Apple Inc.

David J Dunsmoor

Ian A Spraggs

Melissa A Wah

Jonathan P Ive

Duncan Robert Kerr

Bartley K Andre

Richard P Howarth

Eugene Antony Whang

Peter N Russell-Clarke

Martha Evans Hankey

Jody R Akana

Jeremy D Bataillou

Julian Hoenig

Shota Aoyagi

Benjamin Andrew Shaffer

Anthony Michael Ashcroft

Molly J Anderson

Markus Peter Diebel

Clement Tissandier

Julian Jaede

Marine C Bataille

David A Pakula

Matthew D Hill

Christopher J Stringer

Daniele De Iuliis

Mikael M Silvanto

James A Bertin

Stoyan P Hristov

Rico L Zorkendorfer

Tang Yew Tan

Joe Sung Ho Tan

Jason C Sauers

Sivesh Selvakumar

Laura M Campo

Daniel William Jarvis

Simon Christopher Helmore

Lee E Hooton

Marwan Rammah

Jesse T Dybenko

Enoch Mylabathula

Marc A Newson

Abidur Rahman Chowdhury

Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne

Jonathan Gomez Garcia

Nicolas Pedro Lylyk

Moises Hernandez Hernandez

Joe Sung-Ho Tan

Kainoa Kwon-Perez

Alexandre B Girard

Anne-Marie Heck

Rico Zörkendörfer

Phillip Michael Hobson

Trevor J Ness

Nicholas George Merz

Benjamin Shane Bustle

Eric McCallister Bennett

Michael D Quinones

Richard H Koch

Robert F Meyer

Douglas G Fournier

Christopher S Tomasetta

Jon F Housour

Jonathan M Lee

Jason M Gillier

Jason L Slupeiks

Jesse P Harris

Laura M Burke

Gareth L Rose

Ekaterina Pease

Baris Ozgen

Jacob Barton

Ethan R Stobbe

Cameron Bauer

Samuel J Pliska

Macey E Dade

Matthew R McGuire

Brandon R Collins-Smoot

Anthony B Sinclair

Nawaf Al-Baghly

Mitchell T Hoertz

Zachary S Scott

Samruddhi A Deshpande

A head-mounted display configured to be worn on a face includes a housing, a facial interface coupled to a rear portion of the housing and configured to engage with the face, a component chamber defined in the housing, and a fan located in the component chamber and configured to create air flow from the face through the facial interface and the component chamber.

Active cooling for head-mounted display

Housing portion for head-mounted display

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

An electronic cooling assembly includes a heat-generating electronic component and a fan. In some examples the fan includes a housing defining an internal volume, the housing thermally coupled to the heat-generating electronic component, and a plurality of blades disposed in the internal volume. In some examples, the fan housing is thermally coupled directly to the heat-generating component via a thermal paste disposed between the heat-generating component and the housing.

Head mountable display

Housing module for an electronic device

A head-mountable device can include an outer frame that can define a first opening, a second opening an internal volume between the first opening and the second opening, an intake port between the first opening and the second opening, and an exhaust port between the first opening and the second opening. In some examples, a front cover assembly can be disposed in the first opening. An inner frame can be coupled to the outer frame, where the inner frame can also define a first aperture and a second aperture. In some examples, a curtain assembly can occlude the second opening. Furthermore, the curtain assembly can include an elastic layer that can define an external surface. The curtain assembly can also include an air-impermeable layer that can define the internal volume.

Cover for an electronic device

Backplate for an electronic device

A thermal distribution assembly for an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes an enclosure defined by a metal band and a non-metal bottom wall formed by glass, sapphire, or plastic. In this regard, the enclosure may include a relatively low thermal conductivity. However, the thermal distribution assembly provides heat transfer capabilities that offset thermal conductivity losses by using a non-metal bottom wall, and also provides added structural support. The thermal distribution assembly may include a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first and third layers provide structural support, while the second layer provides a relatively high thermally conductive layer. The thermal distribution assembly includes sidewalls engaging and thermally coupling to the metal band, allowing the thermal distribution assembly to draw heat from a heat-generating component, and pass the heat to the metal band while minimizing or preventing temperature increases along the non-metal bottom wall.

Thermal distribution assembly in an electronic device

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

David J Dunsmoor