Apple Inc.

Yufan Liao

George Tziviskos

Mahmoud R Amini

Charles A Schwalbach

Robert A Boyd

Duy P Le

Min Chul Kim

Ryan Ott

David B Kosecoff

Christina J Smiechowski

Steven Charles Michalske

David Samuel Kumka

Paul Joseph Hack

James M Jeon

Paul Z Yuan

Daniel A Bergvall

Kjell Ferdinand Ekman

Clayton R Woosley

Aditya Rao

Ariadne Smith

Wenjie Zhuang

Joseph I Briskey

Bo Feng

Eric H Wong

A portable listening device comprising: a device housing defining an internal cavity; an acoustic port formed through the device housing; an audio driver disposed within the device housing and aligned to emit sound through the acoustic port; a multifunction input button coupled to the device housing, the multifunction input button having a distal end and a proximate end, a centerline between the distal and proximate ends and an axis of rotation located between the center line and the proximate end; an electronic circuit disposed within the device housing that requires power to operate and is configured to detect activation of the button; and a battery disposed within the device housing and operable to provide power to the electronic circuit.

Wireless listening device

Systems for presenting electrically supported devices and methods for assembling the same are provided. A platform assembly may be equipped with one or more features for enabling a support module assembly to be easily removed from a bottom table surface of a table and replaced with another support module subassembly (e.g., to physically upgrade the support module assembly) while maintaining the position of a user device and/or cable assembly with respect to the table).

System for presenting electrically supported devices

Connector tongues that may provide a high signal quality or signal integrity to allow high speed data transfers, may be reliably manufactured, and may be durable and have good wear performance. One example may provide a connector tongue having contacts and traces formed on a printed circuit board. Using a printed circuit board for pathways through a connector tongue may provide low impedances for power traces, matched impedances for differential signal pairs, and shielding. This may provide a connector tongue that may provide a high signal quality or signal integrity to allow high speed data transfers. These and other examples may provide a connector tongue that is durable and has good wear performance by including side retention features on each side of the printed circuit board. The side retention features may be metallic, ceramic, or other durable material.

Connectors having printed circuit board tongues with reinforced frames

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Cupertino, CA, United States of America

Yufan Liao