Apple Inc.

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Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Qualcomm Incorporated

Handspring, Inc.

Ideo Product Development Inc.

Appple Inc.

John Raff

Ron Alan Hopkinson

Bartley K Andre

Chris A Ligtenberg

Christopher J Stringer

Michelle Rae Goldberg

Stephen Robert McClure

Jeremy C Franklin

John M Brock

Ibuki Kamei

David E Kingman

Donald R Monroe

Daniel J Coster

Brett W Degner

Kevin David Gibbs

Sean S Corbin

Jonathan P Ive

Benjamin M Rappoport

Albert John Golko

Scott A Myers

Richard P Howarth

Jeremy D Bataillou

Julian Hoenig

Matthew Phillip Casebolt

Bradley Joseph Hamel

Erik Andrew Uttermann

Mikael M Silvanto

Derek William Wright

Amy Qian

Stephen Brian Lynch

Zheng Gao

Duncan Robert Kerr

Eugene Antony Whang

Peter N Russell-Clarke

Rico L Zorkendorfer

Daniele De Iuliis

Jody R Akana

Matthew Dean Rohrbach

Martha Evans Hankey

Shin Nishibori

Elvis Mwenda Kibiti

John Patrick Ternus

Christopher D Jones

William Francis Leggett

Patrick Kessler

Charles A Schwalbach

Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski

Nicholas Alan Rundle

Phil M Hobson

Gavin J Reid

Wei Chen

James R Wilson

John C Difonzo

Jiang Ai

Joshua R Funamura

Christopher D Prest

Dinesh C Mathew

Michael Benjamin Wittenberg

Giovanni Gozzini

Keith J Hendren

Dale R Setlak

Dale N Memering

Peter Nils Skillman

Houtan R Farahani

Robert Y Cao

Charles Richard Lewis, Jr

Clarisse Mazuir

Martin Melcher

Florence W Ow

Dennis Joseph Boyle

Kevin Scott Fetterman

Kevin M Robinson

Simon R Lancaster-Larocque

Eric Steven Jol

Jeffrey Charles Hawkins

Martin E Johnson

Phillip Michael Hobson

Li Zhang

Sung Hoon Kim

Min Chul Kim

Ramesh C Bhardwaj

George V Anastas

Melody L Kuna

Fletcher R Rothkopf

David A Pakula

Robert W Schlub

Victor H Yin

Emery Artemus Sanford

Daniel William Jarvis

Erik L Wang

Paul Eric Jacobs

Tyler S Bushnell

Jiang Zhu

Anthony Sagala Montevirgen

Harish Rajagopalan

Qingxiang Li

Joshua D Banko

Rodney Andres Gomez Angulo

Richard M Mank

John C DiFonzo

An elongated biometric device provides a slim solution for capturing biometric data, and may be placed on a portion of an electronic device having limited space, such as a side of the electronic device. The elongated biometric device may include a force sensor, which may be positioned within a housing of the electronic device and actuated through posts extending from the elongated biometric device through the housing to transfer an applied force to the force sensor.

Elongated fingerprint sensor

An electronic device includes an enclosure formed of a plurality of layers cooperating to define an interior volume. The enclosure includes a first layer formed of a first material and defining a user input surface of the enclosure and a first portion of a side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a second layer, formed of a second material different from the first material, positioned below the first layer and defining a second portion of the side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a third layer, formed of a third material different from the first and second materials, positioned below the second layer and defining a bottom surface of the enclosure and a third portion of the side surface of the enclosure.

Multi-part device enclosure

A system such as a vehicle may have adjustable structures such as adjustable windows. Adjustable windows may have adjustable layers such as adjustable tint layers, adjustable reflectivity layers, and adjustable haze layers. Adjustable window layers may be incorporated into a window with one or more transparent structural layers such as a pair of glass window layers. Adjustable components such as adjustable reflectivity layers, adjustable haze layers, and adjustable tint layers may be interposed between the pair of glass window layers. Fixed partially reflective mirrors, fixed tint layers, and/or fixed haze layers may be used in place of adjustable tint, haze, and reflectivity layers and/or may be incorporated into windows in addition to adjustable tint, haze, and reflectivity layers.

