Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 12249839
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a metallic housing defining an interior that contains one or more systems of the electronic device. The metallic housing can further define a pocket within the metallic housing separated from the interior. The pocket can have a window to an exterior of the metallic housing to facilitate wireless power transfer. An electronic device can include a non-metallic housing defining an interior that contains one or more systems of the electronic device and a wireless power transfer module that further includes a metallic structure defining a receptacle separated from the interior housing. The receptacle can have at least one open side to facilitate wireless power transfer. In either case, the wireless power transfer coil can be disposed at least partially or completely within the pocket or receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Agha Jahanzeb, Arash Akhavan Fomani, Matthew J Chabalko
  • Patent number: 12250723
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for signaling unused channel occupancy time (COT) to the gNB for COT sharing among other UEs. Upon determining that a portion of the maximum COT (MCOT) provided to the UE will be unused, the UE can generate COT sharing information for transmission back to the gNB. The COT sharing information identifies a starting point and a duration (e.g., a number of consecutive slots) of the unused portion of the MCOT. This information is then encoded into configured grant uplink control information (UG-UCI) and transmitted to the gNB as part of the uplink transmission. In aspects, the unused portion may begin part-way through a slot. In this instance, a starting symbol of the unused portion or an ending symbol of the used portion may also be encoded into the uplink transmission. In this manner, unused COT is not wasted, but rather repurposed by the gNB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Hong He, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Wei Zeng, Wei Zhang, Weidong Yang, Yang Tang, Yuchul Kim, Yushu Zhang, Zhibin Wu
  • Patent number: 12250050
    Abstract: This application describes systems and processes for beam selection performance refinement in static conditions of wireless devices (e.g., user equipment UE). A data processing system of the UE is configured to perform a beam scan for testing multiple high gain candidate beams on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and link adaptation (LA) channel state information reference signal (LA-CSI-RS) while the UE is not moving and the data processing system of the UE determines that the channel is stable. The data processing system is configured to refine a given beam choice based on a determined capacity of the beams (e.g., from PDSCH signaling and/or LA-CSI-RS signals) to optimize data throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ioannis Pefkianakis, Zhenglian Cai, Guillaume Monghal, Prashant H. Vashi
  • Patent number: 12250599
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for security enhancement with respect to reselection of relay user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shu Guo, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Hao Duo, Huarui Liang, Lanpeng Chen, Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Yuqin Chen, Zhibin Wu
  • Patent number: 12250694
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques for controlling uplink transmissions including cancelling previously scheduled transmissions are described. A described technique includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a configuration information that provides a search space set configuration associated with a control resource set (CORESET) to monitor for an uplink cancellation indication; receiving, by the UE, scheduling information that schedules one or more uplink transmissions; monitoring, by the UE via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), for the uplink cancellation indication based on the configuration information; receiving, by the UE via the PDCCH, a downlink control information (DCI) message that comprises the uplink cancellation indication; and cancelling, by the UE, at least part of the one or more uplink transmissions in response to the uplink cancellation indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Toufiqul Islam, Debdeep Chatterjee, Sergey Panteleev, Fatemeh Hamidi-Sepehr
  • Patent number: 12250646
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform methods for triggering a change in beam configuration based on UL beam conditions. The UE may detect an unsafe UL beam condition for an UL beam based, at least in part, on an MPE level being exceeded by the UL beam. In response to the detection, remedial actions that to alleviate the unsafe UL beam condition may be performed. The remedial actions may prioritize UL beam quality over DL beam quality and may include reducing a transmit power of the UL beam based on an MPR, triggering an intra-panel antenna switch to a candidate UL beam that satisfies one or more conditions for intra-panel beam switching, triggering an inter-panel antenna switch to a candidate UL beam that satisfies one or more conditions for intra-panel beam switching, and/or signaling a beam failure to a network serving the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Rohit U Nabar, Wei Zeng, Yakun Sun, Yuchul Kim, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12250735
    Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can facilitate inactive state transmissions for a User Equipment (UE) via a 4-step or 2-step inactive state RACH process. One example aspect is a UE device, comprising: communication circuitry; and a processor configured to perform operations comprising: in response to a determination to perform a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive data transmission: transmitting, via the communication circuitry, a message 1 (Msg1) or a message A (MsgA) preamble based on a Random Access Channel (RACH) configuration for the RRC inactive data transmission; transmitting, via the communication circuitry a message 3 (Msg3) or a MsgA Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) comprising uplink (UL) data via configured resources; and receiving, via the communication circuitry, a message 4 (Msg4) or a message B (MsgB) in response to the Msg3 or the MsgA PUSCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fangli Xu, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Longda Xing, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sarma V. Vangala, Srinivasan Nimmala, Wei Zeng
  • Patent number: 12246583
