Apple Inc.

Adam T Garelli

Dinesh C Mathew

Keith J Hendren

Bryan W Posner

Paul Xiaopeng Wang

Victor H Yin

Jun Qi

Thomas W Wilson, Jr

Brett W Degner

Robert Y Cao

Christiaan A Ligtenberg

Mikael M Silvanto

Denis H Endisch

Simon Regis Louis Lancaster-Larocque

Peteris K Augenbergs

Nicholas Alan Rundle

Robert J Lockwood

Joss Nathan Giddings

Bartley K Andre

Wei Chen

Houtan R Farahani

Kevin M Robinson

Bruce E Berg

Senem E Emgin

Antonio Clarke

Paul Stephen Drzaic

Bradley Joseph Hamel

Kevin M Keeler

Sarah J Montplaisir

Jacob Seth Kononiuk

Yi-Chen Kuo

Alex Joseph Lehmann

William Francis Leggett

Simon R Lancaster-Larocque

Eric Lee Benson

Terrence Lee Van Ausdall

Karan Bir

Steven J Osborne

Abidur Rahman Chowdhury

Qiliang Xu

Simon S Lee

Laura M DeForest

Kevin M Kenney

Bart K Andre

Richard G Huizar

Meizi Jiao

Genie Kim

Nicholas L Qu

Joshua L Daigle

Eric T Corriveau

Tyler J Ewing

Jonathan P Ive

Duncan Robert Kerr

Richard P Howarth

Eugene Antony Whang

Peter N Russell-Clarke

Christopher J Stringer

Martha Evans Hankey

Rico L Zorkendorfer

Daniele De Iuliis

Daniel J Coster

Jody R Akana

Matthew Dean Rohrbach

Jeremy D Bataillou

Julian Hoenig

John Z Zhong

Cheng Kai Chen

Hoon Sik Kim

Chris A Ligtenberg

Patrick Kessler

Stephen Robert McClure

John C Difonzo

Michelle Rae Goldberg

Shih-Chang Chang

Matthew Wagner Crowley

Nathan K Gupta

Eric R Prather

Ari P Miller

Carl R Peterson

David Phillip Tarkington

Tingjun Xu

Tatsuya Sano

Terry C Lam

Christopher L Boitnott

Erik A Zweigle

Lauren M Farrell

Scott J Krahn

Mengyang Liang

Victor Hao-En Yin

Thomas W Wilson

Brian P Graves

Kwonil D Fleischman

Simon Lancaster Larocque

Simon Lancaster Laroque

Michael A Damlanakis

Laura Michelle Deforest

Simon Regis Louis Lancaster-larocque

Pooja B Patel

Jacob S Kononiuk

A portable electronic device can have a housing including a wall, the wall at least partially defining an external surface, and the housing defining an aperture disposed opposite the wall. A display assembly can be positioned at the aperture and a retention component can be positioned at least partially in an internal volume defined by the housing. The portable electronic device can also have an optical component that includes an optical component housing defining a camera aperture and a camera module positioned at the camera aperture. The optical component can be configured to be removably retained against the wall by the retention component and to be removably retained against the display assembly by the retention component.

Camera integration for portable electronic devices

An electronic device may include a glass housing member that includes an upper portion defining a display area, a lower portion defining an input area, and a transition portion joining the upper portion and the lower portion and defining a continuous, curved surface between the upper portion and the lower portion. The electronic device may include a display coupled to the glass housing member and configured to provide a visual output at the display area. The electronic device may include an input device coupled to the glass housing member and configured to detect inputs at the input area. The electronic device may include a support structure coupled to the glass housing member and configured to support the computing device.

Electronic device with glass housing member

Computing devices, input devices, keyboard assemblies, and related systems include a set of conductive traces or leads configured to transfer a capacitive load from an appendage of a user or another capacitive load source from a remote location, such as on a keycap of the keyboard, to a conductive portion or electrode on the keyboard that is positioned near a touch-sensitive interface of a computing device. The capacitive load is thereby transferable through the conductive traces or leads to the touch-sensitive interface without having to directly apply the load, such as by touching a finger to the interface. This can reduce or eliminate the need for on-screen controls or keyboard interface elements in a touch screen device without having to use a more expensive and energy-draining wired or wireless connection between the computing device and a keyboard case or accessory for the computing device.

