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公开(公告)号：US11209870B1
公开(公告)日：2021-12-28
申请号：US15630708
申请日：2017-06-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Zhengyu Li , Chia Chi Wu , Qiliang Xu
Abstract: Accessory units for electronic devices are described. The accessory units can include a panel that has a flexible substrate with a network of structural elements that are arranged to fold the panel into different forms and shapes similar to origami. For example, the panel can be bent along one or more fold lines that are defined by adjacent structural elements. In some cases, the panels are configured to fold at preferred fold lines, sometimes in non-parallel orientations with respect to each other. In one case, the accessory can be unfolded into a flat configuration and serve as a cover for the electronic device. In some cases, the accessory units can be brought behind and support an electronic device at different angles with respect to a support surface. The accessory units can also include features such as keyboards, touch pads, or other input devices for the electronic devices.
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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
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.
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公开(公告)号：US10116105B2
公开(公告)日：2018-10-30
申请号：US15242603
申请日：2016-08-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Chia Chi Wu , Zhengyu Li , Zheng Gao
IPC: G08B5/00 , H01R13/717 , H01R24/60 , G02B6/00 , H05K1/18
Abstract: Connectors that may provide illumination at an opening in order to facilitate the mating to a corresponding connector by a user. The illumination may be generated on a tongue of a connector insert or in a connector receptacle. For connector receptacles, illumination may be guided to illuminate an opening of the connector receptacle, it may be guided out of a front edge of a tongue in the connector receptacle, or it may be guided in other directions. For connector inserts, illumination may be out of a front edge or sides of a tongue in the connector insert, or it may be guided in other directions. The illumination may be colored or patterned to convey information to a user. Other examples may include a connector system having a connector insert with a light guide to provide illumination from a connector receptacle to an opening in the connector insert where it may be viewed by a user. In other examples, other types of data, such as authentication or identification data, may be optically transmitted either to or through a connector insert inserted in the connector receptacle.
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公开(公告)号：US20180040441A1
公开(公告)日：2018-02-08
申请号：US15230724
申请日：2016-08-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Chia Chi Wu , Ming Gao , Zheng Gao , Zhengyu Li
CPC classification number: H01H13/88 , H01H3/122 , H01H13/023 , H01H13/14 , H01H13/70 , H01H13/83 , H01H2205/016 , H01H2219/062 , H01H2219/066
Abstract: Methods for assembling low-profile, singulated keyboards by prefabricating key assemblies onto a chassis strip that is divided into individual key assemblies only after the substrate is affixed to a feature plate of keyboard. For example, a row of key assemblies is fabricated onto a chassis strip. The row corresponds to a partial or complete row of keys of the keyboard. The chassis strip is thereafter affixed to a feature plate in a specific location, thereby aligning each prefabricated key assembly to a precise location on the feature plate. While connected, each prefabricated key assembly is independently affixed to the feature plate. Thereafter, interconnecting portions of the chassis strip between the prefabricated key assemblies are removed, thereby singulating each key assembly.
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公开(公告)号：US11762512B2
公开(公告)日：2023-09-19
申请号：US17484930
申请日：2021-09-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Zhengyu Li , Elvis M. Kibiti , Ming Gao , Qiliang Xu , Chen Zhang
CPC classification number: G06F3/0443 , G06F3/165 , H04R1/025
Abstract: An electronic device such as a speaker device may have a curved housing characterized by a vertical longitudinal axis. A layer of fabric may cover the curved housing. A touch sensor may be used to detect touch input on the layer of fabric. The touch sensor may include capacitive touch sensor electrodes including drive lines and sense lines. In some arrangements, the touch sensor is formed from conductive strands in the layer of fabric. In other arrangements, the touch sensor is formed from conductive traces on a substrate. The substrate may be formed from portions of the curved housing or may be formed from a layer that is separate from the housing. Light-emitting components and/or fabric with different visual characteristics may be used to mark where the touch-sensitive regions of the fabric are located. The touch-sensitive regions may be shaped as media control symbols.
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公开(公告)号：US11586153B1
公开(公告)日：2023-02-21
申请号：US16020848
申请日：2018-06-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Zhengyu Li , Chia Chi Wu , Chen Zhang , Qiliang Xu
Abstract: Watch bands described herein include electrochromic features that provide adjustable color control based on an applied voltage to offer a variety of colors and color combinations to be displayed by a single band. The user or a control system can control, select, and/or adjust one or more colors of the watch band for visual display. Accordingly, a variety of colors can be displayed at different times without requiring different watch bands for each color or color combination. The color changing features can be used as a visual output of information from the watch to the user.
