Patents by Inventor Michelle A. Yu
Michelle A. Yu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20150092334Abstract: The computer display includes a display case, a bezel, and a bezel frame in contact with the display case and the bezel, the bezel frame including at least one portion extending away from the bezel to a surface of the display case, the at least one portion defining at least a portion of a cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Hayashida, Michelle Yu, Ji Heun Lee
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Patent number: 8964352Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a housing having housing sidewalls. A plate may be connected between a pair of the sidewalls. An audio jack may be mounted to the plate. A microphone may be mounted within the device between the audio jack and a given one of the sidewalls. A vibrator may be mounted between one of the sidewalls and the audio jack using a bracket. The vibrator may have a weight that is tapered along its length. A button may be formed in an opening in one of the housing sidewalls. The button may have a button member with a protrusion that extends through a button opening in the sidewall. A support structure may be interposed between a switch and the button member. The switch may have a portion that extends through an opening in the support structure and that is actuated by the button member.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Trent Weber, Michael B. Wittenberg, Michelle A. Yu
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Patent number: 8861191Abstract: In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a display portion, a base frame coupled to the display portion where the base frame includes a channel defined by a top wall opposite a bottom wall and a side wall coupled to the top wall and to the bottom wall. The side wall can have an outer surface defining at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the base frame. The channel can have a first portion on a first side of the base frame and a second portion on a second side of the base frame opposite the first side of the base frame. The apparatus can include a midplane having a first edge disposed in the first portion of the channel and having a second edge disposed in the second portion of the channel.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michelle Yu, Ji Heun Lee, Jeffrey Hayashida
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Patent number: 8821678Abstract: A method includes forming an assembly of a first part of a computing device enclosure and a second part of the computing device enclosure by disposing a thermoplastic adhesive layer between a surface portion of the first part and an opposing surface portion of the second part. The surface portion of the first part and the opposing surface portion of the second part define one or more bonding areas of the first part and the second part across a lateral extent of the assembly. The assembly has a non-uniform thermal mass distribution across its lateral extent. The method further includes applying spatially varying amounts of heat to the assembly across its lateral extent to soften the thermoplastic adhesive layer in the bonding areas relatively uniformly across the lateral extent of the assembly compared to applying a non-spatially varying amount of heat across the lateral extent of the assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michelle Yu, Jeffrey Hayashida
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Patent number: 8811003Abstract: A computing device may include a base assembly defining an opening, and a keyboard assembly including a plurality of keys. The keyboard assembly may be disposed within the opening of the base assembly. The computing device may include a keyboard support member having a lattice structure defining a plurality of openings. The keyboard support member may be configured to secure the keyboard assembly to the base assembly within the opening defined by the base assembly such that the plurality of keys fit within the plurality of openings defined by the lattice structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Hayashida, Michelle Yu, Ji Heun Lee
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Patent number: 8754340Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems which provide buttons oriented at angles relative to each other as a part of a multiple function switch are described. In one embodiment, the multiple function switch is part of an inline controller that is suitable for use to control features or functions of a portable electronic device. A multiple function switch may be incorporated in a cable associated with an earpiece arranged to be interfaced with a portable electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2013Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher Prest, Kurt Stiehl, Cameron Frazier, Wim Crooijmans, Michelle Yu
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Publication number: 20140049920Abstract: Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies. Each ejectable component assembly may include a tray that can be loaded with one or more types of removable module, such as a mini-SIM card and a micro-SIM card, and inserted into the device. Each assembly may also include a base coupled to a circuit board for electrically coupling with the removable module, a cage for biasing the module down against the base, and a guide for retaining the module at a functional insertion position within the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jason Sloey, Michelle Yu
