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Patent No.:

US 11656660 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 04, 2021

Mandrel flex circuit routing

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mikael M. Silvanto, San Francisco, CA (US);

Bartley K. Andre, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Adam T. Garelli, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Simon Regis Louis Lancaster-Larocque, San Jose, CA (US);

Robert Y. Cao, San Francisco, CA (US);

Dinesh C. Mathew, Fremont, CA (US);

Jacob S. Kononiuk, Allenford, CA;

Robert J. Lockwood, San Carlos, CA (US);

Bryan W. Posner, La Selva Beach, CA (US);

Kevin M. Keeler, Saratoga, CA (US);

Bruce E. Berg, Encinitas, CA (US);

Yi-Chen Kuo, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Kevin M. Robinson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Houtan R. Farahani, San Ramon, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Primary Examiner:

Nidhi Thaker

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); E05D 11/00 (2006.01); E05D 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1683 (2013.01); E05D 11/0054 (2013.01); E05D 11/0081 (2013.01); E05D 11/1028 (2013.01); E05D 2011/0072 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01);
Abstract

Cable assemblies for providing electrical communication between hinged sections of an electronic device are described. The cable assemblies can include a cover that covers one or more cables that run through a hinge region of the electronic device. The cable and cover can be drawn over a mandrel of the hinge region. The cover and the portions of the mandrel can be visible to a user at the hinge region of the electronic device. The cover can be sufficiently rigid to guide a path of the cable and protect the cable from bending beyond a prescribed angle during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region. The cover can also be sufficiently rigid to prevent ceasing or folding of the cover and the cable during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region.

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