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公开(公告)号:US20230259163A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-17
申请号:US18304285
申请日:2023-04-20
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Jeremy C. Franklin , Scott A. Myers , Benjamin M. Rappoport , Stephen Brian Lynch , John P. Ternus , Justin R. Wodrich
IPC分类号: G06F1/16 , H01M10/04 , H04M1/02 , G06F1/3234 , G09G3/20 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/00 , H01M50/213 , H01M50/293 , H01M50/216 , H10K59/40 , H10K77/10 , G09G3/3208
CPC分类号: G06F1/1626 , H01M10/0436 , H04M1/0268 , G06F1/1677 , G06F1/3265 , G09G3/20 , G06F3/0416 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/035 , H01M50/213 , H01M50/293 , H01M50/216 , H10K59/40 , H10K77/111 , G06F1/1652 , G09G3/2092 , G06F3/0412 , G09G3/3208 , G06F1/163 , H01M2220/30 , G06F2203/04102 , H04M1/0216 , H04M1/0262 , Y02E10/549 , Y02D10/00 , H01M50/409
摘要: Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed. Flexible displays may include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing may be a multi-stable flexible housing having one or more stable positions. The flexible housing may include a configurable support structure that, when engaged, provides a rigid support structure for the flexible housing. The flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components. A flexible battery may include flexible and rigid portions or may include a lubricious separator layer that provides flexibility for the flexible battery. A flexible printed circuit may include flexible and rigid portions or openings that allow some rigid portions to flex with respect to other rigid portions.
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公开(公告)号:US10966332B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-30
申请号:US15891533
申请日:2018-02-08
申请人: Apple Inc.
摘要: Electronic equipment may include structured fabric. Structured fabric may be used as a protective case or cosmetic cover for an electronic device, may be used to form a band that holds an electronic device against a user's body, or may be used to cover one or more openings in an electronic device. Structured fabrics may be soft and pliable while maintaining the ability to hold a given shape without added support. Structured fabric may be formed by laminating fabric such as warp-knit fabric with a stiffener such as polymer film. Structured fabrics may include openings through which signals such as optical or audio signals pass. To maintain the geometry and shape of the openings in the structured fabric without covering the openings, the stiffener and adhesive that are attached to the fabric may be cut to form a pattern of openings that align with the openings in the fabric.
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公开(公告)号:US20200152714A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-14
申请号:US16745185
申请日:2020-01-16
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Benjamin M. Rappoport , Jeremy C. Franklin , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Scott A. Myers , Richard P. Howarth , Julian Hoenig , Christopher Stringer , John P. Ternus , Stephen Brian Lynch
IPC分类号: H01L27/32 , G06F1/16 , G02B5/20 , H04R1/02 , H01L51/00 , G09G3/3208 , G06F3/044 , G06F3/042 , G02B27/01 , G06F3/01
摘要: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.
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公开(公告)号:US10574800B2
公开(公告)日:2020-02-25
申请号:US16429583
申请日:2019-06-03
申请人: Apple Inc.
摘要: Transparent structures for portions of electronic device housings are disclosed. The transparent structures are formed from multiple layers of transparent (optically clear) materials. The multiple layers can include at least an outer glass layer and one or more other transparent layers that can be either glass or polymer layers. The multiple layers can be bonded together with one or more lamination layers. Accordingly, multi-layer transparent structures that are formed from multiple layers bonded together are able to be not only thin but also sufficiently strong and resistant to damage. The multi-layer transparent structures are well suited for use in consumer products, such as consumer electronic devices (e.g., portable electronic devices).
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公开(公告)号:US10431636B2
公开(公告)日:2019-10-01
申请号:US16179713
申请日:2018-11-02
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Benjamin M. Rappoport , Jeremy C. Franklin , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Scott A. Myers , Richard P. Howarth , Julian Hoenig , Christopher J. Stringer , John P. Ternus , Stephen Brian Lynch
IPC分类号: G02F1/1345 , H01L27/32 , G02B27/01 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/01 , G06F3/042 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/3208 , H01L51/00 , H04R1/02 , G02B5/20
摘要: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.
