Apple Inc.

Michael D Quinones

Daniel William Jarvis

David A Pakula

Jonathan P Ive

Duncan Robert Kerr

Bartley K Andre

Richard P Howarth

Eugene Antony Whang

Peter N Russell-Clarke

Martha Evans Hankey

Rico L Zorkendorfer

Jody R Akana

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

Jeremy D Bataillou

Ian A Spraggs

Lee E Hooton

Marwan Rammah

Robert F Meyer

Christopher J Stringer

Daniele De Iuliis

Tang Yew Tan

Joe Sung Ho Tan

Christopher S Tomasetta

Richard H Koch

Sung-Ho Tan

Simon Christopher Helmore

Melissa A Wah

Eric Steven Jol

Matthew D Hill

Christopher S Graham

Jared Mitchell Kole

Hao Xu

Gregory N Stephens

Shimon Elkayam

Karl Ruben F Larsson

Brandon R Garbus

Douglas G Fournier

Ashley E Fletcher

James A Bertin

Aaron Albert Oro

Jon F Housour

Jeremy Bataiilou

Gareth L Rose

Mattia Pascolini

Yi Jiang

Harish Rajagopalan

Siwen Yong

Carlo Di Nallo

Jiangfeng Wu

Nicholas George Merz

Benjamin Shane Bustle

William A Counts

Stoyan P Hristov

David J Dunsmoor

Amin Tayebi

Jason P Shannon

Aaron J Cooper

Jonathan M Lee

Ana Papio Toda

Bhaskara R Rupakula

Jason M Gillier

Jesse P Harris

Laura M Burke

Jiechen Wu

Ekaterina Pease

Jacob Barton

Baris Ozgen

Thomas W Yang

Brandon R Collins-Smoot

Ethan R Stobbe

Cameron Bauer

Samuel J Pliska

Macey E Dade

Matthew R McGuire

Anthony B Sinclair

Nawaf Al-Baghly

Mitchell T Hoertz

Zachary S Scott

Samruddhi A Deshpande

Per Jakob Helander

Johan Avendal

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

Portable electronic devices having I/O assemblies that can include optical and audio components are described. An exemplary I/O assembly can include a first camera module and a second camera module that can be carried within a camera module housing. A flex connector can carry a strobe that can be positioned between the first camera module and the second camera module. A trim can enclose the first camera, the second camera and the strobe and optically isolates the optical components. An exemplary portable electronic device can include a side wall retainer that defines its perimeter, a front cover glass and a rear cover glass that cooperate to form an enclosure. The I/O assembly can be secured to the enclosure both from inside and outside of the rear cover glass. I/O assembly can also include an audio transducer that can record sound when the camera module are recording videos.

Portable electronic device

An electronic device may include first and second phased antenna arrays and a triplet of first, second, and third ultra-wideband antennas. An antenna module in the device may include a dielectric substrate. The first and second arrays and the triplet may be formed on the dielectric substrate. The third and second ultra-wideband antennas may be separated by a gap. The first array may be laterally interposed between the third and second ultra-wideband antennas within the gap. The third ultra-wideband antenna may be laterally interposed between the first phased antenna array and at least some of the second array. An integrated circuit may be mounted to the dielectric substrate using an interposer. The antenna module may occupy a minimal amount of space within the device and may be less expensive to manufacture relative to scenarios where the arrays and the ultra-wideband antennas are formed on separate substrates.

Electronic devices having millimeter wave and ultra-wideband antenna modules

A radio frequency system package may include waveguides and loading blocks. The loading blocks may include dielectric material having a high dielectric constant between 13 and 20. Additionally, the loading blocks may be made of mold, epoxy, or the like material, and the loading blocks may fit into a region cut out of the waveguides. Moreover, the loading blocks may lower the cut-off frequency for wireless communication otherwise provided by the waveguides without the loading blocks (e.g., 28 GHz). In particular, the loading blocks may facilitate communication in low mmWave frequencies, such as 24 GHz.

Loading blocks for antennas in system packaging

An electronic device can include a housing and a support component joined to the housing. The support component can include a thermal conduction layer defining a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The support component can also include a first support layer overlying the first surface and a second support layer overlying the second surface. A ratio of the thickness of the thermal conduction layer to the combined thickness of the first support layer and the second support layer can be at least 1.5.

Support plate thin cladding

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.

Backplate for an electronic device

Housing frame for an electronic device

Housing module for an electronic device

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Campbell, CA, United States of America

Michael D Quinones