公开(公告)号：US12052041B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

申请号：US17174280

申请日：2021-02-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sawyer I. Cohen ,  Allegra Shum ,  Christopher B. Lyons ,  Ibuki Kamei ,  Matthew W. Miller

IPC: H04B1/3816 ,  G06K13/08

CPC classification number: H04B1/3816 ,  G06K13/0831

Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing member defining at least a portion of a side surface of the portable electronic device, a subscriber identity module (SIM) tray extending through a hole defined through the housing member and movable between a seated position and an at least partially ejected position, a tray ejector arm configured to at least partially eject the SIM tray from the portable electronic device in response to a user actuation, and a biasing member configured to bias the tray ejector arm against the SIM tray when the SIM tray is in the seated position.

公开(公告)号：US20240079779A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-07

申请号：US18458779

申请日：2023-08-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuan Tao ,  Yiren Wang ,  Ana Papio Toda ,  Jingni Zhong ,  Han Wang ,  Hao Xu ,  Hongfei Hu ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Eric W. Bates ,  Peter A. Dvorak ,  Allegra Shum

IPC: H01Q5/328 ,  H01Q9/04

CPC classification number: H01Q5/328 ,  H01Q9/0442

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a sensor module and an antenna having an antenna arm, ground structures, and a tuner. The tuner may be mounted to a printed circuit overlapping the sensor module. A spring may be mounted to the printed circuit and may couple the tuner to a conductive chassis of the sensor module. The sensor module may include optical sensors that gather sensor data through a display and may form ground paths from the tuner to the ground structures. Conductive interconnect structures such as springs may exert biasing forces in different directions to couple the ground paths to different layers of the ground structures. This may serve to couple the antenna to the ground structures as close as possible to the tuner, thereby maximizing antenna performance, despite the presence of the sensor module.

公开(公告)号：US11212605B1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-28

申请号：US16988568

申请日：2020-08-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Michael K. Mondry ,  Allegra Shum ,  Brian A. Argyres ,  Benjamin J. Pope ,  Sherry Cao

IPC: H04R1/08 ,  H04R1/28 ,  H04M1/03

Abstract: An electronic device including a housing comprising one or more walls that define an interior cavity and that include a first wall having an audio opening extending through the first wall from an exterior surface of the housing to the interior cavity; a bracket disposed within the interior cavity and having first and second opposing surfaces, a first channel extending along the first surface and having a first end spaced apart from and surrounding the audio opening, and a second channel fluidly coupled to and extending perpendicular to the first channel through the second surface at a location laterally displaced from the audio opening; and a microphone disposed within the interior cavity and coupled to the second surface of the bracket over the second channel, wherein the bracket cooperates with the first wall to create an acoustic pathway that extends from the audio opening through the first wall, through the first channel and through the second channel to the microphone.

公开(公告)号：US11637919B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-25

申请号：US17068432

申请日：2020-10-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： John J. Baker ,  Eric W. Bates ,  Lucy E. Browning ,  Kodiak Burke ,  Benjamin S. Bustle ,  Trent Canales ,  Tyler B. Cater ,  Sawyer I. Cohen ,  Richard Hung Minh Dinh ,  Michael Firka ,  Kevin M. Froese ,  Jun Sik Ham ,  Matthew D. Hill ,  Hugh J. Jay ,  Benjamin J. Kallman ,  Paul U. Leutheuser ,  Matthew W. Miller ,  Michael K. Mondry ,  Donald J. Parr ,  Benjamin J. Pope ,  Matthew P. Rao ,  Griffin Schmitt ,  Allegra Shum ,  Christopher R. Xydis ,  Luman Zhang ,  Yaocheng Zhang ,  Zhipeng Zhang ,  Xiao Ying Zhao

IPC: H01Q1/38 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H05K5/00

Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing member defining a first portion of an exterior front surface of the portable electronic device, a first portion of an exterior rear surface of the portable electronic device, at least a portion of an exterior side surface of the portable electronic device, a recess along an interior side of the housing member, and a ledge feature along the interior side of the housing member. The device also includes a top module coupled to the housing member and including a front cover defining a second portion of the exterior front surface of the portable electronic device, a display stack attached to the front cover, and a frame member extending at least partially around a periphery of the display stack and set apart from a surface of the recess by a gap.

公开(公告)号：US20220123775A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：US17174280

申请日：2021-02-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sawyer I. Cohen ,  Allegra Shum ,  Christopher B. Lyons ,  Ibuki Kamei ,  Matthew W. Miller

IPC: H04B1/3816 ,  G06K13/08

Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing member defining at least a portion of a side surface of the portable electronic device, a subscriber identity module (SIM) tray extending through a hole defined through the housing member and movable between a seated position and an at least partially ejected position, a tray ejector arm configured to at least partially eject the SIM tray from the portable electronic device in response to a user actuation, and a biasing member configured to bias the tray ejector arm against the SIM tray when the SIM tray is in the seated position.

公开(公告)号：US20210168230A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-03

申请号：US17068432

申请日：2020-10-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： John J. Baker ,  Eric W. Bates ,  Lucy E. Browning ,  Kodiak Burke ,  Benjamin S. Bustle ,  Trent Canales ,  Tyler B. Cater ,  Sawyer I. Cohen ,  Richard Hung Minh Dinh ,  Michael Firka ,  Kevin M. Froese ,  Jun Sik Ham ,  Matthew D. Hill ,  Hugh J. Jay ,  Benjamin J. Kallman ,  Paul U. Leutheuser ,  Matthew W. Miller ,  Michael K. Mondry ,  Donald J. Parr ,  Benjamin J. Pope ,  Matthew P. Rao ,  Griffin Schmitt ,  Allegra Shum ,  Christopher R. Xydis ,  Luman Zhang ,  Yaocheng Zhang ,  Zhipeng Zhang ,  Xiao Ying Zhao

IPC: H04M1/02 ,  H05K5/00

Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing member defining a first portion of an exterior front surface of the portable electronic device, a first portion of an exterior rear surface of the portable electronic device, at least a portion of an exterior side surface of the portable electronic device, a recess along an interior side of the housing member, and a ledge feature along the interior side of the housing member. The device also includes a top module coupled to the housing member and including a front cover defining a second portion of the exterior front surface of the portable electronic device, a display stack attached to the front cover, and a frame member extending at least partially around a periphery of the display stack and set apart from a surface of the recess by a gap.