Apple Inc.

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David A Pakula

Tang Yew Tan

Scott A Myers

Richard P Howarth

Daniel William Jarvis

Richard Hung Minh Dinh

Peter N Russell-Clarke

Martha Evans Hankey

Jonathan P Ive

Duncan Robert Kerr

Bartley K Andre

Eugene Antony Whang

Jody R Akana

Rico L Zorkendorfer

Christopher J Stringer

Daniele De Iuliis

Jeremy D Bataillou

Ian A Spraggs

Julian Hoenig

Shota Aoyagi

Benjamin Andrew Shaffer

Anthony Michael Ashcroft

Mikael M Silvanto

Marwan Rammah

Molly J Anderson

Markus Peter Diebel

Clement Tissandier

Julian Jaede

Marine C Bataille

Michael Benjamin Wittenberg

Ashutosh Yugesh Shukla

Joe Sung Ho Tan

Charles B Woodhull

Matthew D Hill

Lee E Hooton

Daniel J Coster

Matthew Dean Rohrbach

Michael D Quinones

Sawyer Isaac Cohen

Gregory N Stephens

Jared Mitchell Kole

Matthew Theobald

Shin Nishibori

Richard Hung Dinh

Christopher D Prest

Stephen Brian Lynch

Douglas Joseph Weber

Simon Christopher Helmore

Shayan Malek

Nicholas George Merz

Edward S Huo

Steve P Jobs

Stephen Paul Zadesky

Jason S Sloey

Dhaval N Shah

Tyler B Cater

Steven Porter Hotelling

James R Wilson

Steven James Martisauskas

Scott P Porter

Trent Weber

Benjamin Shane Bustle

Eric McCallister Bennett

Sung-Ho Tan

Eric Steven Jol

Erik G De Jong

Brian Quentin Huppi

Jean-Pierre Simon Guillou

Dale N Memering

Peter W Richards

Christopher S Graham

Storrs Townsend Hoen

Lucy Elizabeth Browning

Jonah Alexander Harley

Martin Paul Grunthaner

Omar Sze Leung

Naoto Matsuyuki

John B Ardisana, Ii

Ruchir M Dave

Tyler Robin Kakuda

Miguel C Christophy

Masashige Tatebe

Fletcher R Rothkopf

John Raff

Emery Artemus Sanford

Jeremy C Franklin

Erik L Wang

Rico Zörkendörfer

Teodor Dabov

Jun Zhai

Benjamin J Pope

Christopher Matthew Werner

Christopher R Wilk

Anthony Sagala Montevirgen

Pinida Jan Moolsintong

Flynn P Carson

Michael Kane Pilliod

Joshua G Wurzel

Michael J Brown

Shakti Singh Chauhan

An electronic device that includes a vision system carried by a bracket assembly is disclosed. The vision system may include a first camera module that captures an image of an object, a light emitting element that emits light rays toward the object, and a second camera module that receives light rays reflected from the object. The light rays may include infrared light rays. The bracket assembly is designed not only carry the aforementioned modules, but to also maintain a predetermined and fixed separation between the modules. The bracket assembly may form a rigid, multi-piece bracket assembly to prevent bending, thereby maintaining the predetermined separation. The electronic device may include a transparent cover designed to couple with a housing. The transparent cover incudes an alignment module designed to engage a module and provide a moving force that aligns the bracket assembly and the modules to a desired location in the housing.

Electronic device having a vision system assembly held by a self-aligning bracket assembly

This is directed to an electronic device enclosure. The enclosure includes an outer periphery member forming an outer surface of a device, and to which an internal platform is connected. Electronic device components can be assembled to one or both surfaces of the internal platform. The enclosure can include front and back cover assemblies assembled to the opposite surfaces of the outer periphery member to retain electronic device components. One or both of the cover assemblies can include a window through which display circuitry can provide content to a user of the device.

Handheld device enclosure with an internal platform

An electronic device having an enclosure formed from at least one glass cover and a peripheral structure formed adjacent the periphery of the glass cover is disclosed. The peripheral structure can be secured adjacent to the glass cover with an adhesive. The peripheral structure can be molded adjacent the glass cover so that a gapless interface is formed between the peripheral structure and the periphery of the glass cover. In one embodiment, the peripheral structure includes at least an inner peripheral structure and an outer peripheral structure.