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公开(公告)号：US20200073511A1
公开(公告)日：2020-03-05
申请号：US16402115
申请日：2019-05-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Zhengyu Li , Elvis M. Kibiti , Ming Gao , Qiliang Xu , Chen Zhang
Abstract: An electronic device such as a speaker device may have a curved housing characterized by a vertical longitudinal axis. A layer of fabric may cover the curved housing. A touch sensor may be used to detect touch input on the layer of fabric. The touch sensor may include capacitive touch sensor electrodes including drive lines and sense lines. In some arrangements, the touch sensor is formed from conductive strands in the layer of fabric. In other arrangements, the touch sensor is formed from conductive traces on a substrate. The substrate may be formed from portions of the curved housing or may be formed from a layer that is separate from the housing. Light-emitting components and/or fabric with different visual characteristics may be used to mark where the touch-sensitive regions of the fabric are located. The touch-sensitive regions may be shaped as media control symbols.
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公开(公告)号：US20170133800A1
公开(公告)日：2017-05-11
申请号：US15242603
申请日：2016-08-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Chia Chi Wu , Zhengyu Li , Zheng Gao
IPC: H01R13/717 , H01R13/03 , H01R24/60 , H01R12/53
CPC classification number: H01R13/7175 , G02B6/00 , G02B6/0011 , H01R13/7172 , H01R24/60 , H05K1/0274 , H05K1/117 , H05K1/18 , H05K2201/09027 , H05K2201/10106
Abstract: Connectors that may provide illumination at an opening in order to facilitate the mating to a corresponding connector by a user. The illumination may be generated on a tongue of a connector insert or in a connector receptacle. For connector receptacles, illumination may be guided to illuminate an opening of the connector receptacle, it may be guided out of a front edge of a tongue in the connector receptacle, or it may be guided in other directions. For connector inserts, illumination may be out of a front edge or sides of a tongue in the connector insert, or it may be guided in other directions. The illumination may be colored or patterned to convey information to a user. Other examples may include a connector system having a connector insert with a light guide to provide illumination from a connector receptacle to an opening in the connector insert where it may be viewed by a user. In other examples, other types of data, such as authentication or identification data, may be optically transmitted either to or through a connector insert inserted in the connector receptacle.
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公开(公告)号：US12260052B2
公开(公告)日：2025-03-25
申请号：US18362699
申请日：2023-07-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Zhengyu Li , Elvis M. Kibiti , Ming Gao , Qiliang Xu , Chen Zhang
Abstract: An electronic device such as a speaker device may have a curved housing characterized by a vertical longitudinal axis. A layer of fabric may cover the curved housing. A touch sensor may be used to detect touch input on the layer of fabric. The touch sensor may include capacitive touch sensor electrodes including drive lines and sense lines. In some arrangements, the touch sensor is formed from conductive strands in the layer of fabric. In other arrangements, the touch sensor is formed from conductive traces on a substrate. The substrate may be formed from portions of the curved housing or may be formed from a layer that is separate from the housing. Light-emitting components and/or fabric with different visual characteristics may be used to mark where the touch-sensitive regions of the fabric are located. The touch-sensitive regions may be shaped as media control symbols.
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公开(公告)号：US20230409151A1
公开(公告)日：2023-12-21
申请号：US18362699
申请日：2023-07-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Zhengyu Li , Elvis M. Kibiti , Ming Gao , Qiliang Xu , Chen Zhang
CPC classification number: G06F3/0443 , H04R1/025 , G06F3/165
Abstract: An electronic device such as a speaker device may have a curved housing characterized by a vertical longitudinal axis. A layer of fabric may cover the curved housing. A touch sensor may be used to detect touch input on the layer of fabric. The touch sensor may include capacitive touch sensor electrodes including drive lines and sense lines. In some arrangements, the touch sensor is formed from conductive strands in the layer of fabric. In other arrangements, the touch sensor is formed from conductive traces on a substrate. The substrate may be formed from portions of the curved housing or may be formed from a layer that is separate from the housing. Light-emitting components and/or fabric with different visual characteristics may be used to mark where the touch-sensitive regions of the fabric are located. The touch-sensitive regions may be shaped as media control symbols.
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