    Abstract: A laminated panel that includes a first glass layer, a second glass layer, a polymer layer, and a reinforcement. The polymer layer extends between the first glass layer and the second glass layer. The reinforcement is configured to hold the polymer layer in tension. Additionally, the reinforcement is coupled to the first glass layer and the second glass layer. The reinforcement also includes an internal member and an external member that surrounds the internal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: David E. Kingman, Donald R. Monroe, Steven H. Klotz, Derek C. Scott
  • Patent number: 12250545
    Abstract: A method for communicating over a wireless network includes broadcasting, by a Multi-Link Device (MLD) device, service data indicative of one or more services for wireless communication with a client device; wherein the service data indicates that a service type is differentiated based on a type of the client device; establishing a security association with the client device; and in response to establishing a security association with the client device, granting access by the client device to a subset of the one or more services based on the type of the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Liu, Jinjing Jiang, Jarkko Lauri Sakari Kneckt, Tianyu Wu, Qi Wang, Lochan Verma, Su Khiong Yong
  • Patent number: 12250046
    Abstract: Herein described are apparatuses, systems, and methods for measurement and reporting of channel state information within wireless network systems. In embodiments, an apparatus for a user equipment (UE) may include memory to store a rank indicator (RI), a precoding matrix index (PMI), and a channel quality indicator (CQI) of channel state information (CSI) for the UE. The apparatus may further include circuitry to concatenate the RI, the PMI, and the CQI to produce a concatenated CSI element, generate a CSI report that includes the concatenated CSI element, and cause the CSI report to be transmitted to a base station within a single slot. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexei Davydov, Sameer Pawar, Wook Bong Lee, Yushu Zhang, Victor Sergeev, Joonyoung Cho, Dmitry Dikarev
  • Patent number: 12250668
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for performing fast beam switching in a high-frequency wireless communication environment. Higher frequencies reduce transmission wavelength, which allows for an increased number of antennas and an increased number of beams. Therefore, beams become narrower and are more prone to failure. The UE must be capable of quickly identifying the beam failure and switching to a new beam. Therefore, the UE is capable of receiving multiple beams from the base station and configures both for testing and immediate use. In some cases, the UE can receive multiple beams for testing and assumes a default beam while feeding back to the base station a preferred beam. To support the larger number of available beams, MAC-CE and DCI are modified to identify this increased number of states. Alternatively, two MAC-CEs are sent, each containing a different group of states, and the DCI identifies both the group and the selected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Oghenekome Oteri, Wei Zeng, Yushu Zhang, Weidong Yang, Dawei Zhang, Chunxuan Ye, Hong He, Haitong Sun
  • Patent number: 12250019
    Abstract: This disclosure provide various techniques for improving the quality of a signal. By integrating phase-shifting circuitry with a transmit/receive (T/R) switch, insertion loss may be reduced while decreasing space consumed on an integrated circuit or printed circuit board. In particular, embodiments disclosed herein include a transmitter and a receiver, each including one or more differential amplifiers coupled to a first inductor, and a switching network coupled to a second inductor and one or more phase-shifting circuitries. A differential interface of the differential amplifiers may enable integration of a stage of the phase shifter (e.g., a 180 degree stage) with the T/R switch, such that a single circuit may operate as the phase shifter and the T/R switch. This implementation may reduce the number of T/R switches and phase shifter stages in the phased array system, reducing the overall insertion loss experienced by the phased array system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Behzad Biglarbegian, Saikat Sarkar
  • Patent number: 12249707
    Abstract: Methods of making such compounds, powders, and cathode active materials are described. The powders are formed of particles with specific properties: a particle size distribution with a D50 ranging from 10 ?m to 20 ?m, a D10 less than 8 ?m, and a D99 of the particles ranges from 25 ?m to 35 ?m. The final compound is represented by the Formula Li?(Co1-x-y-zMnxMezAly)O?, wherein 0.95<?<1.05, x?1.00, 0<y?0.04, 0<z?0.050, and ??2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hongli Dai, Huiming Wu, Dapeng Wang, John David Carter, Yan Li, Anh D. Vu, Xiaoping Wang, Christopher S. Johnson, Rui Xu, Zhenzhen Yang, Yanjie Cui, James A. Gilbert, Arthur Jeremy Kropf, Hakim H. Iddir
  • Patent number: 12248152
    Abstract: Systems of the present disclosure can provide a head-mountable device with a head securement element that allows a user to adjust how the head securement element fits near the ears of the user. Examples of adjustment mechanisms described herein allow a user to control the size, shape, flexibility, and/or position of certain regions of the head securement element with respect to the ears of the user. Accordingly, the user can select a configuration that distributes forces evenly, maximizes comfort, and allows the user to enjoy the head-mountable device for longer durations of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul X Wang, Scott M. Leinweber, John S. Camp
  • Patent number: D1066287
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shota Aoyagi, Robert Boyd, Robert Brunner, Monica Fernandez, Christopher Kuh, Christopher J. Stringer
  • Patent number: D1066346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Kristina A. Babiarz, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Carlo Catalano, Markus Diebel, Ross M. Errett, Lee B. Hamstra, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Melody L. Kuna, Carli E. Oster, Florence Wong Ow, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Devin M. Williams, Alex Chun Lap Yeung, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1066360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D1066363
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Chanaka Karunamuni
  • Patent number: D1066365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, M. Evans Hankey, Anne-Marie Heck, Moises Hernandez Hernandez, Richard P. Howarth, Julian Jaede, Chanaka Karunamuni, Duncan Robert Kerr, Kainoa Kwon-Perez, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Peter Russel-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang
  • Patent number: D1066384
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Jae Woo Chang, Christian Xavier Dalonzo, Nathan de Vries, Jiaying Deng, Marcel van Os