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公开(公告)号：US20210400830A1
公开(公告)日：2021-12-23
申请号：US16904501
申请日：2020-06-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Manish Mittal , Brian S. Tryon , James A. Yurko , Jing Zhou , Matthew S. Rogers , Naoto Matsuyuki
Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing. The device may include metal structures such as a metal member forming a portion of the housing, a portion of a strap, or other portions of the device. A gold-containing coating such as a layer of elemental gold or a gold alloy may cover the metal member to provide the metal member with a gold appearance or other desired appearance. To protect the metal member and the gold-containing coating, the metal member and gold-containing coating may be covered with a protective coating layer such as an organic protective layer. The organic protective layer may have a fluoropolymer layer with thiol coupling groups to promote adhesion to the gold-containing layer or may contain a polymer layer with silane and thiol coupling groups that serves as an adhesion promotion layer for an overlapping fluoropolymer layer with silane coupling groups.
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公开(公告)号：US20210388507A1
公开(公告)日：2021-12-16
申请号：US17461222
申请日：2021-08-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Brian S. Tryon , Isabel Yang , Todd Mintz , Jeremy Li , Brian Gable , Lijie Bao , Yi Chen , Christopher D. Prest , James Yurko
Abstract: An electronic device such as a wristwatch may include a conductive housing. A corrosion-resistant coating may be deposited on the conductive housing. The coating may include transition layers and an uppermost alloy layer. The transition layers may include a chromium seed layer on the conductive housing and a chromium nitride layer on the chromium seed layer. The uppermost alloy layer may include TiCrCN or other alloys and may provide the coating with desired optical reflection and absorption characteristics. The transition layers may include a minimal number of coating defects, thereby eliminating potential sites at which visible defects could form when exposed to salt water. This may allow the electronic device to exhibit a desired color and to be submerged in salt water without producing undesirable visible defects on the conductive housing structures.
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公开(公告)号：US10184190B2
公开(公告)日：2019-01-22
申请号：US14622443
申请日：2015-02-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Lucy E. Browning , Stephen B. Lynch , Christopher D. Prest , Peter N. Russell-Clarke , Masashige Tatebe , Michael S. Nashner , Daniel T. McDonald , Brian S. Tryon , Jody R. Akana
IPC: C25D11/18 , B23K26/354 , B23K26/352 , C25D11/04 , C25D11/12 , C25D11/02
Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to forming anodized films that have a white appearance. In some embodiments, an anodized film having pores with light diffusing pore walls created by varying the current density during an anodizing process is described. In some embodiments, an anodized film having light diffusing micro-cracks created by a laser cracking procedure is described. In some embodiments, a sputtered layer of light diffusing aluminum is provided below an anodized film. In some embodiments, light diffusing particles are infused within openings of an anodized layer.
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公开(公告)号：US20170088927A1
公开(公告)日：2017-03-30
申请号：US15273314
申请日：2016-09-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Brian S. Tryon , James A. Wright , Weiming Huang , Herng-Jeng Jou
CPC classification number: C22F1/186 , C22C14/00 , C23C8/10 , C23C8/80 , C23C10/28 , C23C10/60 , C23C14/0015 , C23C14/16 , C23C14/5806 , C23C14/5853 , C23C28/321 , C23C28/345 , C23C28/42
Abstract: The disclosure is directed to treated titanium alloys comprising a titanium substrate coated with an oxidized surface coating or an oxide-interdiffused titanium substrate. By creating an oxidized surface coating or oxide-interdiffused titanium substrate at the titanium substrate surface, the resulting treated titanium alloy has a dark color (e.g., grey to black).
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公开(公告)号：US09300036B2
公开(公告)日：2016-03-29
申请号：US13913382
申请日：2013-06-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Abhijeet Misra , Brian S. Tryon , Charles J. Kuehmann , Stephen B. Lynch , James A. Wright
Abstract: A patch for a device in an electronic housing including an aluminum layer having a threshold thickness, a non-conductive layer on a first side of the aluminum layer, and a radio-frequency (RF) transparent layer on a second side of the aluminum layer is provided. A method for manufacturing an antenna window including a patch as above is also provided, the method including determining a thickness of the aluminum layer adjacent to an anodized aluminum layer. A method for manufacturing an antenna window including coating an aluminum layer having a threshold thickness on a radio-frequency (RF) transparent layer to form an RF transparent laminate is also provided. A method for manufacturing an antenna window including removing a thickness of aluminum is also provided. A method for manufacturing an antenna window including disposing a mask on an aluminum substrate and anodizing the aluminum substrate to a selected thickness is also provided.
