Apple Inc.

Erik L Wang

Tang Yew Tan

Phillip Michael Hobson

Adam Duckworth Mittleman

Christopher J Stringer

Richard Hung Minh Dinh

Matthew Dean Rohrbach

Richard P Howarth

Daniele De Iuliis

Ethan Larry Huwe

Rico L Zorkendorfer

Scott A Myers

Robert W Schlub

Robert J Hill

Jonathan P Ive

Duncan Robert Kerr

Bartley K Andre

Daniel J Coster

Shin Nishibori

Steve P Jobs

Douglas B Satzger

Calvin Q Seid

Stephen Paul Zadesky

Eugene Antony Whang

Molly J Anderson

Edward Siahaan

Bradley Joseph Hamel

Erik G De Jong

Brian Richards Land

Naoto Matsuyuki

John Patrick Ternus

Sung Hoon Kim

Martha Evans Hankey

Stephen Brian Lynch

Wei Hsin Yao

Emery Artemus Sanford

Matthew D Hill

Douglas Joseph Weber

Martin E Johnson

Christopher Matthew Werner

Anthony Michael Ashcroft

Christopher D Prest

David A Pakula

Jesse Lee Dorogusker

John Raff

Colin M Ely

Jun Qi

Kenneth Arthur Jenks

Phillip Qian

Craig Matthew Stanley

Jason S Sloey

Glenn K Trainer

Jason C Della Rosa

Simon K Porter

Sean Thomas McIntosh

John H Sheerin

Brad G Boozer

Trent Weber

Steven C Roach

Jason Joseph LeBlanc

Daniel Max Strongwater

Lawrence E Davis

Robert Sean Murphy

Michael J Webb

Maegan K Spencer

William C Lukens

Steven P Cardinali

Sameer Pandya

Andrew David Lauder

Sung Hwan Kim

Afrooz Family

Esge Brandt Andersen

Matthew Irvine Brown

Ryan C Perkins

Tomlinson M Holman

Michael B Howes

Sylvain J Choisel

Richard Hung Dinh

Richard Walter Heley

Hsiang Hung Chen

Sean Murphy

Motohide Hatanaka

Peter J Kardassakis

Tyler S Bushnell

Stephen Robert McClure

Ashutosh Yugesh Shukla

Scott Peter Krueger

Hung A Pham

Pinida Jan Moolsintong

John J Baker

Ramesh C Bhardwaj

Andrew Lewis Johnston

Benjamin A Cousins

Rong Liu

Taisup Hwang

Adam S Howell

Nicholas G L Merz

Juan Zavala

Samuel G Parker

Christopher J Walton

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

An electronic watch may include a housing defining a side wall having a through-hole and a crown assembly including an actuation member. The actuation member may include a crown shaft extending through the through-hole and having an exterior portion defining an input surface and a crown ring coupled to the exterior portion of the crown shaft and electrically isolated from the crown shaft. The crown assembly may further include an optical encoder component attached to the actuation member and defining a group of optical features. The electronic watch may further include an optical detector configured to detect rotation of the crown assembly by detecting motion of the group of optical features and an electrocardiograph sensor comprising a sensing component. The sensing component may be conductively coupled to the actuation member via a conductive path at least partially defined by the crown shaft.

Crown assembly for an electronic watch

An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and at least partially defining an internal volume of the electronic device, an electromagnetic radiation emitter and an electromagnetic radiation detector disposed in the internal volume, and an optical component disposed in the aperture. The optical component can include a first and second transparent portions disposed above the electromagnetic radiation detector and the electromagnetic radiation emitter, and an opaque portion disposed between the first and second transparent portions and extending a thickness of the optical component. The first transparent portion, the second transparent portion, and the opaque portion can define a flush exterior surface of the electronic device.

Opaque splits embedded in transparent media for optical emitter/detector isolation

This application relates to earbuds configured with one or more biometric sensors. At least one of the biometric sensors is configured to be pressed up against a portion of the tragus for making biometric measurements. In some embodiments, the housing of the earbud can be symmetric so that the earbud can be worn interchangeably in either a left or a right ear of a user. In such an embodiment, the earbud can include a sensor and circuitry configured to determine and alter operation of the earbud in accordance to which ear the earbud is determined to be sitting in.

