Apple Inc.

John J Baker

Craig Matthew Stanley

Brad G Boozer

Phillip Michael Hobson

Yaocheng Zhang

Nathan P Bosscher

Lukas Satas

Benjamin J Pope

Paul U Leutheuser

Richard Hung Minh Dinh

Matthew D Hill

Jonathan P Ive

Duncan Robert Kerr

Bartley K Andre

Richard P Howarth

Eugene Antony Whang

Peter N Russell-Clarke

Rico L Zorkendorfer

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

Michael W Firka

Benjamin M Rappoport

Darshan R Kasar

Benjamin A Cousins

Michael B Howes

Tyler B Cater

Timothy J Rasmussen

Martin J Auclair

Yohji Hamada

Ian P Colahan

Joseph Benjamin Walker

Shannon X Yang

Peter F Coxeter

Jun Sik Ham

Christopher J Durning

Martha Evans Hankey

Mikael M Silvanto

Abidur Rahman Chowdhury

Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne

Jonathan Gomez Garcia

M Evans Hankey

Sung-Ho Tan

Stephen Paul Zadesky

Martin E Johnson

Sawyer Isaac Cohen

Jean-Pierre Simon Guillou

Lucy Elizabeth Browning

Afrooz Family

Kevin M Froese

Douglas G Fournier

Arturo Llamazares Domper

Jesse T Buehler

Christopher Edward Glazowski

Yoji Hamada

Nathaniel J Dennis

Eric W Bates

Alexander M Zoellner

Jun Jeong

Jorge C Fialho

Fletcher R Rothkopf

Stephen Brian Lynch

Daniel William Jarvis

Erik L Wang

Matthew Emanuel Last

Donald Joseph Novotney

Edward Siahaan

Kathryn P Crews

Michael S Nashner

Benjamin J Kallman

Benjamin Shane Bustle

Gregory N Stephens

Richard Hung Dinh

Zhen Zhang

Zhipeng Zhang

Marta M Giachino

Trent K Do

Jeffrey C Olson

Izhar Zahoor Ahmed

Randol W Aikin

Ying-Chih Wang

David A Hurrell

Trent J Canales

Zachary Segraves

Hao Dong

James G Griffin, Ii

Matthew P Rao

Isabel Yang

Xiao Ying Zhao

Christopher R Xydis

Jingjing Xu

A mobile phone may include an enclosure defining an internal volume, the enclosure including a front cover formed from a transparent material and defining a front exterior surface, a rear cover formed from a glass material and defining a rear exterior surface, and a housing component defining a side exterior surface. The mobile phone may include a circuit board assembly within the internal volume. The circuit board assembly may include a circuit board, a circuit component coupled to an exterior surface of the circuit board, and a cowling coupled to the circuit board and covering the circuit component, the cowling having a thickness less than about 0.5 mm and including a base structure formed from an aluminum alloy having a thickness less than about 0.4 mm and a thermally conductive structure positioned over the base structure and configured to dissipate heat.

Handheld electronic device

A restraint positioning system includes a first rail that extends along a first axis, and a first bracket that is coupled to the first rail such that the first bracket is selectively positionable along the first rail, the first bracket configured for attachment of an anchor thereto. The restraint positioning system also includes a second rail that extends along a second axis, and a second bracket that is coupled to the second rail such that the second bracket is selectively positionable along the second rail, the second bracket configured for attachment of an anchor thereto.

Anchor positioning systems

Housing module for an electronic device

Display for an electronic device

Electronic equipment may include structured fabric. Structured fabric may be used as a protective case or cosmetic cover for an electronic device, may be used to form a band that holds an electronic device against a user's body, or may be used to cover one or more openings in an electronic device. Structured fabrics may be soft and pliable while maintaining the ability to hold a given shape without added support. Structured fabric may be formed by laminating fabric such as warp-knit fabric with a stiffener such as polymer film. Structured fabrics may include openings through which signals such as optical or audio signals pass. To maintain the geometry and shape of the openings in the structured fabric without covering the openings, the stiffener and adhesive that are attached to the fabric may be cut to form a pattern of openings that align with the openings in the fabric.

