公开(公告)号：US20190049638A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-14

申请号：US15809886

申请日：2017-11-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Marta M. Giachino ,  Manish Mittal ,  Matthew S. Rogers ,  Que Anh S. Nguyen

IPC: G02B5/28 ,  H05K5/00 ,  G06F3/044

CPC classification number: G02B5/286 ,  C03C17/009 ,  C03C17/42 ,  C03C2217/445 ,  C03C2217/478 ,  G06F3/044 ,  H05K5/0017

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display and a rear housing. A coating may be formed on an inner surface of a display cover layer for the display or on an inner surface of the rear housing. The coating may include one or more inorganic layers such as inorganic layers in a thin-film interference filter or other layer of material. A buffer layer having a polymer with adhesion promotion additive and embedded silicon oxide particles may be interposed between the coating and a glass layer forming the rear housing or between a patterned indium tin oxide coating on a display cover layer and an adhesive layer that attaches a pixel array to the display cover layer.

公开(公告)号：US12253697B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-18

申请号：US17177994

申请日：2021-02-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Que Anh S. Nguyen ,  Christopher D. Prest ,  Jody R. Akana ,  Marta M. Giachino ,  Matthew S. Rogers ,  Ove Lyngnes

IPC: G02B5/28 ,  C03C17/42 ,  G02B1/10 ,  G02B1/11

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.

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.

Inventor： Christopher D. Prest ,  Matthew S. Rogers ,  Que Anh S. Nguyen

IPC: C04B35/46 ,  C04B35/119

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240324131A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18675518

申请日：2024-05-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Que Anh S. Nguyen ,  Michael B. Wittenberg

IPC: H05K5/03 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/02 ,  H10K77/10 ,  H10K102/00

CPC classification number: H05K5/03 ,  H05K5/0017 ,  H05K5/0226 ,  H10K77/111 ,  H10K2102/311

Abstract: A foldable display may have a display cover layer and a flexible display panel. The foldable display may bend around a bend axis. The display panel may have an array of pixels configured to display an image through the display cover layer. The display cover layer may be formed from a layer of glass. A recess may be formed in the layer of glass that extends along the bend axis. The recess may form a flexible locally thinned portion in the layer of glass that allows the glass layer to bend about the bend axis. To ensure that the display cover layer exhibits satisfactory impact resistance during drop events, corner portions of the display cover layer and other edge portions of the display cover layer may be provided with greater thickness relative to other portions of the display cover layer outside of the locally thinned portion.

公开(公告)号：US11921300B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US17198044

申请日：2021-03-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christopher D. Prest ,  Marta M. Giachino ,  Matthew S. Rogers ,  Que Anh S. Nguyen

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G02B27/34 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T19/00 ,  G02B27/01

CPC classification number: G02B27/34 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/0317 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T19/006 ,  G02B2027/0138 ,  G02B2027/014 ,  G02B2027/0187 ,  G02B2027/0198

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with optical markers. A marker may be formed from a coating. The coating may be patterned to form a two-dimensional optical code or may be patterned to form an outline or other recognizable marker structure that helps provide information about an electronic device. A device with a sensor such as a depth sensor or other sensor may gather information on the electronic device and its markers. This information may include information on images captured with an image sensor while the electronic device is illuminated by one or more light beams from the depth sensor or other light sources. Markers may be configured to serve as mixed reality optical markers in a mixed reality system. Analysis of the mixed reality marker images or other sensor data may reveal information on device type, device location, device size, device orientation, and other information on a marked device.

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.

Inventor： James R. Wilson ,  Christopher D. Prest ,  Marta M. Giachino ,  Matthew S. Rogers ,  Que Anh S. Nguyen

IPC: H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/02 ,  H05K5/03 ,  H05K1/03 ,  G09F3/02 ,  G02B5/28 ,  C03C17/22 ,  C03C27/10 ,  H04M1/02

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.

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.

Inventor： Christopher D. Prest ,  Matthew S. Rogers ,  Que Anh S. Nguyen

IPC: H05K5/00 ,  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.

公开(公告)号：US10969526B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-06

申请号：US15900575

申请日：2018-02-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Que Anh S. Nguyen ,  Christopher D. Prest ,  Jody R. Akana ,  Marta M. Giachino ,  Matthew S. Rogers ,  Ove Lyngnes

IPC: G02B5/28 ,  C03C17/42 ,  G02B1/11 ,  G02B1/10

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.

公开(公告)号：US20200344878A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-29

申请号：US16922871

申请日：2020-07-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： James R. Wilson ,  Christopher D. Prest ,  Marta M. Giachino ,  Matthew S. Rogers ,  Que Anh S. Nguyen

IPC: H05K1/03 ,  H05K5/00 ,  G09F3/02 ,  G02B5/28 ,  C03C17/22 ,  C03C27/10 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H05K5/02 ,  H05K5/03

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.

公开(公告)号：US10556823B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-11

申请号：US16000606

申请日：2018-06-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: B32B3/00 ,  C03C17/36

Abstract: An electronic device may include electrical components and other components mounted within 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 and other glass structures in the electronic device may be provided with coatings. An interior coating on a glass layer may include multiple layers of material such as an adhesion promotion layer, thin-film layers of materials such as silicon, niobium oxide and other metal oxides, and metals to help adjust the appearance of the coating. A metal layer may be formed on top of the coating to serve as an environmental protection layer and opacity enhancement layer. In some configurations, the coating may include four layers.