Earbuds

An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and at least partially defining an internal volume of the electronic device, an electromagnetic radiation emitter and an electromagnetic radiation detector disposed in the internal volume, and an optical component disposed in the aperture. The optical component can include a first and second transparent portions disposed above the electromagnetic radiation detector and the electromagnetic radiation emitter, and an opaque portion disposed between the first and second transparent portions. A conductive component can be in electrical communication with the opaque portion and one or more components of the electronic device.

A voice-controlled electronic device that includes a device housing having a longitudinal axis bisecting opposing top and bottom surfaces and a side surface extending between the top and bottom surfaces. The device can further include one or more microphones disposed within the device housing and distributed radially around the longitudinal axis; a processor configured to execute computer instructions stored in a computer-readable memory for interacting with a user and processing voice commands received by the one or more microphones and first transducer and second transducers configured to generate sound waves within different frequency ranges.

Voice-controlled electronic device

Portable electronic devices are provided. Each device may be formed from two parts. A first part may be provided with components such as a display, a touch screen, a cover glass, and a frame. A second part may be provided with a plastic housing, circuit boards containing electrical components, and a bezel. Engagement members may be connected to the first and second parts. The engagement members may be formed from metal clips with holes and springs with flexible spring prongs that mate with the holes in the clips. The metal clips may be welded to frame struts on the frame and the springs may be welded to the bezel. During assembly, the first part may be rotated into place within the second part. Retention clips attached to the frame may be used to secure the two parts together. Assembly instructions and associated connector numbers may be provided within the devices.

Portable electronic device with two-piece housing

A holder for a wirelessly locatable tag may be used with a wirelessly locatable tag comprising a housing member defining a region of an exterior surface of the wirelessly locatable tag configured to act as a speaker diaphragm. The holder may include a receptacle portion configured to at least partially surround the wirelessly locatable tag, the receptacle portion defining a first opening configured to allow the wirelessly locatable tag to be positioned in the receptacle portion, a second opening configured to at least partially surround an outer periphery of a battery door of the wirelessly locatable tag, and a third opening aligned with the region of the exterior surface configured to act as the speaker diaphragm. The holder may further include a fastener coupled to the receptacle portion and configured to releasably secure the first opening in a closed configuration to retain the wirelessly locatable tag in the receptacle portion.

Holding accessory for a wirelessly locatable tag

A posture-monitoring system for monitoring a body posture of a user includes an array of wirelessly locatable tags, including a first tag configured to be positioned along a first shoulder region of the user and having a first battery and a first wireless circuit configured to transmit a first locating signal, a second tag configured to be positioned along a second shoulder region of the user and having a second battery and a second wireless circuit configured to transmit a second locating signal, and a third tag configured to be positioned along a back region of the user and having a third battery and a third wireless circuit configured to transmit a third locating signal. The posture-monitoring system further includes a portable electronic device including a processing unit and a wireless circuit operably coupled to the processing unit and configured to receive the first, second, and third locating signals.

Biomechanical sensing system using wirelessly locatable tags

A wirelessly locatable tag may be configured to transmit a wireless signal to an electronic device to facilitate localization of the wirelessly locatable tag by the electronic device. The wirelessly locatable tag may include an antenna assembly comprising an antenna frame defining a top surface and a peripheral side surface and an antenna positioned along the peripheral side surface and configured to transmit the wireless signal. The wirelessly locatable tag may further include a frame member coupled to the antenna assembly and defining a battery cavity configured to receive a button cell battery and an enclosure enclosing the antenna assembly and the frame member. The enclosure may include a first housing member formed from a unitary polymer structure and defining a top wall defining an entirety of a top exterior surface of the wirelessly locatable tag.

Enclosure for a wirelessly locatable tag

A wrist band for attaching a portable electronic device to a user includes articulating segments which may be releasably connected so as to provide the user the capability of sizing the wristband by adding or removing links as desired. A clasp is also disclosed for securing the wristband to a user. A manufacturing device and method are disclosed for machining complex surfaces on the segments and clasp.

Segmented attachment device

A voice-controlled electronic device that includes an axisymmetric device housing having a longitudinal axis bisecting opposing top and bottom surfaces and a side surface extending between the top and bottom surfaces. The device can further include a plurality of microphones disposed within the device housing and distributed radially around the longitudinal axis; a processor configured to execute computer instructions stored in a computer-readable memory for interacting with a user and processing voice commands received by the plurality of microphones and first and second transducers configured to generate sound waves within different frequency ranges.

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Redwood City, CA, United States of America

Erik L Wang