Apple Inc.

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Appple Inc.

Laura M DeForest

Michelle Rae Goldberg

John Raff

Bradley Joseph Hamel

Brett W Degner

Ron Alan Hopkinson

Timothy S Hibbard

Chris A Ligtenberg

Kevin Scott Fetterman

Zheng Gao

William Francis Leggett

Stephen Vincent Jayanathan

David H Narajowski

Nicholas Alan Rundle

Kristopher P Laurent

Bartley K Andre

Matthew Phillip Casebolt

Patrick Kessler

John M Brock

Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski

Robert L Coish

Eugene J Kim

Euan S Abraham

David John Yeh

Jim C Hwang

Steven Keiper

Jay Kevin Osborn

Kevin M Robinson

Christoph Matthias Pistor

James M Cuseo

Simon J Trivett

Mehrdad Hooshmand

Charles A Schwalbach

Joshua R Funamura

Gavin J Reid

Kathleen A Bergeron

Greg Springer

Gary S Thomason

Zachary Joseph Zeliff

Ruchi Goel

Chung-Tse Huang

Keith J Hendren

Xiang Zhang

Adam T Garelli

Michael D McBroom

John C Difonzo

Min Chul Kim

Hao Zhu

Michael Kai Morishita

Anthony Nguyen

Edward T Sweet

Peter N Jeziorek

Karen Y Cheng

Danny L McBroom

Lauren M Farrell

Sunita Venkatesh

David A Jungquist

Dinesh C Mathew

Victor H Yin

Jun Qi

Bryan W Posner

Thomas W Wilson, Jr

Peteris K Augenbergs

John C DiFonzo

Ari P Miller

Simon Regis Louis Lancaster-Larocque

David J Morgenstern

William B Long

Fabio T Campos

Yuna Hu

Jacek M Kolodziejski

Kelsey J MacMillan

Bryan J Licata

Joshua Ryan Funamara

Support systems and stands for electronic devices include tilt hinges, lift arms, and their component parts. Some tilt hinges include assemblies for guiding and retaining bars or protrusions into preferred positioning within receiver openings to unify the parts, particularly as they move, and to reduce wobble or slop in the joints. Lift arms provide simplified and low-cost guidance and counterbalance mechanisms for controlling movement of the electronic device relative to the base of a stand. In some cases, the lift arms have sheaths to help protect or cover mechanisms while allowing additional space for the mechanisms within the lift arm. Other interconnection systems hide and protect a connector interface between the stand and the electronic device within a housing until unlocked and the connector is moved into an exposed position. These systems improve efficiency, comfort, ergonomics, accessibility, and user satisfaction of the electronic devices and their supports.

Reconfigurable stand ecosystem

Display assemblies for supporting displays on stands or support arms have mount portions to removably attach to the displays using magnetic assemblies and latches. The magnetic assemblies and latches can improve user experience and allow the display to be installed on a support arm from the viewing side of the display and without having to see or reach behind the display. Magnetic structures can center a mount portion of the support arm and a recess of the display and can attract them to each other. Laterally-extending latches can ensure the display is not inadvertently removed. Locking mechanisms can prevent the display from being rotated to a portrait orientation when sufficient space around the display and the necessary user intent is not provided.

Display support arm mount

A portable computing device having a substantially non-conducting outer housing and alternative electrical grounding and audio system architectures is disclosed. The device can be a laptop computer having a main logic board, a keyboard assembly, an audio source positioned below the keyboard assembly, and an equalizer electrically coupled to the audio source, with each of these components being electrically coupled to a universal grounding structure. The audio source emits sound waves that are propagated through the keyboard assembly and between gaps between keyboard keys and the outer housing. Settings for the equalizer can be selected to account for sound absorption and amplification characteristics of the sound waves along these sound transmission paths. The universal grounding structure includes a plurality of separate ground components that are electrically intercoupled, each being substantially smaller than the overall portable computing device, and also includes an electromagnetic interference shield around the main logic board.

Portable computer electrical grounding and audio system architectures

A display device having a flexured element. More particularly, the display device may incorporate a cover glass with one or more flexure bearing sections. The flexure bearing may permit the cover glass to flex and/or bend in response to stresses or strains while still maintaining contact with an attachment point. If the attachment points have different heights, for example, the cover glass may flex at the flexure bearing, thereby permitting the portion of the cover glass between the attachment points to maintain a relatively planar alignment.

Display having a flexured element

A portable computing device includes at least a base portion of a lightweight material that includes at least a wedge shaped top case having a trough formed at an interfacing edge thereof. The trough includes a raised portion having a first contact surface and a receiving area, and a bottom case coupled to the top case to form a complete housing for at least a portion of the portable computing device for enclosing at least a plurality of operational components and a plurality of structural components. The portable computing device also includes at least a lid portion pivotally connected to the base portion by a hinge assembly. In the described embodiments, the lid portion has a display in communication with one or more of the plurality of components in the base portion by way of or more electrical conductors that electrically connect the base portion to the lid portion.

Portable computing device

Examples of tooling fixtures and methods for manufacturing computing devices are described. According to some examples, a computer component may be shaped using successive steps of forging after deep drawing. In some examples, certain components may be assembled to form sub-assemblies of computer components and the sub-assembly may then be machined to drive closer tolerances. According to other examples, a work holding tool is described which may include a first plurality of individually movable pins for supporting a first surface of a work piece, the tool also having a second plurality of individually movable pins for applying a restraining force over a second opposite surface of the work piece to retain the work piece in position while maintaining it in its natural state.

Manufacturing of computing devices

The described embodiments relate generally to methods of assembly of electronic devices. In particular, a rotationally induced pressure is used to activate a securing mechanism positioned between a component and an enclosure. The component and the securing mechanism may be located in an inaccessible region of the enclosure such that traditional, direct, assembly processes may not be feasible. The securing mechanism may take the form of a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive or a fastener between the component and an interior surface of the enclosure.

Rotational assembly method and apparatus

The described embodiments relate generally to methods for forming structures by solid state deposition processes. More specifically a method for depositing cold spray over a removable body is disclosed. Methods are also disclosed for affixing operational and structural components to a surface of a device housing with cold spray.

Solid state deposition methods, apparatuses, and products

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San Mateo, CA, United States of America

Laura M DeForest