Abstract translation: 一种用于电子外壳中的装置的贴片，包括具有阈值厚度的铝层，在铝层的第一侧上的非导电层和在铝层的第二侧上的射频（RF）透明层 被提供。 还提供了一种用于制造包括如上所述的贴片的天线窗的方法，所述方法包括确定与阳极化铝层相邻的铝层的厚度。 还提供一种用于制造天线窗的方法，包括在射频（RF）透明层上涂覆具有阈值厚度的铝层以形成RF透明层压板。 还提供了一种用于制造包括去除铝厚度的天线窗的方法。 还提供了一种制造天线窗的方法，包括在铝基板上设置掩模并将铝基板阳极氧化至所选择的厚度。
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公开(公告)号：US20150176146A1
公开(公告)日：2015-06-25
申请号：US14622443
申请日：2015-02-13
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor： Lucy E. Browning , Stephen B. Lynch , Christopher D. Prest , Peter N. Russell-Clarke , Masashige Tatebe , Michael S. Nashner , Daniel T. McDonald , Brian S. Tryon , Jody R. Akana
IPC: C25D11/18
CPC classification number: C25D11/18 , B23K26/354 , B23K26/355 , C25D11/024 , C25D11/04 , C25D11/045 , C25D11/12 , Y10T428/13 , Y10T428/24331 , Y10T428/24471
Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to forming anodized films that have a white appearance. In some embodiments, an anodized film having pores with light diffusing pore walls created by varying the current density during an anodizing process is described. In some embodiments, an anodized film having light diffusing micro-cracks created by a laser cracking procedure is described. In some embodiments, a sputtered layer of light diffusing aluminum is provided below an anodized film. In some embodiments, light diffusing particles are infused within openings of an anodized layer.
Abstract translation: 本文所述的实施例涉及形成具有白色外观的阳极氧化膜。 在一些实施例中，描述了通过在阳极氧化处理期间改变电流密度而产生具有光扩散孔壁的孔的阳极化膜。 在一些实施例中，描述了通过激光破裂程序产生的具有光扩散微裂纹的阳极氧化膜。 在一些实施例中，在阳极氧化膜的下方提供光扩散铝的溅射层。 在一些实施例中，光漫射颗粒注入阳极氧化层的开口内。
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公开(公告)号：US20250011914A1
公开(公告)日：2025-01-09
申请号：US18418210
申请日：2024-01-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Zechariah D. Feinberg , Wai Man Raymund Kwok , Lee E. Hooton , James A. Curran , Elizabeth Nicometo , Brian S. Tryon , Isabel Yang , Shinjita Acharya
IPC: C23C14/02 , C23C14/06 , C23C18/16 , C23C18/32 , C23C18/48 , C23C28/00 , C25D3/38 , C25D5/44 , C25D11/04
Abstract: Non-cosmetic quality aluminum substrates are given a cosmetic finish by applying a PVD coating to the substrate. An enclosure for an electronic device can include an aluminum substrate including a 6000 series aluminum or 7000 series aluminum, a PVD coating disposed on the substrate, and a protective underlayer disposed between the aluminum substrate and the PVD coating.
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公开(公告)号：US20240076504A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-07
申请号：US18364760
申请日：2023-08-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Lijie Bao , Brian S. Tryon , Jozef M. Matlak , Shinjita Acharya
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with conductive structures such as conductive housing structures. A visible-light-reflecting coating may be formed on the conductive structures. The coating may have adhesion and transition layers, an opaque coloring layer on the adhesion and transition layers, and a three-layer thin-film interference filter on the opaque coloring layer. The three-layer thin-film interference filter may have an uppermost SiC layer, a lowermost SiCrCN layer, and a CrC layer interposed between the SiC layer and the SiCrCN layer. The opaque color layer may be a CrSiCN layer. The coating may exhibit a light violet color that has a relatively uniform visual response even when the underlying conductive structures have a three-dimensional shape.
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公开(公告)号：US10017872B2
公开(公告)日：2018-07-10
申请号：US14878850
申请日：2015-10-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Lucy E. Browning , Daniel T. McDonald , Stephen B. Lynch , Brian S. Tryon
CPC classification number: C25D11/02 , C25D11/04 , C25D11/14 , C25D11/16 , C25D15/00 , Y10T428/12111
Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to anodic films and methods for forming anodic films. The methods described can be used to form anodic films that have a white appearance. Methods involve positioning reflective particles on or within a substrate prior to or during an anodizing process. The reflective particles are positioned within the metal oxide of the resultant anodic film but substantially outside the pores of the anodic film. The reflective particles scatter incident light giving the resultant anodic film a white appearance.
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公开(公告)号：US09627749B2
公开(公告)日：2017-04-18
申请号：US15078949
申请日：2016-03-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Abhijeet Misra , Brian S. Tryon , Charles J. Kuehmann , Stephen B. Lynch , James A. Wright
Abstract: A patch for a device in an electronic housing including an aluminum layer having a threshold thickness, a non-conductive layer on a first side of the aluminum layer, and a radio-frequency (RF) transparent layer on a second side of the aluminum layer is provided. A method for manufacturing an antenna window including a patch as above is also provided, the method including determining a thickness of the aluminum layer adjacent to an anodized aluminum layer. A method for manufacturing an antenna window including coating an aluminum layer having a threshold thickness on a radio-frequency (RF) transparent layer to form an RF transparent laminate is also provided. A method for manufacturing an antenna window including removing a thickness of aluminum is also provided. A method for manufacturing an antenna window including disposing a mask on an aluminum substrate and anodizing the aluminum substrate to a selected thickness is also provided.
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