Apple Inc.

Alex Chun Lap Yeung

Peter N Russell-Clarke

Mikael M Silvanto

Jonathan P Ive

Duncan Robert Kerr

Bartley K Andre

Richard P Howarth

Eugene Antony Whang

Martha Evans Hankey

Jody R Akana

Jeremy D Bataillou

Julian Hoenig

Markus Peter Diebel

Rico L Zorkendorfer

Shota Aoyagi

Benjamin Andrew Shaffer

Anthony Michael Ashcroft

Molly J Anderson

Clement Tissandier

Julian Jaede

Marine C Bataille

Sung-Ho Tan

Stephen Robert McClure

Sean S Corbin

Benjamin M Rappoport

John Raff

Patrick Kessler

Derek William Wright

Christopher J Stringer

Daniele De Iuliis

Daniel J Coster

Matthew Dean Rohrbach

Shin Nishibori

Jeremy C Franklin

John Patrick Ternus

Qingxiang Li

Melody L Kuna

Carli E Oster

Florence W Ow

Kristina A Babiarz

Carlo Catalano

Lee B Hamstra

Ross M Errett

Devin M Williams

Kevin David Gibbs

Thomas O Henry

Kellen M Asercion

Justin R Heckman

Giles Lowe

Justin Richard Wodrich

Ryan J Mihelich

Joel N Ruscher

Vinh H Diep

Taylor Harrison Gilbert

Jules B Henry

Clark Everett Waterfall

Phillip S Satterfield

Brianna Celeste Wilson Green

Rico Zörkendörfer

Elvis Mwenda Kibiti

Erik Andrew Uttermann

Carl R Peterson

David Kim

Brianna C Wilson

Chuan You Su

Iii Donald Q Ross

Gomez Rodney A Angulo

Housing module for an electronic device

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include an enclosure and a transparent cover. The electronic device may include a display assembly. The electronic device may further include an inductive charging unit designed to inductively charge a stylus, or other object suitable for use with the display assembly. The electronic device may further include audio modules, at least some of which are designed to cause resonation of the enclosure to produce acoustical energy in the form of audible sound. Some audio modules produce acoustical energy in relatively low frequencies, while other audio modules produce acoustical energy in relatively high frequencies. The electronic device may further include a vision system designed for facial recognition. The display assembly may include a metal chassis as well as antennae for wireless communication. In order to prevent antennae interference, the metal chassis can be electrically grounded to the enclosure.

Portable electronic device

Battery for an electronic device

Display for an electronic device

Component for an electronic device

Battery module

A process is provided for characterizing a tactile response of a first mechanical actuator (e.g., button) based on a back off distance. The first mechanical actuator may include a plunger, a dome-shaped flexible membrane, and an electrical contact, all aligned with each other so that a contact signal is generated when the flexible membrane touches the contact. The plunger can be moved a first distance towards the contact until the contact signal is generated at a contact point. Then the plunger can be backed off a second distance from the contact point. This second distance may be called the 'back off distance'. The particular feel of the first mechanical actuator can then be correlated to a particular back off distance. This process can be repeated a number of times to classify a number of different 'feels' for the first mechanical actuator based on a number of different back off distances.

Button assembly with drive assembly

Component of an electronic device

Growing community of inventors

South San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Alex Chun Lap Yeung