公开(公告)号：US12226197B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US18462603

申请日：2023-09-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Maegan K. Spencer ,  Brian R. Land ,  Naoto Matsuyuki ,  Erik L Wang ,  William C. Lukens ,  Steven C. Roach

IPC: A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01L31/101

Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and at least partially defining an internal volume of the electronic device, an electromagnetic radiation emitter and an electromagnetic radiation detector disposed in the internal volume, and an optical component disposed in the aperture. The optical component can include a first and second transparent portions disposed above the electromagnetic radiation detector and the electromagnetic radiation emitter, and an opaque portion disposed between the first and second transparent portions and extending a thickness of the optical component. The first transparent portion, the second transparent portion, and the opaque portion can define a flush exterior surface of the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US11809619B1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17077823

申请日：2020-10-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yoshihiko Yokoyama ,  John N. Border ,  Naoto Matsuyuki ,  Serhan O. Isikman ,  Wei-Liang Hsu

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G02B27/01

CPC classification number: G06F3/013 ,  G02B27/0172 ,  G02B2027/0138

Abstract: A head-mounted device may have catadioptric lenses that each include a partial mirror, a quarter wave plate, and a polarizer. An optical system in the head-mounted device may have an infrared light-emitting device and an infrared light-sensing device. The optical system may illuminate a user's eyes in eye boxes and may gather measurements from the illuminated eye boxes for eye tracking and other functions. The optical system may operate through the catadioptric lenses. To enhance optical system performance, the polarizers may be wire grid polarizers that are formed from conductive lines that exhibit enhanced infrared transmission and/or the quarter wave plates may be formed from cholesteric liquid crystal layers that serve as quarter wave plates at visible wavelengths and that do not serve as quarter wave plates at infrared wavelengths.

公开(公告)号：US20220359133A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17813930

申请日：2022-07-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. Wang ,  Christopher D. Jones ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Martin Melcher ,  Matthew S. Rogers ,  Naoto Matsuyuki ,  Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque ,  Avianne Marie B. Tuano

IPC: H01H13/14 ,  H01H13/83 ,  H01H13/84

Abstract: Keycaps for keyboards that have transparent top portions have a set of layered components to define a top surface that provides key definition by curvature, texture, ridges, or other external structural features. Other portions of the keycaps define a glyph or support structure for the top layer. Features such as angle filters and partially reflective materials are implemented to improve the visibility, contrast, and reflectivity of the keycaps. Multiple methods are used to bend or otherwise modify rigid transparent materials such as glass in order to add surface features and to improve aesthetics of the keycaps of a keyboard.

公开(公告)号：US11345121B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US16144847

申请日：2018-09-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yoshihiko Yokoyama ,  Naoto Matsuyuki ,  James A. Wright ,  Brian M. Gable ,  William A. Counts ,  Eric W. Hamann

IPC: B32B15/01 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B23K11/20 ,  B23K11/11 ,  B23K20/12 ,  B23K20/227 ,  B23K11/34 ,  B23K20/233 ,  B23K11/00 ,  B32B37/06 ,  B32B37/10 ,  B23K103/10 ,  B23K103/20 ,  B23K103/04 ,  B23K101/38 ,  B23K103/18

Abstract: The disclosure provides an aluminized composite including a base material. The aluminized composite may also include a diffusion layer disposed over the base material. The aluminized composite may further include an aluminum material disposed over the diffusion layer.

公开(公告)号：US20200211795A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16408209

申请日：2019-05-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. Wang ,  Christopher D. Jones ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Martin Melcher ,  Matthew S. Rogers ,  Naoto Matsuyuki ,  Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque ,  Avianne Marie B. Tuano

IPC: H01H13/14 ,  H01H13/83 ,  H01H13/84

Abstract: Keycaps for keyboards that have transparent top portions have a set of layered components to define a top surface that provides key definition by curvature, texture, ridges, or other external structural features. Other portions of the keycaps define a glyph or support structure for the top layer. Features such as angle filters and partially reflective materials are implemented to improve the visibility, contrast, and reflectivity of the keycaps. Multiple methods are used to bend or otherwise modify rigid transparent materials such as glass in order to add surface features and to improve aesthetics of the keycaps of a keyboard.

