ELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING GLASS CERAMIC COMPONENTS

    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.

    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.

    ASYMMETRIC CHEMICAL STRENGTHENING
    83.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230167021A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US18102625

    申请日:2023-01-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: C03C21/002

    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.

    Multiple-element light-bending structures for minimizing display borders

    公开(公告)号:US11573603B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-07

    申请号:US17397716

    申请日:2021-08-09

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may have an array of display pixels that provide image light to a user. The array of display pixels may form an active display structure with a rectangular shape. The rectangular active display structure may be surrounded by an inactive border region. Optical structures such as upper structures formed from a sheet of glass and lower optical structures that lie beneath the sheet of glass may be configured to bend light from the display pixels along the periphery of the active display structure. The upper optical structures may have an area that is larger than the area of the active display structure, so that the presence of the optical structures may serve to enlarge the apparent size of the display. The lower and upper optical structures may have curved surfaces for bending the light.

    Patterned glass layers in electronic devices

    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.

    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 DEVICES INCLUDING GLASS CERAMIC COMPONENTS

    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.

    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.

    Borderless Display With Light-Bending Structures

    公开(公告)号:US20220006060A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17481751

    申请日:2021-09-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may have an array of display pixels that provide image light to a user. The array of display pixels may form an active display structure with a rectangular shape. The rectangular active display structure may be surrounded by an inactive border region. Optical structures such as a sheet of glass or another optical member may have portions that are configured to bend light from the display pixels along the periphery of the active display structure. The optical member may have an area that is larger than the area of the active display structure, so that the presence of the optical member may serve to enlarge the apparent size of the display. Solidified liquid polymer may be used to support the optical structures and may be interposed between the optical structures and the active display structures.

    Multiple-Element Light-Bending Structures For Minimizing Display Borders

    公开(公告)号:US20210365071A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-25

    申请号:US17397716

    申请日:2021-08-09

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may have an array of display pixels that provide image light to a user. The array of display pixels may form an active display structure with a rectangular shape. The rectangular active display structure may be surrounded by an inactive border region. Optical structures such as upper structures formed from a sheet of glass and lower optical structures that lie beneath the sheet of glass may be configured to bend light from the display pixels along the periphery of the active display structure. The upper optical structures may have an area that is larger than the area of the active display structure, so that the presence of the optical structures may serve to enlarge the apparent size of the display. The lower and upper optical structures may have curved surfaces for bending the light.

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