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公开(公告)号：US09520645B2
公开(公告)日：2016-12-13
申请号：US14262574
申请日：2014-04-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Derek J. Walters , Michael Eng , Brian S. Tryon , Connor R. Duke , Kieran Poulain , Nicholas J. Kunst , Shaohai Chen , Shaoqing Xiang , Sung Woo Yoo , Chun Cheng Teo , Paul Nangeroni , Eric Steven Jol
Abstract: A wireless electronic device may be provided with components such as electrical and structural components. During transmission of radio-frequency signals, antennas and wireless communications circuitry of the wireless electronic device may produce associated time-varying magnetic fields. One or more components may be covered with magnetic-resistant shield structures that protect the components from the time-varying magnetic fields by preventing magnetic-induced vibrations. The magnetic-resistant shield structures may include a conductive base layer such a layer of brass. A magnetic-resistant layer may be plated onto the conductive base layer. The magnetic-resistant layer may be formed from an amorphous nickel-phosphorous alloy. The amorphous nickel-phosphorous alloy may be produced by controlling the manufacturing temperature and proportion of phosphorous in the alloy while performing the plating operations within a length of time that ensures non-equilibrium conditions during the plating operations.
Abstract translation: 无线电子设备可以设置有诸如电气和结构部件的部件。 在射频信号的传输期间，无线电子设备的天线和无线通信电路可产生相关联的时变磁场。 一个或多个部件可以用防磁屏蔽结构覆盖，该结构通过防止磁致振动来保护部件免受时变磁场的影响。 磁性屏蔽结构可以包括导电基底层，例如黄铜层。 可以将耐磁层电镀到导电基底层上。 耐磁层可以由非晶镍 - 磷合金形成。 可以通过在确保电镀操作期间的非平衡条件的时间长度内进行电镀操作来控制合金中的磷的制造温度和比例来制造无定形镍 - 磷合金。
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公开(公告)号：US20240337986A1
公开(公告)日：2024-10-10
申请号：US18747167
申请日：2024-06-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jozef M. Matlak , Brian S. Tryon , Lijie Bao , Maruwada Sukanya Sharma , Shiva K. Mandepudi , Sonja R. Postak
CPC classification number: G04G17/08 , C23C14/0015 , C23C14/025 , C23C14/0641 , C23C14/0664 , C23C14/35 , C23C28/34
Abstract: An electronic device may include conductive structures such as conductive housing structures. A high-brightness, visible-light-reflecting coating may be formed on the conductive structures. The coating may have adhesion and transition layers and an uppermost coloring layer on the adhesion and transition layers. At least the uppermost coloring layer may be deposited using a high impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) process. The uppermost coloring layer may include a TiCrN film, a TiCrCN film, a TiCN film, or a metal nitride film that contains Ti, Zr, Hf, or Cr. The coating may exhibit a high-brightness gold color.
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公开(公告)号：US20240142684A1
公开(公告)日：2024-05-02
申请号：US18487004
申请日：2023-10-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Bin Fan , Brian S. Tryon , Xiaofan Niu , Chia-Yeh Lee , Frank C. Sit , Hien Minh H Le , Justin S. Shi , Shinjita Acharya , Ziqing Duan
Abstract: An electronic device such as a wristwatch may be provided with conductive structures. The conductive structures may include a sensor electrode for an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor. A coating may be disposed on the sensor electrode to reflect particular wavelengths of visible light so that the sensor electrode exhibits a desired color. The coating may include adhesion and transition layers on the sensor electrode, an opaque coloring layer on the adhesion and transition layers, and a thin-film interference filter on the opaque coloring layer. The thin-film interference filter may have an uppermost diamond-like carbon (DLC) layer. The DLC layer may contribute to the color response of the coating while concurrently minimizing noise in ECG waveforms gathered by the ECG sensor using the sensor electrode.