Structured fabrics for electronic devices

An electronic device includes a housing that defines an aperture, and a display assembly positioned in the aperture. The display assembly can include a display layer having a first portion, and a second portion bending at least partially below the first portion. The first portion and the second portion can define a bend volume, and a potting material can be disposed in the bend volume, such that the potting material contacts the first portion and the second portion. An internal enclosure can be contoured to the display assembly.

Display panel bend reinforcement

An electronic device including a housing defining an aperture, a display component positioned in the aperture, and a filler material at least partially surrounding a periphery of the display component. The filler material can contact the display component and a portion of the housing defining the aperture.

Mobile display encapsulation to improve robustness and water resistance

A portable electronic device includes a housing member defining a first portion of an exterior front surface of the portable electronic device, a first portion of an exterior rear surface of the portable electronic device, at least a portion of an exterior side surface of the portable electronic device, a recess along an interior side of the housing member, and a ledge feature along the interior side of the housing member. The device also includes a top module coupled to the housing member and including a front cover defining a second portion of the exterior front surface of the portable electronic device, a display stack attached to the front cover, and a frame member extending at least partially around a periphery of the display stack and set apart from a surface of the recess by a gap.

A portable electronic device includes a housing member. The portable electronic device also includes a front cover coupled to the housing member and defining a top surface defining a portion of an exterior front surface of the portable electronic device, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, a peripheral side surface, and a chamfered edge extending from the bottom surface to the peripheral side surface. The portable electronic device further includes a display stack attached to the bottom surface of the front cover, an opaque coating positioned on at least a portion of each of the peripheral side surface, the chamfered edge, and the bottom surface and configured to absorb light emitted by the display stack, and a rear cover coupled to the housing member and defining a second portion of the exterior rear surface of the portable electronic device.

A safety belt presentation system includes a safety belt presentation track extending from a first position to a second position spaced from the first position, a latch that includes a tongue disposed between a first side of the latch and second side of the latch and a first coupling portion, and a driving mechanism that includes a second coupling portion configured to releasably couple the first coupling portion of the latch. The driving mechanism is configured to control the latch to move from the first position to the second position along the safety belt presentation track when the first and second coupling portions are coupled.

Safety belt positioning and presentation systems

This disclosure describes features and methods of formation of a data port for a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes a device housing having a wall defining a data port opening. An anchoring feature is formed along a portion of the wall defining the data port opening. A structural support member is positioned within the data port opening and reinforces the data port opening. A polymer material fills a gap between the structural support member and a portion of the wall defining the data port opening. The polymer material engages the anchoring feature to retain the structural support member within the data port opening.

Structural support member for a data port of a device housing

Embodiments described herein may take the form of a textile product having one or more regions of reduced density. These reduced density volumes may form one or more features in the product. For example, the reduced density volumes may have better acoustic transmission properties, optical transmission properties, flexibility, and the like. Sound transmission may be enhanced not only in terms of clarity, but also overall range. That is, certain audio frequencies that the textile may normally block when in an unaltered state may pass through a textile having reduced density or reduced density regions.

Textile product having reduced density

An audio system that adjusts one or more beam patterns emitted by one or more loudspeaker arrays based on the preferences of users/listeners is described. The audio system includes an audio receiver that contains a listener location estimator, a listener identifier, and a voice command processor. Inputs from the listener location estimator, the listener identifier, and the voice command processor are fed into an array processor. The array processor drives the one or more loudspeaker arrays to emit beam patterns into the listening area based on inputs from each of these devices. By examining the location, preferred usage settings, and voice commands from listeners, the generated beam patterns are customized to the explicit and implicit preferences of the listeners with minimal direct input. Other embodiments are also described.

Handsfree beam pattern configuration

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Cupertino, CA, United States of America

John J Baker