Apple Inc.

Brian Thomas Sudderth

Michael D McBroom

Daniel Lynn McBroom

Christopher J Stringer

Michael D Hillman

Bartley K Andre

Frank Tsai

Jonathan P Ive

Steve P Jobs

Joel Frederic Jensen

Arturo Meuniot

Russell C Mead, Jr

Robert Burton Brownell, Jr

Arthur Stanley Brigham

Daniel J Riccio

Anwyl M McDonald

Jesus Beltran

John Patrick Ternus

Sung Hoon Kim

Shin Nishibori

Sung Hwan Kim

Todd F Gotham

Brett W Degner

Sean S Corbin

Amy A Han

Clifford T Jue

Eric Andrew Knopf

Cliff Jue

Bryan Thomas White

Rickson Sun

Theo Mann

Daniele De Iuliis

Chris A Ligtenberg

James Rolfe Yurchenco

Larry Cheng

Jesse Arnold Fourt

Gavin J Reid

David V Hoenig

Steven G Siefert

Robert Norman Olson

Christopher J Novak

Glen T Walters

Daniel L Mcbroom

Jonathan Ternus

Opher Yom-Tov

Sung J Kim

Danielle De Iuliis

Theodore W Barber

Robert B Brownell

Danielle Deluliis

Ben Tarbell

Tony Lawson

Ethan Crumlin

Jon Kaplan

Don Westwood

Russell C Mead

Michael D Mcbroom

Anwyl M Mcdonald

A display cover to housing interface system includes a display screen fronted by a display cover having front and obverse faces and a distal edge between the faces around a circumference thereof (i.e., edge thickness), and also an outer housing that provides support for the display cover. A portion of the display cover distal edge or thickness is fully exposed to outside, such that the display cover is exposed and substantially visible when viewed directly from the front and at least one side while installed. The display cover can be glass, while the housing is metal. A protective layer located between the housing and display cover protects the display cover from the housing. Various support components hold the display cover in place, and can include magnets and/or a stabilizer assembly affixed along a bottom edge of the display cover and adapted to couple to a bottom chin of the housing.

Cover glass to housing interface system

Pairs of matching connectors are described. The matching connectors can provide power to a powered device and/or communicate signals to a device. The matching connectors can include electrical contacts. In one example, the electrical contacts may be ring-shaped and several electrical contacts may be concentrically positioned. In one example, the matching connectors can be held together by a locking future that can be a magnet located in one or both of the matching connectors. In one example, the matching connectors can be connected by the angular of one of the connectors relative to the other. This rotation of one of the connectors relative to the other can engage the contacts of the connectors.

Connectors

An apparatus for a flat panel is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a flat panel assembly and a hinge mechanism coupled to the flat panel assembly. The hinge mechanism is adaptable to an industry standard mount and a non-industry standard mount. A system and method in accordance with the present invention allows for the replacement of a non-VESA standard compatible display mount with a display mount that is compatible with the VESA standard. Utilizing the system and method in accordance with the present invention, such a replacement can be accomplished with minimal effort, and in an efficient manner.

Flat panel display including a hinge assembly

A latching mechanism for a device is disclosed. The device includes a first member and a second member. The latching mechanism comprises one or more protruding members coupled to an interior of the device. The one or more protruding members is coupled to one of the first member and the second member. The latching mechanism includes one or more latches coupled to an interior portion of the device. The one or more latches are coupled to the other of the first and second members. The one or more latches is engageably coupled to the one or more protruding members when the first and second are coupled together. The one or more latches can be released from the one or more protruding members through the use of a magnet.

Magnetic release latch mechanism for a device

The present invention is a computer controlled display device. In one embodiment, the display device includes a flat panel display having an input for receiving display data. Additionally, a moveable assembly may be coupled to the display. The moveable assembly may provide at least three degrees of freedom of movement for the flat panel display device. Additionally, the moveable assembly may have a cross-sectional area, which is substantially less than a cross-sectional area of a display structure of the flat panel display.

Computer controlled display device

The present invention is a computer controlled display device. In one embodiment, the display device includes a flat panel display having an input for receiving display data. Additionally, a moveable assembly may be coupled to the display. The moveable assembly may provide at least three degrees of freedom of movement for the flat panel display device. Additionally, the moveable assembly may have a cross-sectional area, which is substantially less than a cross-sectional area of a display structure of the flat panel display. Additionally, the moveable assembly may include a plurality of stacked ball-and-socket assemblies.

A computer-controlled display device. In one embodiment, the display device includes a flat panel display coupled to one end of a moveable assembly. A base containing computer components is coupled to an opposite end of the moveable assembly. Power and data cables linking the flat panel display to one or more of the computer components are positioned within an interior portion of the moveable assembly. In one embodiment, the moveable assembly includes a first arm coupled to a second arm and provides movement in two or more dimensions simultaneously.

Methods and systems for insertion of a memory module into a computer system are provided. The method includes removing an access door of the computer system to make a connector accessible, the access door having a size substantially smaller than a footprint of the memory module, and linearly inserting the memory module into the connector.

Method and apparatus for linear insertion and removal of a memory module in a computer system

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Leonard, TX, United States of America

Brian Thomas Sudderth