Abstract: The description relates to device retention assemblies. One example can include a bucket having an open end and defining a volume that contains electronic components. The example can also include a lid positioned over the open end of the bucket. A retention assembly can be configured to bias the lid against the bucket to seal the open end. The retention assembly can include a tab that is secured to the lid with a fastener that extends through the retention assembly into the lid without extending completely through the lid and does not contact the bucket.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to creating undercuts and other complex geometries in an injection molded article. One example provides a method of forming an injection molded article comprising an undercut structure, the method comprising inserting an insert piece into a mold for forming the molded article, the insert piece comprising sacrificial material, injection-molding the molded article, thereby incorporating the insert piece into the injection molded article, and machining the insert piece to form the undercut structure from the sacrificial material.

Abstract: A head-mounted device (HMD) whose circumference is dynamically adjustable to conform to different head sizes and shapes is disclosed herein. The HMD includes a front-end and back-end housing. The front-end housing includes a first compute unit, and the back-end housing includes a second compute unit. The HMD also includes two adjustable flex fit arms that connect the front-end housing to the back-end housing. The HMD has an enclosed rounded boundary that is placeable around a user's head. The HMD also includes a nested flexible cable ribbon, which is nested within a cavity of one of the arms and which includes both a static bend and a dynamic bend. The bend radius for the dynamic bend is larger than the bend radius of the static bend. The dynamic bend enables the nested flexible cable ribbon to expand or contract when the circumference of the enclosed rounded boundary changes.

Abstract: A head-mounted device (HMD) whose circumference is dynamically adjustable to conform to different head sizes and shapes is disclosed herein. The HMD includes a front-end and back-end housing. The front-end housing includes a first compute unit, and the back-end housing includes a second compute unit. The HMD also includes two adjustable flex fit arms that connect the front-end housing to the back-end housing. The HMD has an enclosed rounded boundary that is placeable around a user's head. The HMD also includes a nested flexible cable ribbon, which is nested within a cavity of one of the arms and which includes both a static bend and a dynamic bend. The bend radius for the dynamic bend is larger than the bend radius of the static bend. The dynamic bend enables the nested flexible cable ribbon to expand or contract when the circumference of the enclosed rounded boundary changes.

Abstract: An apparatus for making mixed beverages may include a housing, a first hopper for receiving a first beverage ingredient, and a shaving mechanism. The shaving mechanism may include a first body that receives the first beverage ingredient from the first hopper. The first body may include a sidewall, at least one shaving blade and at least one respective opening extending through the sidewall. In use, the shaving blade shaves the first beverage ingredient, the first beverage ingredient is delivered through the opening in the sidewall, and the first beverage ingredient is conveyed within the first body. The apparatus may further include a mixing mechanism including a second body for receiving the first beverage ingredient from the first body.

Abstract: A mobile wireless communications system may include a mobile wireless communications device that may include a portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a processor carried by the portable housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a near-field communication (NFC) device coupled to the processor. An NFC carrying case may carry and communicate with the mobile wireless communications device. The NFC carrying case may include a base panel to carry the mobile wireless communications device, and a removable cover panel coupled to the base panel. The NFC carrying case may also include pairs of discontinuous NFC circuit segments carried by the removable cover panel and switch assemblies carried by the removable cover panel. Each switch assembly may selectively couple a respective pair of discontinuous NFC circuit segments to establish NFC communication with the NFC device.

Abstract: A shell is configured to attach to an electronic portable device (such as a smart phone or a pad/tablet-styled device). The shell comprises a unitary integral component having a stand that selectively moves between a deployed position and a stowed position and a corresponding stand brace that selectively moves between a deployed position and a stowed position. By one approach the stand pivots with respect to a portion of the shell that attaches to the electronic portable device and the stand brace pivots with respect to the stand. By one approach the stand and the stand brace are substantially disposed planar to one another when both are in their respective stowed positions. By one approach a free end of the stand brace contacts the electronic portable device when the stand brace is in its deployed position to thereby bias the stand towards the deployed position for the stand.

Abstract: A mist-generating device that can be connected to a vehicle's Low Direct Current Voltage (LDCV) power supply is disclosed. The device can be used to treat mold, bacteria and clean or remove odors on exposed and hard-to-reach surfaces of the interior of a car. The device can include a unique filling system that can be used to prevent foreign materials from entering into the unit, including fluids or substances that would deteriorate the performance of the unit or the components of the device itself. The inside of the device can include an internal anti-foam and anti-splash structure designed to keep electronic components dry and reduce the foaming and turbulence of the fluid being misted. Further, the inside of the device in one embodiment is split into three adjacent areas, which govern efficient flow of air and atomized chemicals through the device.

Abstract: An apparatus for making mixed beverages may include a housing, a first hopper for receiving a first beverage ingredient, and a shaving mechanism. The shaving mechanism may include a first body that receives the first beverage ingredient from the first hopper. The first body may include a sidewall, at least one shaving blade and at least one respective opening extending through the sidewall. In use, the shaving blade shaves the first beverage ingredient, the first beverage ingredient is delivered through the opening in the sidewall, and the first beverage ingredient is conveyed within the first body. The apparatus may further include a mixing mechanism including a second body for receiving the first beverage ingredient from the first body.

Abstract: A shell is configured to attach to an electronic portable device (such as a smart phone or a pad/tablet-styled device). The shell comprises a unitary integral component having a stand that selectively moves between a deployed position and a stowed position and a corresponding stand brace that selectively moves between a deployed position and a stowed position. By one approach the stand pivots with respect to a portion of the shell that attaches to the electronic portable device and the stand brace pivots with respect to the stand. By one approach the stand and the stand brace are substantially disposed planar to one another when both are in their respective stowed positions. By one approach a free end of the stand brace contacts the electronic portable device when the stand brace is in its deployed position to thereby bias the stand towards the deployed position for the stand.

Abstract: A mobile electronic device has a sensor responsive to a magnetic field. A cover for the device has a body portion defining an interior cavity for receiving the mobile electronic device. A magnet and a ferrous metal element are carried by the cover. The ferrous metal element is magnetized by the magnet and positioned to be adjacent the sensor when the mobile electronic device is received in the interior cavity.

Abstract: A dock for receiving a portable electronic device. The dock includes a housing comprising an aperture in a recess for receiving and supporting the portable electronic device, and a communication assembly disposed in the housing and moveable relative to the housing. The communication assembly includes a dock optical transceiver disposed in the aperture for aligning with a device optical transceiver when the portable electronic device is disposed in the recess, and magnets coupled to the optical transceiver for aligning with complementary magnets of the portable electronic device to facilitate engagement and disengagement of the portable electronic device with the dock and to facilitate alignment of the dock optical transceiver with the device optical transceiver when the portable electronic device is engaged with the dock.

Abstract: A mobile wireless communications system may include a mobile wireless communications device including a portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a processor carried by the portable housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver. The mobile wireless communications device may further include a near-field communication (NFC) device coupled to the processor. The system may include an adjacent NFC device configured to communicate directly with the mobile wireless communications device. The adjacent NFC device may include a plurality of pairs of discontinuous NFC circuit segments, and a respective switch assembly configured to selectively coupled each pair of discontinuous NFC circuit segments to establish NFC communication with the NFC device.