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公开(公告)号：US20220066397A1
公开(公告)日：2022-03-03
申请号：US17406826
申请日：2021-08-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jozef M. Matlak , Brian S. Tryon , Lijie Bao , Maruwada Sukanya Sharma , Shiva K. Mandepudi , Sonja R. Postak
Abstract: An electronic device may include conductive structures such as conductive housing structures. A high-brightness, visible-light-reflecting coating may be formed on the conductive structures. The coating may have adhesion and transition layers and an uppermost coloring layer on the adhesion and transition layers. At least the uppermost coloring layer may be deposited using a high impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) process. The uppermost coloring layer may include a TiCrN film, a TiCrCN film, a TiCN film, or a metal nitride film that contains Ti, Zr, Hf, or Cr. The coating may exhibit a high-brightness gold color.
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公开(公告)号：US10941503B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-09
申请号：US16215417
申请日：2018-12-10
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 , B23K26/352 , B23K26/354 , C25D11/04 , C25D11/02 , C25D11/12
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：US20210048565A1
公开(公告)日：2021-02-18
申请号：US16932621
申请日：2020-07-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Brian S. Tryon , Lijie Bao , Martin Melcher , Sonja R. Postak
Abstract: An electronic device may include conductive structures having a visible-light-reflecting coating. The coating may include a seed layer, transition layers, a neutral-color base layer, and an uppermost layer that forms a single-layer interference film. The neutral-color base layer may be opaque to visible light. The interference film may include silicon and may have an absorption coefficient between 0 and 1. The interference film may include, for example, CrSiN or CrSiCN. The composition of the interference film, the thickness of the interference film, and/or the composition of the base layer may be selected to provide the coating with a desired color near the middle of the visible spectrum (e.g., at green wavelengths). The color may be relatively stable even if the thickness of the coating varies across its area.
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27.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20200347492A1
公开(公告)日：2020-11-05
申请号：US16519288
申请日：2019-07-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Brian S. Tryon , Alexander W. Williams , James A. Curran , Sonja R. Postak
Abstract: A method of forming a surface coating on a component of an electronic device can include depositing an aluminum layer including at least about 0.05 weight percent (wt %) of a grain refiner on a surface of the component by a physical vapor deposition process, and anodizing the aluminum layer to form an anodized aluminum oxide layer having a L* value greater than about 85 in the CIELAB color space.
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公开(公告)号：US10782741B2
公开(公告)日：2020-09-22
申请号：US15454880
申请日：2017-03-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： James A. Curran , Zechariah D. Feinberg , Brian S. Tryon
IPC: G06F1/16
Abstract: Composite coatings having improved abrasion and dent resistance are described. According to some embodiments, the composite coatings include an outer hard layer and an intermediate layer between the outer hard layer and a metal substrate. The intermediate layer can have a hardness that is less than the hard outer layer but greater than the metal substrate. In this arrangement, the intermediate layer can act as a structural support that resists plastic deformation when an impact force is applied to the coating. In some embodiments, the intermediate layer is composed of a porous anodic oxide material. In some embodiments, the outer hard layer is composed of a ceramic material or a hard carbon-based material, such as diamond-like carbon.
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29.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20160024680A1
公开(公告)日：2016-01-28
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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30.发明申请METHODS FOR PRODUCING WHITE APPEARING METAL OXIDE FILMS BY POSITIONING REFLECTIVE PARTICLES PRIOR TO OR DURING ANODIZING PROCESSES 有权通过在阳离子化过程之前或之后定位反射颗粒来生产白色金属氧化物膜的方法公开(公告)号：US20150118512A1
公开(公告)日：2015-04-30
申请号：US14462412
申请日：2014-08-18
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.
Abstract translation: 本文所述的实施例涉及用于形成阳极膜的阳极膜和方法。 所述方法可用于形成具有白色外观的阳极膜。 方法包括在阳极氧化处理之前或期间将反射颗粒定位在衬底上或衬底内。 反射颗粒位于所得阳极膜的金属氧化物内，但基本上位于阳极膜的孔的外部。 反射粒子散射入射光，得到所得到的阳极膜为白色外观。
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