告)日:2016-01-28
申请号:US14872076
申请日:2015-09-30
Applicant: APPLE INC.
CPC classification number: G06F1/1656
Abstract: A process for performing localized corrective actions to structure of an electronic device is described. The structure may include a mating surface configured to receive another structured such that the two structures may be, for example, adhesively bonded together. The localized corrective actions are configured not to improve the mating surface but to also prevent light within the electronic device from escaping in undesired areas of the electronic device. In some embodiments, the corrective action includes using a removal tool to remove identified portions of the surface. In other embodiments, the corrective action includes using a different tool to add material identified portions of the surface. The identified means may include an automated inspection system.
Abstract translation: 描述用于执行电子设备结构的局部校正动作的处理。 该结构可以包括被配置为接收另一结构化的配合表面,使得两个结构例如可以粘合在一起。 局部校正动作被配置成不改进配合表面,而且还防止电子设备内的光在电子设备的不期望的区域中逸出。 在一些实施例中,校正动作包括使用移除工具去除表面的识别部分。 在其他实施例中,校正动作包括使用不同的工具来添加表面的材料识别部分。 所识别的装置可以包括自动检查系统。
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公开(公告)号:US20190220065A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-18
申请号:US16248704
申请日:2019-01-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Simon Regis Louis LANCASTER-LAROCQUE , Kent JOHNSTON , Michael MALONEY , John C. DIFONZO , Gurshan DEOL , Kamal H. HABBOUB , Keith J. HENDREN , Karan BIR , Steven J. OSBORNE , Christiaan A. LIGTENBERG
CPC classification number: G06F1/1679 , F16B21/20 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1662 , G06F1/1681 , H01F7/0252
Abstract: This application relates to hidden fasteners within an electronic device. An electronic device can include a top portion and a base portion that includes a housing and a cover attached to the housing by at least one fastener that is not visible through an external surface of the cover. Each fastener includes a receiver housing that retrains spherical components and a pin that can be inserted into an opening in the receiver housing. The pin is retained in the receiver housing by a force imparted against a surface of the pin by the spherical components, which are biased towards an inner surface of the receiver housing sloped towards the opening. The pin can be released when an external magnetic field from a magnet placed proximate the bottom surface of the receiver housing retracts the spherical components away from the opening, thereby reducing the force against the surface of the pin.
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公开(公告)号:US20170254760A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-07
申请号:US15451296
申请日:2017-03-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Mikael M. SILVANTO , Simon Regis Louis LANCASTER-LAROCQUE , Alix McCABE , Sunita VENKATESH
IPC: G01N21/91
Abstract: An electronic device having an indication member for determining liquid exposure in an electronic device is disclosed. The indication member may include ink and a layer covering the ink. The layer may include a liquid-permeable layer that allows liquid to pass through the layer and contact the ink. In this regard, at least some of the ink may rise through the layer and to a top surface of the indication member. Although the ink may be exposed at the top surface, in some cases, the ink is visible or detectable when exposed to light from an ultraviolet light source. Also, the top surface may include a pattern or other indicia that is also visible or detectable when exposed to the light source. When the indication member is exposed to liquid, the pattern may be altered or disturbed in a location corresponding to an exposed portion of the indication member.
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公开(公告)号:US20230251693A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-10
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 , E05D11/1028
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:US20210294391A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-23
申请号:US17338973
申请日:2021-06-04
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
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:US20200272207A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-27
申请号:US16808075
申请日:2020-03-03
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
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:US20180113493A1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-26
申请号:US15567932
申请日:2016-05-04
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 , 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. The cable assemblies can also include a hinged cover that can be pivoted to close a gap between two hinged sections of the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US20170087769A1
公开(公告)日:2017-03-30
申请号:US15271183
申请日:2016-09-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
IPC: B29C67/00
CPC classification number: B33Y30/00 , B29C64/124 , B29L2031/34 , B33Y10/00
Abstract: A three-dimensional printing system includes a reservoir containing a UV curable resin therein, a UV light, an oxygen delivery system, and a movable platform having a build surface configured to support a three-dimensional printed part at a non-planar feature thereon. The bottom of the reservoir can be UV-transparent and oxygen permeable, so the resin is cured by UV light at the build surface or printing part, but not cured despite UV light at the oxygen rich region near the reservoir bottom. Non-planar features include recesses and/or protrusions at the build surface, which can help form backsides of printed parts. Metal parts can be fitted to non-planar features to have thin insulative three-dimensional layers printed thereto. Many identical non-planar features can be used to mass-produce identical printed parts, which can be for electronic devices.
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公开(公告)号:US20160143168A1
公开(公告)日:2016-05-19
申请号:US14815376
申请日:2015-07-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Adam T. GARELLI , Simon Regis Louis LANCASTER-LAROCQUE , Dinesh C. MATHEW , Bruce E. BERG , Sarah J. MONTPLAISIR , Nicholas A. RUNDLE
CPC classification number: G06F1/1656 , B29C45/14344 , B29C45/34 , B29C2045/14352 , B29C2045/14368 , B29K2019/00 , B29K2033/08 , B29L2031/34
Abstract: An electronic device having protruding features and a method for molding the protruding features to the electronic device are described. The protruding features may be formed by a molding tool that releases a material that flows through several apertures of a substrate. Also, the molding tool is positioned with respect to the substrate such that the material from the molding tool flows from an interior region of the substrate to an exterior region of the substrate via the several apertures. Accordingly, each aperture extends from an opening of the interior region and to an opening of the exterior region of the substrate. In some cases, the apertures may include a conical shape. For example, the opening in the interior region may include a diameter greater than a diameter of the opening in the exterior region. In this manner, the material, when cured, is mechanically secured to the substrate.
Abstract translation: 描述具有突出特征的电子设备和用于将突出特征模制到电子设备的方法。 突出特征可以通过模制工具形成,该模制工具释放流过基底的若干孔的材料。 此外,模制工具相对于基底定位,使得来自模制工具的材料经由多个孔从衬底的内部区域流动到衬底的外部区域。 因此,每个孔从内部区域的开口延伸到衬底的外部区域的开口。 在一些情况下,孔可以包括圆锥形。 例如,内部区域中的开口可以包括大于外部区域中的开口的直径的直径。 以这种方式,当固化时,材料机械地固定到基底上。
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