Apple Inc.

Geng Luo

Bart K Andre

Benjamin Andrew Shaffer

Kainoa Kwon-Perez

Matthew J Sundstrom

John B Morrell

Seung Wook Kim

Brian T Gleeson

Dustin A Hatfield

William D Lindmeier

Kristi E Bauerly

Megan M Sapp

Isaac Hayes

Evangelos Christodoulou

Bartley K Andre

Jeremy D Bataillou

Julian Jaede

Abidur Rahman Chowdhury

Jonathan Gomez Garcia

Paul Xiaopeng Wang

Nicolas Pedro Lylyk

Emery Artemus Sanford

Trevor J Ness

Tao Pan

Onur I Ilkorur

Yang Zhou

David H Bloom

Per Haakan Linus Persson

John Schooley Camp

Demetrios B Karanikos

David Glen Havskjold

David Samuel Kumka

Miao He

Steven J Taylor

Miranda L Daly

Patrick T Ryan

James C Wu

Kristen L Cretella

Arsalan Aslam

Philip Salibi

Jonathan M McCarren

Wei Dai

Thomas Chun

Grace Tsai

Timothy C Wulff

Leon Zilun Zhang

Jordan D Russell

Arsham Chase Baron Porter

Avianne Marie Bracamonte Tuano

Hannah Abigail Maret

Taylore Jaques

Rhianna C La Chance

Hamza Kashif

Amanda Y Lin

David Samuel Kimka

Daniel A Pfaff

Megan A Mcclain

Claire Puginier

An electronic device may include a speaker having fabric portions. The fabric-based speaker may have one or more fabric support layers on which other speaker components are disposed. In particular, the fabric-based speaker may include one or more conductive patterns and one or more magnetic structures. The one or more conductive patterns may be coupled to one or more fabric support layers and may receive electric signals that actuate the one or more fabric support layers in the presence of magnetic field created by the one or more magnetic structures to produce sounds waves.

Fabric speakers

Battery packs that can provide power to an electronic device, can be easy to use and simple to connect to the electronic device, have a small and efficient form factor, and can readily be powered for use.

Magnetically attachable battery pack

An input device can include a housing defining an internal volume and a lower portion, the lower portion defining an aperture, an input sensor disposed in the internal volume, and a haptic assembly disposed in the internal volume. The haptic assembly can include an actuator and a foot coupled to the actuator and aligned with the aperture. The actuator can be configured to selectively extend the foot through the aperture to vary a sliding resistance of the input device on a support surface.

Variable friction and multi-texture mouse

A computer input system includes a mouse including a housing having an interior surface defining an internal volume and a sensor assembly disposed in the internal volume. A processor is electrically coupled to the sensor assembly and a memory component having electronic instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to determine an orientation of the mouse relative to a hand based on a touch input from the hand detected by the sensor assembly. The mouse can also have a circular array of touch sensors or lights that detect hand position and provide orientation information to the user.

Input device with adaptive grip orientation

Packaging may include a base box and a lid having a tamper-evident seal. The tamper-evident seal may include a paper substrate having a first adhesive portion configured to attach to a side panel of the base box, a second adhesive portion configured to attach to a second side panel of the lid. The first and second adhesive portions may be disposed on opposing sides of the paper substrate, and a tab configured to be accessible on an exterior of a package when the tamper-evident seal is applied may be a part of the paper substrate. When the tab is pulled with sufficient force, the paper substrate tears such that the first adhesive portion and the second adhesive portion remain fixed to the first and second side panels, respectively, while the remainder of the paper substrate tears free so that the packaging may be opened.

Packaging with tamper-evident seal

Systems of the present disclosure can provide a head-mountable device with a head securement element that allows a user to adjust both the magnitude, location, and direction of forces applied to the face of the user. Examples of adjustment mechanisms described herein allow a user to control the tilt of the head-mountable device relative to a head securement element, as well as the tightness of the head securement element. Accordingly, the user can select a fit that distributes forces widely, maximizes comfort, allows the user to enjoy the head-mountable device for longer durations of time.

Adjustable head securement for head-mountable device

Accessories that can add new functionality to an electronic device. These accessories can provide additional functionality that allow for the replacement of a physical object that would otherwise be carried in addition to and separate from the electronic device. These accessories can further provide improvements, such as a reduction in size or improvement in functionality over the physical object to be replaced.

Magnetically attachable wallet

A head-mountable device can include a head securement element that provides limited flexibility while also providing adequate stiffness to reduce the effects of sagging components under their own weight. Such stiffness can help the forces be distributed evenly across the face. For example, rather than allowing excessive forces to weigh on the cheeks and/or nose of the user, certain types of stiffness about the head-mountable device can help distribute forces along the forehead of the user and/or other regions.

Head-mountable device with variable stiffness head securement

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Santa Clara, CA, United States of America

Geng Luo