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Publication number: 20140001022Abstract: An electronic device may have buttons, a display, and a vibrator unit. Buttons may be included in electronic devices such as glass buttons, metal buttons, buttons that are assembled on printed circuit boards, and buttons that are partly formed from antenna structures. Button coatings may be used to improve the sliding performance of metal-on-metal buttons. A layer of polymer may be interposed between a button plate and a housing structure. A glass button member may have an underside on which a layer of patterned ink is formed. Elastomeric members may be used to reduce button rattle. Portions of a button may be provided with conductive features that form portions of an antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Trent Weber, Michael B. Wittenberg, Michelle Yu, Scott A. Myers, Kurt Stiehl
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Publication number: 20130341168Abstract: A small form-factor input device operative to be coupled to an electronic device using a cable may include a circuit board; a first electrical switch disposed on a first side of the circuit board; a second electrical switch disposed on a second side of the circuit board; a frame defining a periphery, wherein the circuit board is maintained within the periphery of the frame; first and second shells that house the circuit board, the first shell placed over the first side of the circuit board, and the second shell placed over the second side of the circuit board; and at least one clip coupled to each one of the first shell and the second shell, wherein the at least one clip is operative to engage the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: Kurt Stiehl, Michelle Yu, Wilhelmus M.C. Crooijmans, Cameron Frazier
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Patent number: 8564965Abstract: Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies. Each ejectable component assembly may include a tray that can be loaded with one or more types of removable module, such as a mini-SIM card and a micro-SIM card, and inserted into the device. Each assembly may also include a base coupled to a circuit board for electrically coupling with the removable module, a cage for biasing the module down against the base, and a guide for retaining the module at a functional insertion position within the device.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jason Sloey, Michelle Yu
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Publication number: 20130251182Abstract: A portable electronic device that provides compact configurations for audio elements are disclosed. The audio elements can be drivers (e.g., speakers) or receivers (e.g., microphones). In one embodiment, an audio element can be mounted on or coupled to an intermediate structure (e.g., a flexible electrical substrate) having an opening therein to allow audio sound to pass there through. In another embodiment, an audio chamber can be formed to assist in directing audio sound between an opening an outer housing and a flexible electronic substrate to which the audio element is mounted or coupled thereto. In still another embodiment, a barrier, such as a mesh barrier, can be provided in an opening of an outer housing so that undesired foreign substances can be blocked from further entry into the opening in the outer housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michelle Yu, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Tang Yew Tan, Shaohai Chen
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Patent number: 8526161Abstract: An electronic device may have buttons, a display, and a vibrator unit. Buttons may be included in electronic devices such as glass buttons, metal buttons, buttons that are assembled on printed circuit boards, and buttons that are partly formed from antenna structures. Button coatings may be used to improve the sliding performance of metal-on-metal buttons. A layer of polymer may be interposed between a button plate and a housing structure. A glass button member may have an underside on which a layer of patterned ink is formed. Elastomeric members may be used to reduce button rattle. Portions of a button may be provided with conductive features that form portions of an antenna.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Trent Weber, Michael B. Wittenberg, Michelle A. Yu, Scott Myers, Kurt Stiehl
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Patent number: 8456864Abstract: The present description is directed to small form-factor input devices operative to be coupled to an electronic device using a cable. For example, in some embodiments, an input device is described for providing one or more inputs to an electrical device, wherein the input device comprises a circuit board having first and second sides; a first electrical switch disposed on the first side of the circuit board; a second electrical switch disposed on the first side of the circuit board; a third electrical switch disposed on the second side of the circuit board; a frame defining a periphery, wherein the circuit board is maintained within the periphery of the frame; top and bottom shells that house the circuit board, the top shell placed over the first side of the circuit board, and the bottom shell placed over the second side of the circuit board; and at least one clip coupled to each one of the top shell and the bottom shell, wherein the at least one clip is operative to engage the frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2008Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kurt Stiehl, Michelle Yu, Wilhelmus M. C. Crooijmans, Cameron Frazier
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Patent number: 8442254Abstract: A portable electronic device that provides compact configurations for audio elements are disclosed. The audio elements can be drivers (e.g., speakers) or receivers (e.g., microphones). In one embodiment, an audio element can be mounted on or coupled to an intermediate structure (e.g., a flexible electrical substrate) having an opening therein to allow audio sound to pass there through. In another embodiment, an audio chamber can be formed to assist in directing audio sound between an opening an outer housing and a flexible electronic substrate to which the audio element is mounted or coupled thereto. In still another embodiment, a barrier, such as a mesh barrier, can be provided in an opening of an outer housing so that undesired foreign substances can be blocked from further entry into the opening in the outer housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michelle Yu, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Tang Yew Tan, Shaohai Chen
