Apple Inc.

Matthew P Rao

Jeremy D Bataillou

Scott A Myers

Matthew D Hill

Benjamin J Pope

Stefan C Mag

Jonathan P Ive

Duncan Robert Kerr

Bartley K Andre

Richard P Howarth

Eugene Antony Whang

Peter N Russell-Clarke

Martha Evans Hankey

Jody R Akana

Julian Hoenig

Shota Aoyagi

Mikael M Silvanto

Richard Hung Minh Dinh

Rico L Zorkendorfer

Lucy Elizabeth Browning

Jared Mitchell Kole

Alex M Lee

David A Hurrell

Christopher J Stringer

Daniele De Iuliis

Daniel J Coster

Matthew Dean Rohrbach

Benjamin Andrew Shaffer

Anthony Michael Ashcroft

Molly J Anderson

Markus Peter Diebel

Clement Tissandier

Julian Jaede

Marine C Bataille

Tang Yew Tan

Sawyer Isaac Cohen

Ihtesham H Chowdhury

Michael W Firka

Eric W Bates

Hugh J Jay

Nicholas George LeBreton Merz

Jonathan Gomez Garcia

Sung-Ho Tan

Daniel William Jarvis

Rico Zörkendörfer

John J Baker

Benjamin J Kallman

Nicholas George Merz

Benjamin Shane Bustle

Tyler B Cater

Zhipeng Zhang

Derek C Krass

Douglas G Fournier

Yaocheng Zhang

Kevin M Froese

Trent K Do

Paul U Leutheuser

James A Bertin

Blake M Coughenour

Angelo M Alaimo

Trent J Canales

James R Krogdahl

Thomas Johannessen

Jun Sik Ham

Xiao Ying Zhao

Christopher R Xydis

Vincent Yan

Donald J Parr

Michael Ngo

Luman Zhang

Kodiak D Burke

Griffin L Schmitt

Michael K Mondry

Mu-Hua Cheng

Allegra Shum

Matthew W Miller

Nicholas D Rath

James R Kroghdahl

A portable electronic device may include an enclosure including a front cover defining a front exterior surface of the portable electronic device and a rear cover defining a rear exterior surface of the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device may further include a rear-facing camera and a rear-facing flash including a light emitting component defining a plurality of illuminable regions. The light emitting component may be configured to illuminate a first subset of the plurality of illuminable regions to illuminate a first field of view and illuminate a second subset of the plurality of illuminable regions, the second subset different from the first subset, to illuminate a second field of view different from the first field of view.

Handheld electronic device with rear-facing flash

Display for an electronic device

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.

Handheld electronic device

An environmental seal is formed around a square sensor disposed beneath a circular button cap within a button assembly. The button assembly includes shelf portions each extending separately into the interior of the assembly from a sidewall of the assembly. Portions of the sidewall are exposed between the shelf portions large enough to permit the four corners of the square sensor to contact the sidewall. The button cap is set above the sensor, resting upon the shelf portions. A first sealant bonds the top faces of the shelf portions to the bottom of the button cap. A second sealant bonds the edges of the sidewall to the corners of the sensor. The second sealant interfaces with the first sealant to form a complete environmental seal.

Environmental seal maximizing sensor space beneath a button positioned in trim

A tactile switch assembly can include a tactile switch structure electrically connected to one end of a flexible circuit. The tactile switch assembly has a first length when the flexible circuit is in an unfolded state and a smaller second length when the flexible circuit is in a folded state. The flexible circuit folds over itself one or more times in the folded state. The tactile switch structure can include a stiffener positioned over a switch. The flexible circuit can extend over at least a portion of a top surface of the stiffener and wrap around the stiffener at a bend region and extend under at least a portion of a bottom surface of the stiffener. One or more component chambers can be created in openings in the stiffener that provide additional locations for one or more electrical components to be electrically connected to the flexible circuit.

Tactile switch assembly in an electronic device

Methods and systems for manufacturing composite parts that include anodizable portions and non-anodizable portions such that an interface between the anodizable portions and non-anodizable portions are free of visible defects are described. The non-anodizable portions can be made of anodizable metals such as aluminum or aluminum alloy. The non-anodizable portions are made of material that do not generally form an anodic film, such as plastic, ceramic or glass materials. In particular, the methods described relate to manufacturing methods that are compatible with anodizing processes and avoid defects related to anodizing processes. In particular embodiments, the methods involve avoiding trapping of anodizing chemicals within a gap between an anodizable portion and a non-anodizable portion, which prevents the anodizing chemicals from disrupting the uptake of dye in a post-anodizing dyeing process.

Assembled integral plastic elements on an anodized mobile device enclosure

Input for an electronic device

An electronic device enclosure that includes a housing and a frame and an integrally formed connector shell. The connector shell includes a first portion integrally formed with the housing and a second portion integrally formed with the frame. The first and second portions of the connector shell are joined at first and second mating surfaces, respectively, forming a cavity therebetween in which a plurality of receptacle connector contacts are positioned.

Audio jack connector integrated into enclosure

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Matthew P Rao