公开(公告)号：US10335979B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-02

申请号：US14868560

申请日：2015-09-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Naoto Matsuyuki ,  Adam T. Clavelle ,  Inori Iwata ,  David I. Nazzaro

IPC: B28B1/14 ,  B28B1/24 ,  B28B1/48 ,  C04B35/48 ,  B28B11/24 ,  B28B11/12 ,  H05K5/00 ,  B28D1/14 ,  B28B11/08 ,  H04M1/02

Abstract: A ceramic part and methods for making the ceramic part are disclosed. A green body or non-sintered part may be formed using a casting or molding process. The green body may not be sintered or may be partially sintered before machining one or more features into a surface of the green body. After machining, the component may be fully sintered to create a hardened ceramic component.

公开(公告)号：US10264690B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-16

申请号：US15611329

申请日：2017-06-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Colin M. Ely ,  Dale N. Memering ,  Kazuya Takagi ,  Naoto Matsuyuki ,  Theodore A. Waniuk

IPC: H05K5/02 ,  C04B35/48 ,  C04B35/64 ,  C09C1/00 ,  C04B35/486

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a housing of an electronic device includes determining a sintering profile configured to produce a selected color at a selected depth within a wall of the housing, sintering a ceramic housing precursor in accordance with the determined sintering profile, thereby forming the housing, and removing material from the housing up to the selected depth.

公开(公告)号：US20190085465A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-21

申请号：US16133495

申请日：2018-09-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yoshihiko Yokoyama ,  Naoto Matsuyuki ,  Sungwon Bae ,  Theodore A. Waniuk

IPC: C23C28/02 ,  C23C14/14 ,  C23C14/34 ,  B05D7/14 ,  B05D1/00 ,  B05D7/00

Abstract: A multilayer composite is provided. The composite may include a plurality of metallic glass layers interleaved with a plurality of polymer layers. The composite may have a thickness of up to 100 microns. The composite may have a fatigue strength of at least 1.5 times of the fatigue strength of a monolithic metallic glass having the same thickness as the composite and the same chemical composition as the metallic glass layer.

公开(公告)号：US20180067245A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-08

申请号：US15483974

申请日：2017-04-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Marta M. Giachino ,  Naoto Matsuyuki ,  Matthew S. Rogers ,  Xianwei Zhao ,  Ligang Wang

IPC: G02B5/28 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B5/22 ,  G02B1/115 ,  H01S5/40 ,  H01L27/146

CPC classification number: G02B5/281 ,  G02B1/115 ,  G02B5/285 ,  H01L27/1462 ,  H01L27/14649 ,  H01S5/4025

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may have a display cover layer. The display may have an active area with pixels and an inactive area without pixels. An opaque masking layer such as a layer of black ink may be formed on the underside of the display cover layer in the inactive area. Windows may be formed from openings in the opaque masking layer. Optical components such as infrared-light-based optical components may be aligned with the windows. The windows may include coatings in the openings that block visible light while transmitting infrared light. The window coatings may be formed from polymer layers containing pigments, polymer layers containing dyes that are coated with antireflection layers, thin-film interference filters formed from stacks of thin-film layers, or other coating structures.

公开(公告)号：US20180024274A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-25

申请号：US15617706

申请日：2017-06-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Matthew S. Rogers ,  Naoto Matsuyuki ,  Que Anh S. Nguyen

IPC: G02B1/11 ,  G02B3/00 ,  G02B1/02

CPC classification number: G02B1/113 ,  G02B1/02

Abstract: A graded index antireflection layer may be formed on a transparent crystalline member such as a sapphire member. The graded index layer may include aluminum oxide and silicon oxide. The graded index layer may extend from a first surface at the transparent member to a second surface. The fraction of aluminum oxide in the graded index layer may be at a maximum at the first surface so that the index of refraction of the graded index layer at the first surface matches the index of refraction of the transparent member and may be at a minimum at the second surface so the index of refraction of the graded index layer is minimized at the second surface. The graded index layer may be annealed to form aluminum oxide nanocrystals in the graded index layer and to form a polycrystalline aluminum oxide adhesion layer at the first surface.