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Patent number: 8350167Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems which provide buttons oriented at angles relative to each other as a part of a multiple function switch are described. In one embodiment, the multiple function switch is part of an inline controller that is suitable for use to control features or functions of a portable electronic device. A multiple function switch may be incorporated in a cable associated with an earpiece arranged to be interfaced with a portable electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher Prest, Kurt Stiehl, Cameron Frazier, Michelle Yu, Wim Crooijmans
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Patent number: 8290546Abstract: A connector for receiving a cylindrical plug includes a body defining a plug aperture and a cavity for receiving the cylindrical plug. A plurality of electrical contacts in communication with the cavity make electrical connections with the cylindrical plug and retain the cylindrical plug. A microphone is coupled to the body such that the plug aperture and the cavity provide an acoustic path to the microphone. The microphone may be at an end of the connector opposite the plug aperture or on a side of the connector adjacent the plug aperture. The connector allows a microphone to be added to a device, such as a mobile telephone, without the need for an additional external aperture. The microphone in the connector may operate with a second microphone and processing electronics in the device to provide audio processing functions such as noise cancellation or audio beamforming.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Shaohai Chen, Phillip George Tamchina, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Jae Han Lee, Trent Weber, Michelle Yu, Adam D. Mittleman
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Publication number: 20110255252Abstract: Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies. Each ejectable component assembly may include a tray that can be loaded with one or more types of removable module, such as a mini-SIM card and a micro-SIM card, and inserted into the device. Each assembly may also include a base coupled to a circuit board for electrically coupling with the removable module, a cage for biasing the module down against the base, and a guide for retaining the module at a functional insertion position within the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jason Sloey, Michelle Yu
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Publication number: 20110255726Abstract: A portable electronic device that provides compact configurations for audio elements are disclosed. The audio elements can be drivers (e.g., speakers) or receivers (e.g., microphones). In one embodiment, an audio element can be mounted on or coupled to an intermediate structure (e.g., a flexible electrical substrate) having an opening therein to allow audio sound to pass there through. In another embodiment, an audio chamber can be formed to assist in directing audio sound between an opening an outer housing and a flexible electronic substrate to which the audio element is mounted or coupled thereto. In still another embodiment, a barrier, such as a mesh barrier, can be provided in an opening of an outer housing so that undesired foreign substances can be blocked from further entry into the opening in the outer housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventors: Michelle Yu, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Tang Yew Tan, Shaohai Chen
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Publication number: 20110255259Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a housing having housing sidewalls. A plate may be connected between a pair of the sidewalls. An audio jack may be mounted to the plate. A microphone may be mounted within the device between the audio jack and a given one of the sidewalls. A vibrator may be mounted between one of the sidewalls and the audio jack using a bracket. The vibrator may have a weight that is tapered along its length. A button may be formed in an opening in one of the housing sidewalls. The button may have a button member with a protrusion that extends through a button opening in the sidewall. A support structure may be interposed between a switch and the button member. The switch may have a portion that extends through an opening in the support structure and that is actuated by the button member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventors: Trent Weber, Michael B. Wittenberg, Michelle A. Yu
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Publication number: 20110255260Abstract: An electronic device may have buttons, a display, and a vibrator unit. Buttons may be included in electronic devices such as glass buttons, metal buttons, buttons that are assembled on printed circuit boards, and buttons that are partly formed from antenna structures. Button coatings may be used to improve the sliding performance of metal-on-metal buttons. A layer of polymer may be interposed between a button plate and a housing structure. A glass button member may have an underside on which a layer of patterned ink is formed. Elastomeric members may be used to reduce button rattle. Portions of a button may be provided with conductive features that form portions of an antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventors: Trent Weber, Michael B. Wittenberg, Michelle A. Yu, Scott Myers, Kurt Stiehl