Apple Inc.

Benjamin J Kallman

Michael Benjamin Wittenberg

Tyler S Bushnell

Eric Steven Jol

Jason C Sauers

Jonathan P Ive

Duncan Robert Kerr

Bartley K Andre

Richard P Howarth

Eugene Antony Whang

Peter N Russell-Clarke

Jody R Akana

Jeremy D Bataillou

Julian Hoenig

Shota Aoyagi

Benjamin Andrew Shaffer

Anthony Michael Ashcroft

David M Pelletier

Rico L Zorkendorfer

Martha Evans Hankey

Mikael M Silvanto

Colin M Ely

Matthew D Hill

David I Nazzaro

Samuel Bruce Weiss

Brad G Boozer

Christopher J Stringer

Daniele De Iuliis

Daniel J Coster

Matthew Dean Rohrbach

Marc A Newson

Fletcher R Rothkopf

Stephen Paul Zadesky

Richard Hung Minh Dinh

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky

Phillip Michael Hobson

Benjamin J Pope

Christopher Matthew Werner

Trevor J Ness

Makiko K Brzezinski

Trent J Canales

Molly J Anderson

Markus Peter Diebel

Clement Tissandier

Julian Jaede

Marine C Bataille

Lucy Elizabeth Browning

Daniel C Wagman

Eric W Bates

Sung-Ho Tan

Sawyer Isaac Cohen

Ryan C Perkins

Benjamin Shane Bustle

Zhipeng Zhang

Rasamy Phouthavong

Abidur Rahman Chowdhury

Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne

Jonathan Gomez Garcia

M Evans Hankey

Rico Zörkendörfer

Stephen E Dey

Timothy J Rasmussen

Richard H Koch

Jeffrey C Olson

Ihtesham H Chowdhury

Michael W Firka

Tatsuya Sano

Jun Sik Ham

Xiao Ying Zhao

Jaden A Barney

Christopher R Xydis

Brian A Argyres

Erik G De Jong

Christopher S Graham

Maegan K Spencer

Jennifer M Edwards

John J Baker

Prashanth S Holenarsipur

Bilgehan Avser

Tyler B Cater

William C Lukens

David D Dashevsky

Osamu Yabe

Daniel T McDonald

Kevin M Froese

Eric N Nyland

Yaocheng Zhang

Paul U Leutheuser

Hani Esmaeili

Scott W Slabaugh

Daniel J Hiemstra

James A Bertin

Jorge L Rivera Espinoza

Zaki Moustafa

David A Hurrell

Stefan A Kowalski

Matthew P Rao

Eugene C Cheung

Donald J Parr

A portable electronic device may include an enclosure including a front cover defining a front exterior surface, and a display positioned below the front cover and including a set of transparent conductive traces positioned in a graphically active region of the display and including a first plurality of transparent conductive traces and a second plurality of transparent conductive traces oriented perpendicular to the first plurality of transparent conductive traces. The portable electronic device may further include a proximity sensor including an optical emitter below the display and configured to emit light through the display and through the front cover. The optical emitter may be arranged relative to an optical receiver along a direction oblique to the first plurality of transparent conductive traces and to the second plurality of transparent conductive traces.

Handheld electronic device

Housing module for an electronic device

Housing for an electronic device

A mobile phone includes a housing structure, the housing structure defining a side surface of the mobile phone, a front cover coupled to the housing structure and defining a front surface of the mobile phone, a rear cover coupled to the housing structure and defining a rear surface of the mobile phone, a display positioned below the front cover, a first directional antenna defining a first radiation pattern extending through the front surface of the mobile phone, a second directional antenna defining a second radiation pattern extending through the rear surface of the mobile phone, and a third directional antenna defining a third radiation pattern extending through the side surface of the mobile phone.

A watch can include a watch body and a band for securing the watch to the user. The watch body can detect an identification of the band or combination of band portions, which can serve as an input to initiate actions performed by the watch body. For example, a type, model, color, size, or other characteristic of a band can be determined and used to select a corresponding action performed by the watch body. Identification of the band can be performed by components of the watch body that also serve other purposes. The watch body can respond to the identification of a particular band by performing particular functions, such as changing an aspect of a user interface or altering settings of the watch body.

Identification of watch bands

A portable electronic device includes a housing, a display at least partially within the housing, and a front cover and rear cover coupled to the housing. The rear cover defines a first portion of a rear exterior surface of the portable electronic device, a protrusion defining a sensor array region of the rear cover and a second portion of the rear exterior surface, and an internal surface opposite the second portion of the rear exterior surface. The portable electronic device also includes a sensor array mounted within the housing along the sensor array region and comprising a frame member coupled to the rear cover, a camera module positioned in the first container region, and a depth sensor module positioned in the second container region and attached to the internal surface of the rear cover.

An electronic device is configured to provide haptic feedback to a user based on an input action associated with an input device. The electronic device includes a haptic engine operably connected to a processing device. The haptic engine includes an electromagnetic actuator that detects an input action associated with the input device. The electromagnetic actuator also produces a haptic output in response to the detection of the input action.

Electronic device with an input device having a haptic engine

Display for an electronic device

A portable electronic device includes a housing member defining a first portion of an exterior front surface of the portable electronic device, a first portion of an exterior rear surface of the portable electronic device, at least a portion of an exterior side surface of the portable electronic device, a recess along an interior side of the housing member, and a ledge feature along the interior side of the housing member. The device also includes a top module coupled to the housing member and including a front cover defining a second portion of the exterior front surface of the portable electronic device, a display stack attached to the front cover, and a frame member extending at least partially around a periphery of the display stack and set apart from a surface of the recess by a gap.

A portable electronic device includes a front cover, a rear cover, and a housing structure between and coupled to the front cover and the rear cover. The housing structure includes a first housing member defining and a first interlock feature formed along a first end surface. The portable electronic device also includes a second housing member defining a second interlock feature formed along a second end surface. The portable electronic device also includes a nonconductive joining element engaged with the first interlock feature and the second interlock feature, thereby structurally coupling the first housing member to the second housing member.

A portable electronic device includes a housing, a display at least partially within the housing, a front cover coupled to the housing and positioned over the display, a rear cover coupled to the housing and defining a first portion of a rear exterior surface of the portable electronic device, a protrusion defining a sensor array region of the rear cover and a second portion of the rear exterior surface, and an internal surface opposite the second portion of the rear exterior surface. The portable electronic device also includes a sensor array mounted within the housing along the sensor array region and comprising a frame member coupled to the rear cover along the internal surface and defining a wall structure defining a first container region and a second container region, a camera module positioned in the first container region, and a depth sensor module positioned in the second container region and attached to the internal surface of the rear cover.

Connector receptacles that may be space efficient and provide a direct connection to a flexible circuit board. One example may provide an electronic device having a receptacle including a recess formed in a housing of the electronic device. The recess may have a sidewall and a bottom surface portion, and the bottom surface portion may include one or more openings extending through the bottom surface portion from an external surface to an internal surface. One or more contacts formed on a flexible circuit board may be aligned with the one or more openings in the bottom surface portion. In this way, the receptacle may be space efficient and provide a direct connection to a flexible circuit board inside an electronic device. A cosmetic cap may be placed in the recess to obscure the existence of the connector receptacle.

Receptacle for connecting to flexible circuit board

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Menlo Park, CA, United States of America

Benjamin J Kallman