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公开(公告)号:US10219386B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-26
申请号:US15690146
申请日:2017-08-29
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Paul S. Drzaic , Jeremy C. Franklin , Stephen Brian Lynch , Scott A. Myers , Benjamin M. Rappoport , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , John P. Ternus
IPC分类号: H05K1/18 , G09G3/20 , G02F1/1345
摘要: An electronic device may be provided with a display and a multi-layer printed circuit. Integrated circuits and other components may be mounted to the multi-layer printed circuit. The display and multi-layer printed circuit may share a common layer formed from a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate may have portions that are integrated into the display and portions that are integrated into the multi-layer printed circuit board. The flexible substrate may contain patterned conductive traces that are used to route signals from components in the multi-layer printed circuit to display circuitry such as a display driver integrated circuit. An array of thin-film transistors may be used to control the emission of light from the display and may be formed on portions of the flexible substrate that are integrated into the display. The display may be a flexible display that includes an array of organic light-emitting diodes.
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公开(公告)号:US10121831B2
公开(公告)日:2018-11-06
申请号:US15812884
申请日:2017-11-14
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Benjamin M. Rappoport , Jeremy C. Franklin , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Scott A. Myers , Richard P. Howarth , Julian Hoenig , Christopher J. Stringer , John P. Ternus , Stephen Brian Lynch
IPC分类号: G02F1/1345 , H01L27/32 , G02B27/01 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/01 , G06F3/042 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/3208 , H01L51/00 , H04R1/02 , G02B5/20
摘要: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.
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公开(公告)号:US20180168059A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-14
申请号:US15891533
申请日:2018-02-08
申请人: Apple Inc.
CPC分类号: H05K5/03 , B32B3/266 , B32B5/026 , B32B37/12 , B32B37/18 , B32B38/0004 , B32B38/0008 , B32B2250/03 , B32B2305/182 , B32B2457/00
摘要: Electronic equipment may include structured fabric. Structured fabric may be used as a protective case or cosmetic cover for an electronic device, may be used to form a band that holds an electronic device against a user's body, or may be used to cover one or more openings in an electronic device. Structured fabrics may be soft and pliable while maintaining the ability to hold a given shape without added support. Structured fabric may be formed by laminating fabric such as warp-knit fabric with a stiffener such as polymer film. Structured fabrics may include openings through which signals such as optical or audio signals pass. To maintain the geometry and shape of the openings in the structured fabric without covering the openings, the stiffener and adhesive that are attached to the fabric may be cut to form a pattern of openings that align with the openings in the fabric.
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公开(公告)号:US20180124934A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-03
申请号:US15859118
申请日:2017-12-29
申请人: Apple Inc.
IPC分类号: H05K5/00 , H05K1/02 , G06F1/16 , G02F1/1345 , G02F1/1333 , H04M1/02 , H01L29/786 , H04M1/23
CPC分类号: H05K5/0017 , G02F1/133308 , G02F1/13452 , G02F1/13454 , G02F2001/133322 , G02F2201/42 , G06F1/1605 , G06F1/1633 , G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1643 , H01L29/786 , H04M1/0266 , H04M1/23 , H05K1/028
摘要: An electronic device may have a display mounted in a housing. The display may have layers such as polarizer layers, a color filter layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. Display layers such as color filter layers and thin-film-transistor layers may have glass substrates. Notches or other openings may be formed in the layers of a display. For example, a notch with a curved chamfered edge may be formed in a lower end of a thin-film-transistor layer. A component such as a button may overlap the notch. Structures such as sensors, cameras, acoustic components, and other electronic components, buttons, communications path structures such as flexible printed circuit cables and wire bonding wires, and housing structures may be received within a display layer notch.
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公开(公告)号:US09914250B2
公开(公告)日:2018-03-13
申请号:US13955996
申请日:2013-07-31
申请人: Apple Inc.
CPC分类号: B29C45/14836 , B29C45/78 , B29C2945/76157 , B29C2945/76294 , B29C2945/76531 , B29C2945/76545 , B29C2945/76772 , B29C2945/76782 , B29C2945/76933 , B29K2995/0008
摘要: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for retaining magnetic properties of magnetic elements while undergoing manufacturing processes are presented. In one embodiment, a manufacturing fixture includes a temperature controlled region suitable for retaining a magnetic element. The manufacturing fixture also includes a cooling mechanism configured to maintain the magnetic element at an acceptable temperature range during a thermally active manufacturing process. The temperature controlled or stabilized region can include a structure configured to receive the magnetic element and a sensor, or sensors. In one embodiment, the sensor can be configured to measure an ambient temperature of the temperature stabilized region. In another embodiment, the sensor can be a magnetic sensor configured to determine a magnetic property of the magnetic element.
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