ELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING GLASS CERAMIC COMPONENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240327293A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18740437

    申请日:2024-06-11

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: C04B35/46 C04B35/119

    Abstract: Glass ceramic components for electronic devices are disclosed, as are components including a glass ceramic material. A cover member including a glass ceramic material may be positioned over one or more device components such as an optical module or a component of a wireless communication or charging system. The cover member may have optical properties, electrical properties, magnetic properties, and/or mechanical properties compatible with the requirements of the one or more device components.

    ASYMMETRIC CHEMICAL STRENGTHENING
    55.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230167021A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US18102625

    申请日:2023-01-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: C03C21/002

    Abstract: Asymmetrically strengthened glass articles, methods for producing the same, and use of the articles in portable electronic device is disclosed. The asymmetrically strengthened glass articles include glass articles having a deeper compressive stress layer in a thicker portion of the glass article. Using a budgeted amount of compressive stress and tensile stress, asymmetric chemical strengthening is optimized for the utility of a glass article. In some aspects, the strengthened glass article can be designed for reduced damage, or damage propagation, when dropped.

    Textured glass layers in electronic devices

    公开(公告)号:US11448801B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US16848732

    申请日:2020-04-14

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing surrounding an interior in which electrical components are mounted. A display may be mounted to housing structures in the device. The housing may have a rear wall. The display cover layer and rear wall of the housing may be formed from transparent glass layers. Coatings may be formed on inwardly facing surfaces of the transparent glass layers. A coating on a transparent glass layer may be formed from a thin-film interference filter having a stack of dielectric layers. The coating may include an ink layer on the thin-film interference filter. The transparent glass layers may have one or more textured surfaces that allow light at high angles to enter the transparent layers and reflect off the coatings at high angles, thereby adjusting optical properties of the coatings.

    Patterned glass layers in electronic devices

    公开(公告)号:US11330708B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-10

    申请号:US16922871

    申请日:2020-07-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may include electrical components and other components mounted within an interior of a housing. The device may have a display on a front face of the device and may have a glass layer that forms part of the housing on a rear face of the device. The glass layer may be provided with regions having different appearances. The regions may be textured, may have coatings such as thin-film interference filter coatings formed from stacks of dielectric material having alternating indices of refraction, may have metal coating layers, and/or may have ink coating layers. Textured surfaces may be formed on thin glass layers and polymer films that are coupled to the glass layer. A glass layer may be formed from a pair of coupled glass layers. The coupled layers may have one or more recesses or other structures to visually distinguish different regions of the glass layer.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING GLASS CERAMIC COMPONENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20220117094A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17401194

    申请日:2021-08-12

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Glass ceramic components for electronic devices are disclosed, as are components including a glass ceramic material. A cover member including a glass ceramic material may be positioned over one or more device components such as an optical module or a component of a wireless communication or charging system. The cover member may have optical properties, electrical properties, magnetic properties, and/or mechanical properties compatible with the requirements of the one or more device components.

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