Apple Inc.

Sean M Cole

Ari Y Benbasat

Stephen Theodore Schooley

Joshua A Hoover

Judd E Reed

Clayton J McCoy

Yufei Zhao

Kendall L Helbert

Zhao Liu

Devon J Rosner

Yang Zhou

Aaron Albert Oro

Charles W Werley

Ross D Arriens

James C Wu

Nishant R Jayant

Adriano De Fusco

Aleksandar Daniel O Rivin

Xunsheng Wang

Alex J Newman

Peter J Guest

A magnetic alignment system can include a case with a magnetic alignment component that is configured to align with a magnetic alignment component of a wireless charging device. The case can support a portable electronic device, such as a smart phone and include an NFC coil for communicating with the portable electronic device. The magnetic alignment component and the NFC coil can be provided as an assembly that is embedded within a body of the case in a manner that provides a low profile and improved aesthetic appearance.

Case with magnetic alignment for portable electronic device

An electronic device such as a portable electronic device may have display with a capacitive touch sensor. A cover may have a front portion and a rear portion that bend along a bend axis. The front portion may overlap the display when the cover is closed. Conductive structures such as a patterned conductive layer having elongated strips of conductive material separated by gaps or another predetermined pattern may be formed in the front portion of a cover or other portion of a cover that overlaps the display and capacitive touch sensor when the cover is closed. Control circuitry in the device can gather capacitance images with the touch sensor and can detect when the cover has transitioned from open to closed or from closed to open from whether the predetermined pattern becomes present or becomes absent in the capacitance images.

Electronic devices with covers

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