Insert molding around glass members for portable electronic devices

A portable electronic device may include a housing having a wall defining an opening in the housing and at least a portion of four side surfaces of the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device may further include a display at least partially within the housing, a front cover positioned in the opening in the housing and over the display, the front cover defining a front surface, a peripheral side surface extending from the front surface and at least partially surrounded by the wall of the housing, and a notch that, together with a portion of the wall of the housing, defines an acoustic port of the portable electronic device. The electronic device may further include an acoustic port cover positioned at least partially in the acoustic port and a speaker at least partially within the housing and configured to direct sound through the acoustic port cover.

Handheld electronic device

Various components of an electronic device housing and methods for their assembly are disclosed. The housing can be formed by assembling and connecting two or more different sections together. The sections of the housing may be coupled together using one or more coupling members. The coupling members may be formed using a two-shot molding process in which the first shot forms a structural portion of the coupling members, and the second shot forms cosmetic portions of the coupling members.

Components of an electronic device and methods for their assembly

Housing plate

An electronic device having a display assembly is disclosed. Several layers may combine to form the display assembly. For example, the display assembly may include a touch sensitive layer (or touch detection layer), a display layer that present visual information, and a force sensitive layer (or force detection layer). The display layer may include a bend or curve that allows a portion of the display layer to bend around the force sensitive layer. Also, the connectors (that provide electrical and mechanical connections) may be positioned at different locations of the layers. For example, the display layer may include a connector on a first edge region, and the force sensitive layer may include a connector on a second edge region that is perpendicular, or at least substantially perpendicular, to the first edge region. By positioning the connectors on perpendicular edge regions, the display assembly may reduce its footprint.

Display module and glass with undercut plastic frame

Housings for electronic devices are disclosed. According to one aspect, adjoining surfaces of electronic device housings can be mounted or arranged such that adjoining surfaces are flush to a high degree of precision. The electronic devices can be portable and in some cases handheld.

Offset control for assembling an electronic device housing

This is directed to providing a cosmetic finish on a component constructed by connecting several elements. A single manufacturing process, such as machining or grinding, can be applied to the connected elements to remove material from some or all of the elements and to form a smooth and continuous surface across interfaces between the individual elements of the component. In some cases, settings of the material removal process can be adjusted based on the material of the component elements. For example, the settings can be adjusted based on the manufacturing or mechanical properties of each element material.

Cosmetic co-removal of material for electronic device surfaces

A mobile phone may include a housing, a battery at least partially within the housing, and a circuit board assembly at least partially within the housing and positioned along a side of the battery. The circuit board assembly may include a first circuit board defining a first hole, a second circuit board defining a second hole, a wall structure between the first circuit board and the second circuit board and attached to an inner surface of the first circuit board and an inner surface of the second circuit board, and a fastener assembly configured to retain the first circuit board to the second circuit board.

Housing module for an electronic device

A portable electronic device includes a housing, a sensor array including a first camera module having a first field of view, a second camera module having a second field of view different from the first field of view, and a light source, and a rear cover formed from a glass material and defining a raised sensor array region positioned over the sensor array. The raised sensor array region defines a first hole extending through the rear cover and positioned proximate a first corner region of the raised sensor array region, and a second hole extending through the rear cover and positioned proximate a second corner region diagonal from the first corner region. The first camera module includes a first camera housing defining a recess at a corner of the first camera housing, and the second camera module includes a second camera housing extending into the recess.

A portable electronic device may include a housing member, a rear cover coupled to the housing member, and a top module coupled to the housing member and including a front cover defining an exterior surface and an interior surface opposite to the exterior surface, a display stack attached to the interior surface of the front cover and comprising a flexible circuit element extending from a side of the display stack, a frame member attached to the interior surface of the front cover and extending at least partially around a periphery of the display stack, and an encapsulating structure positioned between the frame member and the display stack and at least partially encapsulating a portion of a peripheral side of the display stack and the flexible circuit element. The encapsulating structure may cover at least a portion of a bottom side of the display stack.

A strobe module can include a Fresnel lens that defines an external surface of the strobe module and a sidewall at least partially defining an internal volume and defining an external channel. A gasket can be disposed in the external channel. A substrate can be coupled to the sidewall to further define the internal volume and a light source can be disposed on the substrate in the internal volume.

Integrated strobe module

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

David A Pakula