公开(公告)号：US11148398B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-19

申请号：US16133495

申请日：2018-09-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: B32B17/10 ,  C23C28/02 ,  C23C14/14 ,  B05D7/14 ,  C23C14/34 ,  B05D7/00 ,  B05D1/00 ,  B05D5/12

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：US10520734B1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-31

申请号：US15866195

申请日：2018-01-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Victoria C. Chan ,  John N. Border ,  Yury A. Petrov ,  Yoshihiko Yokoyama

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G02B27/09

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display with a concave surface. A linear polarizer may be formed on the concave surface. A quarter wave plate may receive light from the linear polarizer. A catadioptric lens may have first and second lens elements. The first lens element may have first and second opposing surfaces. The second lens element may have opposing third and fourth surfaces. The first surface may be convex and may face the display. The fourth surface may be concave. The second surface may be concave. The third surface may be convex and may match the second surface. An additional quarter wave plate may be formed as a coating on the third surface. A partially reflective coating may be formed on the first surface. A reflective polarizer may be formed as a coating on the fourth surface. An additional polarizer may be formed on the reflective polarizer.

公开(公告)号：US20180073104A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-15

申请号：US15455432

申请日：2017-03-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yoshihiko Yokoyama ,  Naoto Matsuyuki

IPC: C22C1/02 ,  C22C45/00 ,  C22C45/10

CPC classification number: C22C1/02 ,  C22C45/003 ,  C22C45/008 ,  C22C45/10

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of modifying a surface of a metallic glass. The method includes applying an electron beam within an energy band to a crystalline metal portion at a surface zone of the metallic glass. The method also includes changing the crystalline metal portion to an amorphous portion at the surface zone of the metallic glass, while a bulk region embedded in the metallic glass under the surface zone remains crystalline.

公开(公告)号：US20170087610A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US15258724

申请日：2016-09-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yoshihiko Yokoyama ,  Theodore A. Waniuk ,  Hsiang Hung Chen ,  Kazuya Takagi ,  Naoto Matsuyuki

IPC: B21B3/00 ,  C22C5/04 ,  C22C45/00

CPC classification number: B21B3/003 ,  C22C5/04 ,  C22C45/003

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to methods of forming glassy alloys. A glassy alloy is cold rolled at a temperature less than Tg of the glassy alloy to form a flattened glassy alloy. Then, the cold rolled glassy alloy is thermoplastically formed at a temperature above Tg of the glassy alloy. In certain embodiments, the flattened glassy alloy may have one or more shear bands and/or micro-cracks, and the thermoplastic forming may heal the shear bands and/or micro-cracks. The resulting glassy alloy may thereby have reduced or eliminated shear bands and/or micro-cracks.

公开(公告)号：US11540599B1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-03

申请号：US16830088

申请日：2020-03-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yoshihiko Yokoyama ,  Osamu Yabe ,  Eiryo Shiraishi ,  Naoto Matsuyuki

IPC: A44C5/00

Abstract: Watch bands can be provided with an ability to dynamically adjust the fit of a watch against a wrist of a user. One or more of a variety of tensioning elements can be provided with a shape memory polymer that responds to a stimulus to adjust a fit of the band. Such stimulus can be from user or actively applied by the watch. The shape memory polymer can be a composite material that provides high durability under cyclic stretching and high speed response of shape recovering while avoiding a drastic moduli drop by shape recovering.

公开(公告)号：US20190099982A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-04

申请号：US16144847

申请日：2018-09-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yoshihiko Yokoyama ,  Naoto Matsuyuki ,  James A. Wright

IPC: B32B15/01 ,  B32B7/12

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：US20170087691A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US15259804

申请日：2016-09-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yoshihiko Yokoyama ,  Kazuya Takagi ,  Naoto Matsuyuki ,  Theodore A. Waniuk

IPC: B24C1/06

CPC classification number: B24C1/06 ,  C23C4/129 ,  C23C8/02 ,  C23C8/10

Abstract: Methods of altering the surface of a metallic glass are provided. The methods include blasting and oxidation of a metallic glass surface, blasting a metallic glass surface using multiple shot media sizes, and thermal spray blasting a metallic glass surface with controlled cooling.

公开(公告)号：US20230418377A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-28

申请号：US18466723

申请日：2023-09-13

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：US20170088954A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US15266286

申请日：2016-09-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yoshihiko Yokoyama ,  Kazuya Takagi ,  Naoto Matsuyuki

IPC: C23C30/00 ,  C23C8/10

CPC classification number: C23C8/10 ,  C22C45/10 ,  C23C8/02 ,  C23C14/0015 ,  C23C14/16 ,  C23C14/5806 ,  C23C28/322 ,  C23C28/345

Abstract: Methods and compositions of applying metallic coatings, or altering metallic compositions, are described. Metallic coatings are deposited on metallic substrates and treated with pulsed radiation, such a pulsed electron beam. The resulting metal substrate can have a metallic coating and/or altered surface chemistry.

公开(公告)号：US10901222B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US16682214

申请日：2019-11-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Victoria C. Chan ,  John N. Border ,  Yury A. Petrov ,  Yoshihiko Yokoyama

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/09

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display with a concave surface. A linear polarizer may be formed on the concave surface. A quarter wave plate may receive light from the linear polarizer. A catadioptric lens may have first and second lens elements. The first lens element may have first and second opposing surfaces. The second lens element may have opposing third and fourth surfaces. The first surface may be convex and may face the display. The fourth surface may be concave. The second surface may be concave. The third surface may be convex and may match the second surface. An additional quarter wave plate may be formed as a coating on the third surface. A partially reflective coating may be formed on the first surface. A reflective polarizer may be formed as a coating on the fourth surface. An additional polarizer may be formed on the reflective polarizer.