Apple Inc.

Brad G Boozer

Phillip Michael Hobson

Colin M Ely

Jonathan P Ive

Duncan Robert Kerr

Bartley K Andre

Richard P Howarth

Eugene Antony Whang

Peter N Russell-Clarke

Christopher J Stringer

Rico L Zorkendorfer

Daniele De Iuliis

Daniel J Coster

Jody R Akana

Matthew Dean Rohrbach

Jeremy D Bataillou

Julian Hoenig

Shota Aoyagi

Benjamin Andrew Shaffer

Anthony Michael Ashcroft

Mikael M Silvanto

Marc A Newson

Fletcher R Rothkopf

Martha Evans Hankey

Craig Matthew Stanley

John J Baker

Stephen Paul Zadesky

Christopher Matthew Werner

Eric Steven Jol

Michael Benjamin Wittenberg

Tyler S Bushnell

David I Nazzaro

Trevor J Ness

Makiko K Brzezinski

David M Pelletier

Nathan P Bosscher

Erik L Wang

James G Horiuchi

Ethan Larry Huwe

Jason C Sauers

Maegan K Spencer

Ryan C Perkins

Benjamin J Kallman

Phillip Qian

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky

Samuel Bruce Weiss

Nikolas T Vitt

Eugene H Fox

William C Lukens

Jesse A Lippert

Amin M Younes

Molly J Anderson

Tongbi T Jiang

Erik G De Jong

Martin E Johnson

Christopher R Wilk

Afrooz Family

Ruchir M Dave

Michael B Howes

Mario Martinis

Neal D Evans

Daniel J Hiemstra

Daniel J Barrett

David MacNeil

William Scott Lee

Ashwin Balasubramanian

Tyler S Atura Bushnell

Caleb C Han

Christopher D Guichet

Daniela M Deschamps

David W Robison

YoungHoon Kim

M Evans Hankey

Stephen Brian Lynch

Wei Chen

Jun Zhai

Rico Zörkendörfer

Manoj K Bhattacharyya

Anthony Sagala Montevirgen

Hung A Pham

Steven P Cardinali

Daniel K Boothe

Savas Gider

Anil K Kandangath

Dennis R Pyper

Rex Tyler Ehman

Trent K Do

Jeffrey C Olson

Jiahui Liang

Stephen P Jackson

Patrick E O'Brien

Jie-Hua Zhao

Gregory B Arndt

Sherry Tang

Richard D Shuma

Hirotsugu Oba

David S Wilkes, Jr

Yun X Ma

Woojin Jung

Rebecca J Russell

An electronic device includes a housing sidewall defining an opening and a display component, such as a display cover, disposed in the opening to form a gap between the housing sidewall and the display component. In at least one example, the cavity is defined by the sidewall and the display cover with the cavity in fluid communication with an external environment through the gap. In at least one example, an epoxy component at least partially defines the cavity and can be in direct contact with the housing sidewall.

Electronic device

Headphone eartips with internal support components and methods for making the same are provided. Different support components may provide specific amounts and types of additional rigidity at specific portions of an exterior surface of an outer eartip body that may be expected to interface with specific portions of an ear canal geometry when an eartip subassembly is positioned within the ear canal, such that the eartip subassembly may conform to the various shapes of the ear canal while maintaining an acoustic seal.

Headphone eartips with internal support components for outer eartip bodies

The disclosed technology relates to a battery pack configured to be structurally mounted to a portable electronic device. The battery pack may comprise an enclosure configured to enclose a plurality of layers. One or more primary brackets may be connected to at least one wall of the enclosure. Each of the one or more primary brackets may be configured to be coupled to a device. The battery pack may be configured to provide at least one component of the device with power when the one or more primary brackets are coupled to the device. A protector may be interposed between at least one of the one or more primary brackets and the at least one wall of the enclosure. The protector may be configured to provide a layer of protection between the at least one primary bracket and the plurality of layers.

Structurally mountable battery

An electronic watch includes a housing, a display positioned at least partially within the housing, a cover covering at least part of the display, and a crown having a portion positioned along a side of the housing. The crown may include an inner member that is rotationally constrained relative to the housing and an outer member that is rotationally free relative to the inner member. The device may further include a rotation sensor configured to sense a rotation of the outer member relative to the inner member.

Crown for an electronic watch

Housing for an electronic device

An electronic device housing may be formed from housing members. A first housing member may form a display cover layer that overlaps pixels. During operation, the pixels may display an image that is viewable through the display cover layer. The second housing member may have a rear wall portion and a sidewall. A band may be coupled to the sidewall or other portion of the second housing member. The first and second housing members may be attached together using a housing member attachment structure. The housing member attachment structure may have layers of adhesive and printed circuit structures. The printed circuit structures may include metal traces that form an antenna and that form capacitive force sensor electrodes on opposing sides of a compressible member.

Electronic devices having circuitry in housing attachment structures

An electronic device, such as a smart watch, incorporating a fluid-based pressure-sensing device is disclosed. The fluid-based pressure-sensing device includes an enclosure, a pressure sensor, a diaphragm and a sensing medium. The enclosure includes an opening and the pressure sensor is disposed inside the enclosure. The diaphragm hermetically seals the opening, and the sensing medium transfers a pressure exerted on the diaphragm to the pressure sensor. The sensing medium can be liquid oil filling a space of the enclosure, and the diaphragm is a polymer material. The pressure-sensing device may sense an environmental pressure, which may be used by the electronic device to modify its operations, change information that is displayed, and so on.

Wearable electronic device with fluid-based pressure sensing

An audio system that adjusts one or more beam patterns emitted by one or more loudspeaker arrays based on the preferences of users/listeners is described. The audio system includes an audio receiver that contains a listener location estimator, a listener identifier, and a voice command processor. Inputs from the listener location estimator, the listener identifier, and the voice command processor are fed into an array processor. The array processor drives the one or more loudspeaker arrays to emit beam patterns into the listening area based on inputs from each of these devices. By examining the location, preferred usage settings, and voice commands from listeners, the generated beam patterns are customized to the explicit and implicit preferences of the listeners with minimal direct input. Other embodiments are also described.

Handsfree beam pattern configuration

An electronic device can include a housing defining an internal volume and a pressure sensor assembly disposed in the internal volume and in communication with an ambient environment. The pressure sensor assembly can include a structure at least partially enclosing a sensor volume, a pressure sensor affixed to a die disposed in the sensor volume, and an exposed moisture detection conductor positioned in the sensor volume.

Exposed wire-bonding for sensing liquid and water in electronic devices

Embodiments of the disclosure pertain to multifunctional accessory cases for electronic devices (e.g., a pair of wireless earbuds). Embodiments pertain to a case for a portable listening device, such as a pair of headphones or a pair of wireless earbuds. The case can include one or more cavities to hold the listening device and charging circuitry to provide power to a rechargeable battery within the listening device (or within each of the pair of earbuds). The embodiments of the case can include a digital camera. The digital camera can include a lens mounted on the housing, digital processing circuitry, and a memory. In some embodiments the digital camera can be powered by a case battery. Embodiments of the case can include a strobe, a microphone, a speaker, a radio frequency transmitter/receiver, and a display.

Multifunction accessory case

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Saratoga, CA, United States of America

Brad G Boozer