Remote capacitive interface

An electronic device can include a base portion and a display portion rotatably mounted to the base portion. The display portion can have a display housing including a trim that at least partially defines an orifice and a portion of the exterior surface of the electronic device. A display call can be positioned at the orifice in contact with the trim and can be secured to the display housing.

Electronic device display

A computing device can be reconfigurable to include one or more electrical devices in various configurations. The computing device can include a base forming an input surface configured to receive user input. The base can receive one or more input devices, such as, displays or keyboards. The base can include a hinge rotatably attached to the base and configured to removably retain an electronic device, such as, a display. The computing device can include a coupling mechanism having a first retaining portion and a second retaining portion rotatably coupled to an intermediate portion. The first and second retaining portions can be configured to removably retain electrical devices to the coupling mechanism.

Modularized computing and input devices

A foldable display device may have housing portions coupled by a hinge. The hinge may have a series of interconnected links. The links may be formed from interdigitated fingers in a friction clutch. The fingers or other portions of the links may be provided with crescent-shaped slots that receive pins. During folding of the device, the pins may slide along the crescent-shaped slots, thereby ensuring that adjacent links rotate relative to each other about a rotation axis that lies outside of the hinge and within a flexible display panel. Links may also be formed from link members with curved mating bearing surfaces that slide relative to each other as adjacent links are rotated relative to each other. A housing rotation synchronization mechanism may be formed using a set of gears that extends between the first and second housing portions.

Hinges for folding display devices

This application relates to a laptop computer. The laptop computer includes a base portion pivotally coupled to a lid portion is described. The laptop computer includes a display assembly carried by the lid portion, where the display assembly includes a light-transmissive cover, a display layer overlaid by the light-transmissive cover, a display stack electrically coupled to and overlaid by the display layer, and a light pattern recognition module adjacent to the display stack and overlaid by the display layer. The light pattern recognition module includes (i) a light pattern projector that projects a light pattern directly through the display layer.

Light recognition module for determining a user of a computing device

Cable assemblies for providing electrical communication between hinged sections of an electronic device are described. The cable assemblies can include a cover that covers one or more cables that run through a hinge region of the electronic device. The cable and cover can be drawn over a mandrel of the hinge region. The cover and the portions of the mandrel can be visible to a user at the hinge region of the electronic device. The cover can be sufficiently rigid to guide a path of the cable and protect the cable from bending beyond a prescribed angle during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region. The cover can also be sufficiently rigid to prevent ceasing or folding of the cover and the cable during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region.

Mandrel flex circuit routing

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a shield that provides thermal and electromagnetic interference ('EMI') shielding benefits. The shield is secured with fan assemblies by airtight seals to prevent air leakage and promote a pressured volume when the fan assemblies are running. Further, the shield can direct airflow from the fan assemblies to one or more thermally conductive components, where the airflow can convectively cool the thermally conductive components and exit the electronic device. The shield is made from a metal, and when the shield covers a circuit board, the shield protects an EMI barrier for integrated circuits located on the circuit board. Moreover, the shield can provide a single-piece, monolithic body that provides advantages over multiple shields, such as eliminating gaps in the shield for air leakage and EMI intrusion, increasing air circulation efficiency, and decreasing costs.

Electronic device with a thermal and EMI shield

Low-profile computer supports include features to reduce the thickness and improve the portability or storage capability of a computer system while it is disassembled, packaged, shipped, or moved. Some computer systems have a computing device and a dock device that can be stored and moved separately or that can store or support accessories associated with the computer system. Some computer systems have a movable stand configured to transition between a collapsed state and a deployed or standing state. Some stands include handles or grips for moving the computer systems while collapsed. Other computer systems include handles or grips to provide areas to more easily carry the computer systems. The handles or grips can have features such as a flexible material to hide or mask their appearance on the computer system.

Low profile computer support

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Santa Clara, CA, United States of America

Adam T Garelli