Flexible Cables in Electronic Devices With Moving Components
    1.
    发明申请
    Flexible Cables in Electronic Devices With Moving Components 有权
    具有移动元件的电子设备中的柔性电缆

    公开(公告)号:US20160014915A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-14

    申请号:US14328565

    申请日:2014-07-10

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H05K1/09 G06F1/1616 G06F1/1683 H05K1/03

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing. Electrical components such as a display and other circuitry may be mounted in the housing. The housing may have portions that move with respect to each other such as a lid that rotates relative to a base. A flexible printed circuit may have metal lines that couple components in one portion of the housing to components in another portion of the housing. As the housing portions move with respect to each other, the flexible printed circuit bends. Reliability may be enhanced for the flexible printed circuit by providing the metal layer that forms the metal lines with upper and lower coating layers. The coating layers may be formed from metal with a higher Young's modulus than a metal core in the metal layer. A slot may be formed along the length of the flexible printed circuit to help increase the minimum bend radius exhibited by the flexible printed circuit. Upper and lower metal shield layers may be provided above and below the metal traces.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有壳体。 诸如显示器和其它电路的电气部件可以安装在壳体中。 壳体可以具有相对于彼此移动的部分,例如相对于基部旋转的盖。 柔性印刷电路可以具有将壳体的一部分中的部件耦合到壳体的另一部分中的部件的金属线。 当壳体部分相对于彼此移动时,柔性印刷电路弯曲。 通过提供形成具有上下涂层的金属线的金属层,可以提高柔性印刷电路的可靠性。 涂层可以由具有比金属层中的金属芯更高的杨氏模量的金属形成。 可以沿着柔性印刷电路的长度形成槽,以帮助增加由柔性印刷电路显示的最小弯曲半径。 上下金属屏蔽层可以设置在金属迹线的上方和下方。

    Hinged Portable Electronic Device With Display Circuitry Located in Base
    2.
    发明申请
    Hinged Portable Electronic Device With Display Circuitry Located in Base 有权
    带显示电路的铰链便携式电子设备位于基地

    公开(公告)号:US20150049275A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-19

    申请号:US13968254

    申请日:2013-08-15

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing with a lid that rotates relative to a base. A display in the lid may have a thin-film transistor layer. Display driver circuitry may be mounted to the thin-film transistor layer. A display timing controller integrated circuit may be mounted in the base. A rigid flex printed circuit may have a rigid portion in the base to which the display timing controller integrated circuit is mounted and may have a rigid portion in the lid. A flexible printed circuit portion of the rigid flex printed circuit may be used to couple the rigid printed circuit portion in the lid to the thin-film transistor layer. A flexible printed circuit portion of the rigid flex printed circuit that extends between the lid and the base may be formed from a double-shield-layer single-signal-line-layer flexible printed circuit.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有具有相对于基座旋转的盖的壳体。 盖中的显示器可以具有薄膜晶体管层。 显示驱动器电路可以安装到薄膜晶体管层。 显示定时控制器集成电路可以安装在基座中。 刚性柔性印刷电路可以在基座中具有刚性部分,显示定时控制器集成电路安装在该基座上,并且可以在盖子中具有刚性部分。 可以使用刚性柔性印刷电路的柔性印刷电路部分将盖中的刚性印刷电路部分耦合到薄膜晶体管层。 刚性柔性印刷电路的柔性印刷电路部分可以在双层屏蔽层单信号线层柔性印刷电路之间形成,该柔性印刷电路部分在盖和基体之间延伸。

    Systems and Methods for Preventing Light Guide Plate Scratching Artifacts
    8.
    发明申请
    Systems and Methods for Preventing Light Guide Plate Scratching Artifacts 审中-公开
    防止导光板划痕工件的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140055717A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-27

    申请号:US13974618

    申请日:2013-08-23

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: G02B6/0093 Y10T156/10

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for preventing scratching artifacts on a light guide plate of a backlight are provided. In one example, an electronic device may include a processor to generate image data and a display to display the image data. The display may include a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight unit. A light guide plate and a diffuser of the backlight may be separated at least partly by a light guide plate scratch protection component. The light guide plate scratch protection component may be a pattern of molded convex bumps on the light guide plate, a self-healing coating, a nonstick (e.g., Teflon) coating, or some combination of these surfaces.

    Abstract translation: 提供了用于防止背光的导光板上的划痕伪影的系统,方法和装置。 在一个示例中,电子设备可以包括用于生成图像数据的处理器和用于显示图像数据的显示器。 显示器可以包括液晶显示面板和背光单元。 至少部分地由导光板刮擦保护部件分离导光板和背光源的扩散器。 导光板刮擦保护部件可以是导光板上的模制凸起凸起,自愈涂层,不粘(例如特氟隆)涂层或这些表面的某种组合的图案。

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