公开(公告)号：US10524372B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-31

申请号：US16360939

申请日：2019-03-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： James A. Wright ,  Guangtao Zhang ,  Raymund W. M. Kwok ,  Karl Ruben F. Larsson ,  Christopher S. Graham ,  Matthew D. Hill ,  Abhijeet Misra

IPC: H05K5/04 ,  H02J50/10 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H05K5/03 ,  G06F1/18 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H05K7/14 ,  G06F1/16

Abstract: An enclosure is formed by coupling an outer cover to a back enclosure piece. The enclosure defines an interior volume for receiving components of an electronic device. The back enclosure piece is formed from a metal frame component and a non-metal outer cover. A metal layer overlaps the metal frame component and the outer cover within the interior volume. The metal layer has a thickness that provides support and shatter resistance to the non-metal outer cover. The metal layer can form an inductor of a wireless power transfer circuit.

公开(公告)号：US10411379B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US15464051

申请日：2017-03-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel C. Wagman ,  Benjamin J. Kallman ,  Hani Esmaeili ,  Stefan A. Kowalski ,  Daniel T. McDonald ,  Eric S. Jol ,  Raymund W. M. Kwok ,  Michael W. Barnstead

IPC: H01R13/02 ,  H01R13/03 ,  H01R13/40 ,  B32B15/00 ,  C22C5/00 ,  C22C5/02 ,  C22C5/04 ,  C22C9/00 ,  C22C9/02 ,  C22C9/04 ,  C22C9/06 ,  H01R24/60

Abstract: Contacts that may be highly corrosion resistant, may be readily manufactured, and may conserve precious materials. One example may provide contacts having a layer of a precious-metal alloy to improve corrosion resistance. The precious-metal-alloy layer may be plated with a hard, durable, wear and corrosion resistant plating stack for further corrosion resistance and wear improvement. The resources consumed by a contact may be reduced by forming a bulk or substrate region of the contact using a more readily available material, such as copper or a material that is primarily copper based.

公开(公告)号：US10327348B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-18

申请号：US15581433

申请日：2017-04-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： James A. Wright ,  Guangtao Zhang ,  Raymund W. M. Kwok ,  Karl Ruben F. Larsson ,  Christopher S. Graham ,  Matthew D. Hill ,  Abhijeet Misra

IPC: H05K5/04 ,  H02J50/10 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H05K5/03 ,  G06F1/18 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H05K7/14

Abstract: An enclosure is formed by coupling an outer cover to a back enclosure piece. The enclosure defines an interior volume for receiving components of an electronic device. The back enclosure piece is formed from a metal frame component and a non-metal outer cover. A metal layer overlaps the metal frame component and the outer cover within the interior volume. The metal layer has a thickness that provides support and shatter resistance to the non-metal outer cover. The metal layer can form an inductor of a wireless power transfer circuit.

公开(公告)号：US10263353B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-16

申请号：US15464051

申请日：2017-03-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel C. Wagman ,  Benjamin J. Kallman ,  Hani Esmaeili ,  Stefan A. Kowalski ,  Daniel T. McDonald ,  Eric S. Jol ,  Raymund W. M. Kwok

IPC: H01R13/02 ,  H01R13/03 ,  H01R13/40 ,  B32B15/00 ,  C22C5/00 ,  C22C5/02 ,  C22C5/04 ,  C22C9/00 ,  C22C9/02 ,  C22C9/04 ,  C22C9/06 ,  H01R24/60

Abstract: Contacts that may be highly corrosion resistant, may be readily manufactured, and may conserve precious materials. One example may provide contacts having a layer of a precious-metal alloy to improve corrosion resistance. The precious-metal-alloy layer may be plated with a hard, durable, wear and corrosion resistant plating stack for further corrosion resistance and wear improvement. The resources consumed by a contact may be reduced by forming a bulk or substrate region of the contact using a more readily available material, such as copper or a material that is primarily copper based.

公开(公告)号：US20200052425A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-13

申请号：US16540013

申请日：2019-08-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Raymund W. M. Kwok ,  Hani Esmaeili ,  Robert Scritzky ,  Michael W. Barnstead ,  Xiaoqiang Huang ,  Ida Y. Lo ,  Sean R. Novak ,  Christoph Werner

IPC: H01R13/03 ,  H01R13/02 ,  H01B1/22 ,  H01B1/24 ,  H01B1/02

Abstract: Methods of coating contacts to have a specific color. The color can be selected to match a color of a portion of a device enclosure for an electronic device housing the contacts. Examples can instead provide methods of coating contacts to have a color to contrast with a color of a portion of the device enclosure. These methods can provide electrical contacts having a low contact resistance and good corrosion and scratch resistance.

公开(公告)号：US20170271800A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-21

申请号：US15464051

申请日：2017-03-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel C. Wagman ,  Benjamin J. Kallman ,  Hani Esmaeili ,  Stefan A. Kowalski ,  Daniel T. McDonald ,  Eric S. Jol ,  Raymund W. M. Kwok

IPC: H01R13/03 ,  H01R13/40

CPC classification number: H01R13/03 ,  B32B15/00 ,  C22C5/00 ,  C22C5/02 ,  C22C5/04 ,  C22C9/00 ,  C22C9/02 ,  C22C9/04 ,  C22C9/06 ,  H01R13/40 ,  H01R24/60

Abstract: Contacts that may be highly corrosion resistant, may be readily manufactured, and may conserve precious materials. One example may provide contacts having a layer of a precious-metal alloy to improve corrosion resistance. The precious-metal-alloy layer may be plated with a hard, durable, wear and corrosion resistant plating stack for further corrosion resistance and wear improvement. The resources consumed by a contact may be reduced by forming a bulk or substrate region of the contact using a more readily available material, such as copper or a material that is primarily copper based.

公开(公告)号：US11201426B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-14

申请号：US16540013

申请日：2019-08-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Raymund W. M. Kwok ,  Hani Esmaeili ,  Robert Scritzky ,  Michael W. Barnstead ,  Xiaoqiang Huang ,  Ida Y. Lo ,  Sean R. Novak ,  Christoph Werner

IPC: H01R13/03 ,  H01R13/02 ,  H01B1/02 ,  H01B1/24 ,  H01B1/22

Abstract: Methods of coating contacts to have a specific color. The color can be selected to match a color of a portion of a device enclosure for an electronic device housing the contacts. Examples can instead provide methods of coating contacts to have a color to contrast with a color of a portion of the device enclosure. These methods can provide electrical contacts having a low contact resistance and good corrosion and scratch resistance.

公开(公告)号：US20180030608A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-01

申请号：US15661368

申请日：2017-07-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Raymund W. M. Kwok ,  James A. Wright ,  Hani Esmaeili ,  Daniel C. Wagman

IPC: C25D5/18 ,  C25D7/00 ,  C25D3/56

CPC classification number: C25D5/18 ,  C25D3/567 ,  C25D5/34 ,  C25D7/00

Abstract: Contacts that may be highly corrosion resistant, less susceptible to wear, and may be readily manufactured with a process that controls or reduces resource usage. Corrosion resistance and wear performance may be improved by providing a thicker plating that has a reduced tendency to crack and by using materials that act as catalysts. Wear performance may be improved by reducing grain size for a harder plating. An amount of resources needed may be reduced or controlled by using materials that plate well and by using a manufacturing process having a reduced number of steps.