Apple Inc.

Melissa A Wah

Ian A Spraggs

David A Pakula

Matthew D Hill

James A Bertin

David J Dunsmoor

Stoyan P Hristov

Jonathan P Ive

Duncan Robert Kerr

Bartley K Andre

Richard P Howarth

Eugene Antony Whang

Peter N Russell-Clarke

Christopher J Stringer

Martha Evans Hankey

Daniele De Iuliis

Jody R Akana

Jeremy D Bataillou

Julian Hoenig

Shota Aoyagi

Benjamin Andrew Shaffer

Anthony Michael Ashcroft

Mikael M Silvanto

Molly J Anderson

Markus Peter Diebel

Clement Tissandier

Julian Jaede

Marine C Bataille

Daniel William Jarvis

Simon Christopher Helmore

Rico L Zorkendorfer

Tang Yew Tan

Joe Sung Ho Tan

Jon F Housour

Douglas G Fournier

Christopher S Tomasetta

Gregory N Stephens

Marwan Rammah

Eric McCallister Bennett

Michael D Quinones

Eric Steven Jol

Christopher S Graham

Jared Mitchell Kole

Lee E Hooton

Nicholas George Merz

Shimon Elkayam

Robert F Meyer

Karl Ruben F Larsson

Brandon R Garbus

Ashley E Fletcher

Aaron Albert Oro

Gareth L Rose

Jacob Barton

Michael Benjamin Wittenberg

Rico Zörkendörfer

Benjamin Shane Bustle

Rasamy Phouthavong

Richard H Koch

Jason P Shannon

Phillip George Tamchina

Owen D Hale

Jonathan M Lee

Wai Man Raymund Kwok

Jason M Gillier

Jesse P Harris

Laura M Burke

Dale T Morgan

Ekaterina Pease

Baris Ozgen

Xuyang Zhang

Ethan R Stobbe

Cameron Bauer

Samuel J Pliska

Macey E Dade

Matthew R McGuire

Brandon R Collins-Smoot

Anthony B Sinclair

Nawaf Al-Baghly

Benjamin Morse

Mitchell T Hoertz

Zachary S Scott

Samruddhi A Deshpande

A portable electronic device may include a housing having a wall defining an opening in the housing and at least a portion of four side surfaces of the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device may further include a display at least partially within the housing, a front cover positioned in the opening in the housing and over the display, the front cover defining a front surface, a peripheral side surface extending from the front surface and at least partially surrounded by the wall of the housing, and a notch that, together with a portion of the wall of the housing, defines an acoustic port of the portable electronic device. The electronic device may further include an acoustic port cover positioned at least partially in the acoustic port and a speaker at least partially within the housing and configured to direct sound through the acoustic port cover.

Handheld electronic device

Housing module for an electronic device

A portable electronic device includes a housing, a sensor array including a first camera module having a first field of view, a second camera module having a second field of view different from the first field of view, and a light source, and a rear cover formed from a glass material and defining a raised sensor array region positioned over the sensor array. The raised sensor array region defines a first hole extending through the rear cover and positioned proximate a first corner region of the raised sensor array region, and a second hole extending through the rear cover and positioned proximate a second corner region diagonal from the first corner region. The first camera module includes a first camera housing defining a recess at a corner of the first camera housing, and the second camera module includes a second camera housing extending into the recess.

An electronic disclosed herein may include a band formed from metal that combines with a bottom wall formed from a non-metal to form an enclosure that carries internal components. The electronic device may include a transparent cover and a display assembly partially covered by a border having a uniform dimension. The electronic device may include a vision system designed for facial recognition of a user of the electronic device. A bracket assembly may hold the vision system. The bracket assembly may not be affixed to the enclosure and may move relative to the enclosure. The electronic device may include a battery assembly having multiple battery components coupled together. The electronic device may further include a receiver coil for wireless charging of the battery assembly. The electronic device may include a circuit board assembly having stacked circuit boards. The electronic device may further include a dual camera assembly.

Portable electronic device

Cover for an electronic device

Backplate for an electronic device

An electronic device having a battery assembly is disclosed. Unlike traditional battery assemblies that include rectilinear electrodes with two sides of equal length, the battery assemblies described herein may include electrodes having a shape/configuration resembling an L-shape electrode used to form chemical reactions in order to generate electrical energy. However, other shapes/configurations are possible. The shape/configuration of the housing of the battery assembly confirms to the shape/configuration of the electrodes. Further, in order to accommodate an internal component (such as a circuit board assembly), the shape of the battery assembly provides additional space in the electronic device. In order to form the electrodes, the electrodes may undergo a die cutting operation. Also, the housing may include a channel, or reduced dimension, that accommodates a flexible circuit in the electronic device that passes over the battery assembly at the channel.

Battery architecture in an electronic device

Embodiments of the disclosure pertain to methods of plating magnets with a stack of layers such that the resulting magnet assembly has improved corrosion resistance. Embodiments of the disclosure are also directed to magnet assemblies formed by such methods. Some embodiments include a High Phosphorus Electroless Nickel (HiPEN) layer with Phosphorus content greater than 11% by weight.

Corrosion resistant magnet assembly

A thermal distribution assembly for an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes an enclosure defined by a metal band and a non-metal bottom wall formed by glass, sapphire, or plastic. In this regard, the enclosure may include a relatively low thermal conductivity. However, the thermal distribution assembly provides heat transfer capabilities that offset thermal conductivity losses by using a non-metal bottom wall, and also provides added structural support. The thermal distribution assembly may include a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first and third layers provide structural support, while the second layer provides a relatively high thermally conductive layer. The thermal distribution assembly includes sidewalls engaging and thermally coupling to the metal band, allowing the thermal distribution assembly to draw heat from a heat-generating component, and pass the heat to the metal band while minimizing or preventing temperature increases along the non-metal bottom wall.

Thermal distribution assembly in an electronic device

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Melissa A Wah