Stephen C Mcclure

US Patent:

8171623, May 8, 2012

Filed:

May 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/117016

Inventors:

Stephen R. McClure - San Francisco CA, US
Joshua D. Banko - Palo Alto CA, US
John P. Ternus - Redwood City CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

H05K 3/20

US Classification:

29831, 29835, 29838, 29846, 29854, 174254, 174520, 174522, 174536, 3122231, 3122232, 3122236, 36167908

Abstract:

A methodology for connecting device components with circuitry located at different levels and orientations relative to one another is described. First circuitry can be located on a multi-plane rigid circuit board where the multi-plane rigid circuit board can include at least one flexible member sharing a common substrate with the multi-plane rigid circuit board that extends from a body portion of the multi-plane rigid circuit board. The flexible member can include traces used to convey power and/or data and an interface coupled to the power and/or data traces. The flexible member can be deflected or twisted to connect first circuitry on the body portion of the multi-plane rigid circuit board to second circuitry associated with another device component.

US Patent:

D661707, Jun 12, 2012

Filed:

Sep 30, 2010

Appl. No.:

29/376057

Inventors:

Jody Akana - San Francisco CA, US
Bartley K. Andre - Menlo Park CA, US
Joshua D. Banko - Palo Alto CA, US
Daniel J. Coster - San Francisco CA, US
Daniele De Iuliis - San Francisco CA, US
Evans Hankey - San Francisco CA, US
Richard P. Howarth - San Francisco CA, US
Jonathan P. Ive - San Francisco CA, US
Steve Jobs - Palo Alto CA, US
Duncan Robert Kerr - San Francisco CA, US
Stephen McClure - San Francisco CA, US
Shin Nishibori - Portola Valley CA, US
Matthew Dean Rohrbach - San Francisco CA, US
Christopher J. Stringer - Woodside CA, US
John P. Ternus - Redwood City CA, US
Eugene Antony Whang - San Francisco CA, US
Rico Zorkendorfer - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

1403

US Classification:

D14496, D142033

US Patent:

8213168, Jul 3, 2012

Filed:

Jan 26, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/694162

Inventors:

Stephen R. McClure - San Francisco CA, US
Joshua D. Banko - Palo Alto CA, US
John P. Ternus - Redwood City CA, US
Matthew B. Morris - Alapaha GA, US
Peter M. Thompson - San Jose CA, US
Kevin Gibbs - Menlo Park CA, US
Timothy G. Van Vorhis - Elk Grove CA, US
Martin B. Adamcyk - Belmont CA, US
Arthur J. Lucchesi - San Jose CA, US
Brian S. Carpenter - Livermore CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 1/16

US Classification:

36167926, 206545, 2481781, 312328, 292216

Abstract:

A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and so on. The portable computing device can include a single piece housing and a display module. The display module can include a protective top glass cover that is bonded to a plastic display frame and surrounded by a seal frame. The display module can also include a display panel and its associated circuitry suspended from the display frame below the protective glass cover. The display module is coupled to the single piece housing mounting clips in a manner that allows the display module to move relative to the single piece housing during an impact event. The plastic display frame can include inserts that provide structural support near openings in the single piece housing.

US Patent:

8238087, Aug 7, 2012

Filed:

Jan 26, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/694168

Inventors:

Stephen R. McClure - San Francisco CA, US
Joshua D. Banko - Palo Alto CA, US
John P. Ternus - Redwood City CA, US
Matthew B. Morris - Alapaha GA, US
Peter M. Thompson - San Jose CA, US
Kevin Gibbs - Menlo Park CA, US
Timothy G. Van Vorhis - Elk Grove CA, US
Martin B. Adamcyk - Belmont CA, US
Arthur J. Lucchesi - San Jose CA, US
Brian S. Carpenter - Livermore CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 1/16

US Classification:

36167926, 3122232, 2481781, 292196

Abstract:

A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and so on. The portable computing device can include a single piece housing and a display module. The display module can include a protective top glass cover that is bonded to a plastic display frame and surrounded by a seal frame. The display module can also include a display panel and its associated circuitry suspended from the display frame below the protective glass cover. The display module is coupled to the single piece housing mounting clips in a manner that allows the display module to move relative to the single piece housing during an impact event. The plastic display frame can include inserts that provide structural support near openings in the single piece housing.

US Patent:

D671947, Dec 4, 2012

Filed:

Feb 18, 2011

Appl. No.:

29/385793

Inventors:

Jody Akana - San Francisco CA, US
Bartley K. Andre - Menlo Park CA, US
Jeremy Bataillou - San Francisco CA, US
Sean Stewart Corbin - San Jose CA, US
Daniel J. Coster - San Francisco CA, US
Daniele De Iuliis - San Francisco CA, US
Jeremy Contini Franklin - San Francisco CA, US
Kevin David Gibbs - Menlo Park CA, US
Evans Hankey - San Francisco CA, US
Julian Hoenig - San Francisco CA, US
Richard P. Howarth - San Francisco CA, US
Jonathan P. Ive - San Francisco CA, US
Duncan Robert Kerr - San Francisco CA, US
Stephen McClure - San Francisco CA, US
Shin Nishibori - Portola Valley CA, US
Matthew Dean Rohrbach - San Francisco CA, US
Christopher J. Stringer - Woodside CA, US
Eugene Antony Whang - San Francisco CA, US
Rico Zorkendorfer - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

1402

US Classification:

D14439

US Patent:

8345410, Jan 1, 2013

Filed:

Jan 26, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/694085

Inventors:

John P. Ternus - Redwood City CA, US
Stephen R. McClure - San Francisco CA, US
Joshua D. Banko - Palo Alto CA, US
Ming Yu - Saratoga CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

H05K 5/03

US Classification:

36167902, 36167926, 36167921, 36167909, 248917

Abstract:

A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and so on. The portable computing device can include at least a single piece housing. The single piece housing including a plurality of steps. The plurality of mounting steps is formed by at least removing a preselected amount of housing material at predetermined locations on the interior surface. At least some of the mounting steps are used to mount at least some of the plurality of internal operating components to the housing.

US Patent:

8345420, Jan 1, 2013

Filed:

Sep 30, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/894531

Inventors:

Stephen R. McClure - San Francisco CA, US
Scott J. Hagadone - Tracy CA, US
Sheba Devan - Santa Clara CA, US
Val Valentine - Castro Valley CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 1/16

US Classification:

36167956, 429223, 296231, 320139

Abstract:

A battery assembly includes at least a plurality of battery cells that includes at least a first and a second battery cell each attached to a distributed battery monitoring unit, the second battery cell being associated with an external circuit, the second battery cell connected to a battery management unit (BMU) by way of a pre-formed battery contact shaped to accommodate the external circuit. The plurality of battery cells are electrically connected to at least the BMU such that each of the plurality of battery cells are substantially aligned with each other thereby preserving a battery profile corresponding to unconnected battery cells.

US Patent:

D677620, Mar 12, 2013

Filed:

Feb 18, 2011

Appl. No.:

29/385789

Inventors:

Sean Stewart Corbin - Jose CA, US
Stephen McClure - San Francisco CA, US
Alex Chun Lap Yeung - South San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

1302

US Classification:

D13103