WITNESS LAYERS FOR GLASS ARTICLES
    14.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170311466A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-26

    申请号:US15134973

    申请日:2016-04-21

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Glass articles having a base layer formed of glass and having a first compressive stress, an adjacent compression layer formed in the glass and having a second compressive stress, and a witness layer formed in the glass adjacent the compression layer and having a third compressive stress. The first, second and third compressive stresses all differing from one another. The witness layer also having a higher index of refraction than an index of refraction for the base or compression layers. Methods for manufacturing and methods of quality control that include the use of the witness layer are also disclosed.

    Flexural testing apparatus for materials and method of testing materials

    公开(公告)号:US09739696B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-22

    申请号:US14841652

    申请日:2015-08-31

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G01N3/20 G01N3/24 G01N2203/0282 G01N2203/0494

    Abstract: A material testing apparatus and methods of testing material are disclosed. The material testing apparatus may include a support ring contacting a test material and a moveable contact component positioned adjacent to the support ring. The moveable contact component may include a substantially curved contact surface comprising a radius-varying curvature profile formed between a center and a perimeter of the substantially curve contact surface. The curvature profile may be based on a predetermined deflection-force profile specific to the test material. Additionally, the curvature profile may also be based on the material characteristics of the test material, the physical characteristics of the test material, the physical characteristics of the support ring and/or a testing process performed on the test material.

    Asymmetric chemical strengthening
    16.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11565969B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US17155861

    申请日:2021-01-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    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.

    ASYMMETRIC CHEMICAL STRENGTHENING
    17.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210139371A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-13

    申请号:US17155861

    申请日:2021-01-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    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.

    Asymmetric chemical strengthening
    18.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10899660B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-26

    申请号:US16143119

    申请日:2018-09-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    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.

    Witness layers for glass articles
    20.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10206298B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-12

    申请号:US15134973

    申请日:2016-04-21

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Glass articles having a base layer formed of glass and having a first compressive stress, an adjacent compression layer formed in the glass and having a second compressive stress, and a witness layer formed in the glass adjacent the compression layer and having a third compressive stress. The first, second and third compressive stresses all differing from one another. The witness layer also having a higher index of refraction than an index of refraction for the base or compression layers. Methods for manufacturing and methods of quality control that include the use of the witness layer are also disclosed.

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