Apple Inc.

Honeywell International Inc.

Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc.

Alliedsignal Inc.

Idc, LLC

Denis H Endisch

Bryan W Posner

Adam T Garelli

Dinesh C Mathew

Paul Xiaopeng Wang

Keith J Hendren

Clarence Chui

Ming-Hau Tung

Lior Kogut

Simon R Lancaster-Larocque

Roger Leung

Yeh-Jiun Tung

Karan Bir

Chih-Wei Chiang

William J Cummings

Brian James Gally

Marc Mignard

Nigel P Hacker

Songyuan Xie

Brian J Daniels

Yanpei Deng

Brett W Degner

David H Narajowski

Robert Y Cao

Alex Joseph Lehmann

Teresa A Ramos

Michael E Leclerc

James S Drage

Kristopher P Laurent

Paul G Apen

Danny L McBroom

Simon J Trivett

Ananth Naman

Anil Shriram Bhanap

Robert Richard Roth

Zheng Gao

Craig C Leong

Victor Y Lu

Hui-Jung Wu

Nancy E Iwamoto

Ilan Golecki

Robert J Lockwood

Joseph A Levert

Daniel L Towery

Lei Jin

Arlene J Suedmeyer

Kikue S Burnham

Deling Zhou

Simon R Lancaster-Laroque

A display stand has two spaced apart legs connected by a horizontal support bar that is attachable to multiple displays. Carriage assemblies allow the stand to adjust the vertical position of the displays, shuttles and rails allow the stand to adjust the horizontal positions of the displays, and a central joint on the support bar allows the stand to adjust the angle between the displays. The carriage assemblies can convert rotational movement of adjustment handles into vertical movement of the support bar that is synchronized at both legs whether the support bar is in a straight or angled configuration. Wheels on the shuttles can provide smooth, consistent contact with rails in the support bar despite changes in the nominal dimensions of the rails. The display stand provides improved smoothness, rigidity, and comfort for the user to support and use multiple displays on a single stand.

Dual display stand

A computing device can include a housing including a peripheral housing defining an aperture, the peripheral housing having a constant cross-sectional area. The computing device can also include a display having a first major surface and a second major surface opposing the first major surface, the display disposed within the aperture defined by the peripheral housing and attached to the housing at one or more locations such that the first major surface and the second major surface of the display are substantially unobstructed by any other portion of the computing device.

Peripheral housing for a computing device

Apparatuses and systems can mitigate the ingress of debris such as small foreign particles or fluids passing into a joint of an electronic device. Some aspects of the systems prevent particles from passing between a flexible cable and a mandrel surface used to limit bending of the cable. Other aspects provide particle relief features including gaps, grooves, or reduced-size sections of the mandrel so that particles can pass into them and thereby cause no damage or pass out of the electronic device. Another aspect provides a protective layer configured to limit pressure applied to the cable by particles or other contaminants. These apparatuses and systems can improve the life and durability of the mandrel and cable, thereby improving the reliability of operating the electronic device.

Flexible cable durability

Invasive material ingress mitigation and control features are positioned in a hinge that uses a flexible cable and cable cover at a gap between housings of a portable electronic device. The features include hydrophobic materials on the cover or a cover-facing surface of the device housing, a barrier between the cover and the device housing, channels or protrusions on the cover-facing surface of the top case, a series of different top case surface feature modifications, and a flex cover profile modification that controls and limits contacting surface area between the cover and the top case.

Liquid ingress control for electronic devices

Embodiments described herein relate to an electronic device that provides discrete haptic output in separate regions of a device housing. These regions may both accept input and provide haptic output. Typically, a haptic output provided in a first region is imperceptible to a user touching an abutting region.

Laptop computing device with discrete haptic regions

Keyboards include mechanisms that prevent and/or alleviate contaminant ingress. In some embodiments, a keyboard assembly includes a substrate, a key cap, a movement mechanism moveably coupling the key cap to the substrate, and a guard structure coupled to the key cap operable to direct contaminants away from the movement mechanism. In other embodiments, a keyboard includes a base; a web that defines apertures; keys moveably coupled to the base within the apertures; and a gasket coupled to the keys, the gasket fixed between the web and the base, operable to block passage of contaminants into the apertures.

Ingress prevention for keyboards

A microelectromechanical (MEMS) device includes a substrate, a movable element over the substrate, and an actuation electrode above the movable element. The movable element includes a deformable layer and a reflective element. The deformable layer is spaced from the reflective element.

Electromechanical device with optical function separated from mechanical and electrical function

A toughening agent composition for increasing the hydrophobicity of an organosilicate glass dielectric film when applied to said film. It includes a component capable of alkylating or arylating silanol moieties of the organosilicate glass dielectric film via silylation, and an activating agent selected from the group consisting of an amine, an onium compound and an alkali metal hydroxide.

Method for making toughening agent materials

In certain embodiments, a microelectromechanical (MEMS) device includes a movable element over the substrate and an actuation electrode. The movable element includes an electrically conductive deformable layer and a reflective element mechanically coupled to the deformable layer. The reflective element includes a reflective surface. The actuation electrode is under at least a portion of the deformable layer and is disposed laterally from the reflective surface. The movable element is responsive to a voltage difference applied between the actuation electrode and the movable element by moving towards the actuation electrode.

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Cupertino, CA, United States of America

Denis H Endisch