Systems with adjustable windows

An electronic device may be provided with a display having a flexible substrate with fastened bent edges. The flexible substrate may have an active region that includes an array of light-emitting elements such as organic light-emitting diodes. The flexible substrate may also have inactive regions that lie outside of the active region. The bent edges may include portions of the inactive regions and portions of the active region. The bent edges may be wrapped to conform to the shape of an internal support structure. The bent edges may be fastened to the support structure with fastening members that attach a housing member or an internal clamp to the support structure. The bent edges may be secured between the housing member or the internal clamp and the support structure. The fastening members may be engaged in openings in the support structure and may pass through or alongside the bent edges.

Electronic devices with flexible displays having fastened bent edges

A glass fastening system includes a glass portion, a support structure defining a recess, a first adhesive layer disposed on an exterior surface of the glass portion facing the recess in the support structure, a second adhesive layer disposed within the recess of the support structure, and a fastener having a first portion secured to the first adhesive layer and a second portion extending away from the first portion and into the second adhesive layer to secure the glass portion to the support structure.

Glass fastening and sealing systems

A vehicle includes a roof opening, a front window that is located forward from the roof opening, and a rear window that is located rearward from the roof opening. The vehicle also includes a first panel and a second panel. The first panel and the second panel obstruct the roof opening in a closed position and are movable to an open position in which the first panel is positioned adjacent to an exterior surface of the front window and the second panel is positioned adjacent to an exterior surface of the rear window.

Movable panel assemblies

A vehicle includes a roof panel, an opening defined by the roof panel and a movable panel assembly that is configured to move between a closed position and an open position with respect to the opening. A first track is located above the roof panel at a first lateral side of the movable panel, and a second track located above the roof panel at a second lateral side of the movable panel, wherein the movable panel is supported by the first track and the second track for movement between the closed position and the open position.

A computing system includes an electronic device, a cover or case for the electronic device, and an input device that is slidably movable yet attached to the cover or case. By positioning the electronic device on top of the input device, rotation of the electronic device which changes its vertical viewing angle also translates the input device. These can provide improved overall possible viewing angle adjustability, increased system stability at high viewing angles, laptop-like opening and closing behavior, lighter weight, and implementation using low-cost components.

Sliding input device cover

An attenuation system is connected to a structural portion and includes a first portion, a second portion, and an actuator. The actuator is configured to move the attenuation system between a retracted position and an extended position. The first portion is moved outward relative to the second portion during movement of the attenuation system from the retracted position to the extended position.

Extendable bumpers for vehicles

A top case assembly for a portable computer is disclosed. The assembly may include an integral unified (e.g., homogenous) top case formed from a single part. The integral top case provides an enclosure, frame and cosmetic exterior of the portable computer. The integral top case also serves as the primary structure of the portable computer. The assembly may include a variety of subassemblies such as keyboards, touchpads, circuit boards, and drives that are carried by the underside of the integral top case. The integral top case may be formed from aluminum slab that has been machined to form walls, openings, attachment areas and cosmetic areas of the top case.

Portable computer unified top case

A vehicle includes a roof, an opening in the roof, and a window that is located forward from the opening, wherein the window has an upper end and the window is free from non-translucent structures near the upper end. A movable panel is connected to the roof for movement forward and rearward relative to the roof between a closed position and an open position. A seal is connected to the movable panel. The seal engages the window when the movable panel is in the closed position and the seal is disengaged from the window when the movable panel is in the open position.

A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and so on. The portable computing device can include at least a single piece housing. The single piece housing can be machined from a single billet of material, such as a billet of aluminum. The single piece housing can include ledges with a surface receiving a trim bead and a cover. Corner brackets can be attached to the single piece housing to improve the damage resistance of the housing.

Handheld portable device

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Menlo Park, CA, United States of America

John Raff