Electronic device structures with oleophobic coatings

    公开(公告)号:US10348943B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-09

    申请号:US15218768

    申请日:2016-07-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have components such as a display, a camera, a button, and other electrical components. A transparent crystalline member such as a layer of aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, or other crystalline dielectric structure may overlap an electrical component and may serve as a display cover layer, button cover member, or window member. An annealed adhesion layer such as an annealed inorganic layer may be formed on a crystalline dielectric member. The annealed adhesion layer may help adhere an oleophobic coating to the transparent crystalline member.

    Patterned glass layers in electronic devices

    公开(公告)号:US10292286B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-14

    申请号:US15841117

    申请日:2017-12-13

    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.

    Ambient light sensor window coatings for electronic devices

    公开(公告)号:US10288476B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-14

    申请号:US15293204

    申请日:2016-10-13

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with a cover layer. An ambient light sensor may be aligned with an ambient light sensor window formed from an opening in a masking layer on the cover layer in an inactive portion of the display. To help mask the ambient light sensor window from view, the ambient light sensor window may be provided with a black coating that matches the appearance of surrounding masking layer material while allowing light to reach the ambient light sensor. The black coating may be formed from a black physical vapor deposition thin-film inorganic layer with a high index of refraction. An antireflection layer formed from a stack of dielectric layers may be interposed between the black thin-film inorganic layer and the display cover layer.

    Patterned Glass Layers in Electronic Devices
    74.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190037720A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-31

    申请号:US15841117

    申请日:2017-12-13

    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 Device Structures With Oleophobic Coatings

    公开(公告)号:US20180027150A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-25

    申请号:US15218768

    申请日:2016-07-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04N5/2252

    Abstract: An electronic device may have components such as a display, a camera, a button, and other electrical components. A transparent crystalline member such as a layer of aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, or other crystalline dielectric structure may overlap an electrical component and may serve as a display cover layer, button cover member, or window member. An annealed adhesion layer such as an annealed inorganic layer may be formed on a crystalline dielectric member. The annealed adhesion layer may help adhere an oleophobic coating to the transparent crystalline member.

    Crack mitigation in an optically transparent exterior of a portable electronic device
    77.
    发明授权
    Crack mitigation in an optically transparent exterior of a portable electronic device 有权
    在便携式电子设备的光学透明外部的破裂缓解

    公开(公告)号:US09575507B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-21

    申请号:US14843962

    申请日:2015-09-02

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F1/1626 G06F1/1656

    Abstract: A cover glass including a center region and an outer region abutting the center region at an interface. The interface inhibits crack propagation from the outer region to the center region and vice versa. In another embodiment the cover glass may include mitigation voids introduced into the cover glass to inhibit crack propagation. The interface may be formed from the mitigation voids.

    Abstract translation: 一种覆盖玻璃,其包括在界面处邻接所述中心区域的中心区域和外部区域。 界面抑制从外部区域到中心区域的裂纹扩展,反之亦然。 在另一个实施例中,盖玻璃可以包括引入到盖玻璃中以抑制裂纹扩展的缓解空隙。 接口可以由缓解空隙形成。

    LASER POLISHING CERAMIC MATERIAL
    78.
    发明申请
    LASER POLISHING CERAMIC MATERIAL 审中-公开
    激光抛光陶瓷材料

    公开(公告)号:US20170029327A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-02

    申请号:US14812914

    申请日:2015-07-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: C30B29/20 C30B33/02

    Abstract: Systems and methods for polishing a ceramic component using a laser. The ceramic component may include a planar region that is polished using, for example, a mechanical or chemical mechanical polishing operation to produce a polished face. A contoured region that is adjacent to the planar region may be irradiated using a laser to heat the ceramic material within the contoured region. The irradiation may reduce the surface roughness of the contoured region to produce a polished surface. The ceramic component may be heated prior to being irradiated with the laser to reduce thermal gradients within the ceramic component.

    Abstract translation: 使用激光抛光陶瓷部件的系统和方法。 陶瓷部件可以包括使用例如机械或化学机械抛光操作来抛光的平面区域,以产生抛光面。 可以使用激光照射与平面区域相邻的轮廓区域,以加热轮廓区域内的陶瓷材料。 照射可以减小轮廓区域的表面粗糙度以产生抛光表面。 可以在用激光照射之前加热陶瓷部件以降低陶瓷部件内的热梯度。

    TRANSPARENT PROTECTIVE COATING FOR A COMPONENT OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    79.
    发明申请
    TRANSPARENT PROTECTIVE COATING FOR A COMPONENT OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE 审中-公开
    用于电子设备组件的透明保护涂层

    公开(公告)号:US20160366777A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-15

    申请号:US15178502

    申请日:2016-06-09

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A transparent component of an electronic device having a nano-crystalline layer is disclosed. The nano-crystalline layer may be formed as a series of layers separated by or interspersed with one or more other layers including a non-crystalline or amorphous material. The series of layers may also be interspersed with one or more anti-reflective layers configured to reduce optical reflections off the transparent component. The nano-crystalline layer may be formed by a deposition process or by an ion-implanting and annealing process to form crystals having a size of less than 10 nanometers. The protective coatings may be utilized on portions of an electronic device, such as a housing or a cover glass, to protect the electronic device from scratching and/or damage caused by impact.

    Abstract translation: 公开了具有纳米晶层的电子器件的透明组件。 纳米晶层可以形成为由一个或多个其它层分离或散布的一系列层,包括非结晶或无定形材料。 一系列层还可以散布有一个或多个防反射层,其被配置为减少离开透明部件的光学反射。 纳米晶层可以通过沉积工艺或通过离子注入和退火工艺形成,以形成尺寸小于10纳米的晶体。 保护涂层可以用于诸如外壳或盖玻璃的电子设备的部分上,以保护电子设备免受冲击造成的划伤和/或损坏。

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