公开(公告)号：US10739825B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-11

申请号：US16277997

申请日：2019-02-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Taylor Harrison Gilbert ,  Kristine S. Tom ,  Elvis M. Kibiti ,  Jaime G. Chavez Ruiz Garza ,  Thomas R. Matzinger ,  Zhengyu Li ,  Charles A. Bates, III ,  Shih-Hsiang Hsiao ,  Johan E. Lyon

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K7/00 ,  H01H13/70

Abstract: An accessory device for an electronic device is described. The accessory device may include a cover section and a keyboard section. The cover section may include a receiving surface that engages the electronic device. The cover section may include electrical contacts designed to electrically couple with contacts on the electronic device. The cover section may include several magnets designed to magnetically couple with magnets within the electronic device. The keyboard section may include a keyboard and one or more channels designed to receive and position the electronic device in a usable configuration with the keyboard. Several magnets may surround each channel, and may magnetically couple with magnets within (and along an edge of) the electronic device. The magnetic circuits formed between the channel magnets and the device magnets may counter, or offset, forces that otherwise remove the electronic device from the channel in an undesired manner.

公开(公告)号：US10299553B1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-28

申请号：US15623212

申请日：2017-06-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Joshua A. Hoover ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Chad J. Miller ,  Candace A. Marbury ,  Heidi Williamson ,  Kristine S. Tom ,  Michael B. Velez

IPC: A45C11/00 ,  A45C11/38 ,  A45C13/00

Abstract: An accessory case that can be used for protecting a separate portable electronic device may include a structural shell configured to contain the electronic device, a camera opening to align with a camera on the electronic device, and a button cover that can be used for actuating a button on the electronic device. The structural shell can include an outer layer, an internal layer, and a microfiber lining. The camera opening can include a chamfered or angled edge that reduces the effects of camera flash on the camera. The button cover can include an outer button cover component that is coupled to the outer layer. The outer button cover component, which may be anodized aluminum, can be a different material than the outer layer, which may include leather.