Apple Inc.

Jenna L Withrow

Joshua A Hoover

Robert V Tang

Lee M Panecki

Yang Zhou

Nicholas R Trincia

Qigen Ji

Linda D Benavente-Notaro

Chad J Miller

Donald L Olmstead

Haoyu Li

Camille I Henrot

Le Zhao

Yiwei Tao

Bryan A Cloyd

Kendall L Helbert

Jack Pickup

Thomas Richard Routh

Alex Warburton

Charlotte M Baravian

Yan Wang

Andrew Campbell

Emma Wardell

Xueqin Xu

Zhe Cheng

Weibing Gong

Chihchen Sun

Tsung-Wen Su

Benjamin C Creed

A protective cover for a head-mounted device may include a cover layer and a ribbed fabric sidewall that together form a recess for receiving the head-mounted device. The cover layer may include a foam layer and a stiffener wrapped in fabric layers and may be configured to cover and protect an external display in the head-mounted device. The ribbed fabric sidewall may include a knit fabric layer and knit ribs on opposing sides of the knit fabric layer. The ribbed fabric sidewall may have a button receiving region and a pull tab region that are modified relative to other regions of the ribbed fabric sidewall by including fewer ribs, unfilled ribs, or ribs of different heights. A pull tab may hide a seam in the ribbed fabric sidewall. The seam may be formed from a filled pocket that provides a plush surface under the pull tab.

Protective covers for electronic devices

Items such as enclosures may be provided with hidden magnets. An enclosure may be formed from a flexible housing layer. The flexible housing layer may be configured to open and close by folding around fold axes. Portions of the flexible layer may include a flexible base layer with openings. Flexible magnets may be embedded within the openings. The flexible magnets may be used in forming a magnetic clasp for the enclosure. The flexible magnets may each have a height and durometer value that closely matches the height and durometer value of an adjacent portion of the flexible base layer, thereby helping to hide the flexible magnets within the housing layer.

Items with hidden magnets

An electronic device such as a pair of headphones may be configured to be worn on a head of a user. The headphones may have a headband and earcups that are coupled to the headband. The headband may have a frame and a headband frame cover that is removably attached to the frame. The cover may have protrusions, may be inflated using a pump, may include a battery and other components, and may include sensors. An earcup movement synchronization mechanism may be used to synchronize movement of a left earcup with a right earcup. A torsion spring with a stop mechanisms or other bend limiter may be configured to prevent overbending of the headband.

Headband accessory

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Jenna L Withrow