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公开(公告)号:US20210011516A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-14
申请号:US17032892
申请日:2020-09-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Christopher D. Jones , Dale N. Memering , Christopher C, Bartlow
IPC: G06F1/16 , G02F1/1333 , G09F9/30 , H05K1/03 , H05K1/02
Abstract: Electronic devices including a display layer and a cover layer including a foldable region are disclosed herein. The display layer and the cover layer are configured to be moved between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration by bending the cover layer along the foldable region. Methods of making a cover layer for an electronic device are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20190391326A1
公开(公告)日:2019-12-26
申请号:US16561250
申请日:2019-09-05
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Tseng-Mau Yang , Christopher D. Prest , Dale N. Memering
Abstract: A display may have an array of display pixels that generate an image. A coherent fiber bundle may be mounted on the display pixels. The coherent fiber bundle may have a first surface that is adjacent to the display pixels and a second surface that is visible to a viewer. The coherent fiber bundle may contain fibers that carry light from the first surface to the second surface. The second surface may be planar or may have a central planar region and curved edge regions that run along opposing sides of the central planar region. The fibers may have cross-sectional surface areas with a first aspect ratio on the first surface and a second aspect ratio that is greater than the first aspect ratio on the second surface.
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公开(公告)号:US20190023611A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-24
申请号:US16143119
申请日:2018-09-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Victor Luzzato , Christopher D. Prest , Dale N. Memering , Matthew S. Rogers
IPC: C03C21/00
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20180292864A1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-11
申请号:US16006714
申请日:2018-06-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Christopher D. Prest , Tseng-Mau Yang , Dale N. Memering
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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公开(公告)号:US10067535B2
公开(公告)日:2018-09-04
申请号:US13631141
申请日:2012-09-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Christopher D. Prest , Tseng-Mau Yang , Dale N. Memering
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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公开(公告)号:US20180079686A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-22
申请号:US15614747
申请日:2017-06-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Naoto Matsuyuki , Dale N. Memering , Theodore A. Waniuk , Kazuya Takagi , Colin M. Ely
CPC classification number: H05K5/0004 , B24C1/04 , B24C1/06 , B24C1/08 , B24C11/00 , C04B35/486 , C04B41/009 , C04B41/53 , C04B41/91 , C04B2235/3225 , C04B2235/76 , C04B2235/765 , C04B2235/963 , H01L23/06 , H04M1/0202 , H04M1/0283 , H04M1/18 , H04M1/185 , H05K5/0017 , H05K5/02 , H05K5/0247 , C04B35/48
Abstract: A housing for a portable electronic device is disclosed. The housing is composed of yttria-sensitized zirconia. Yttria-sensitized zirconia has from about 1.5 to about 2.5 mole percent yttria, and more typically about 2 mole percent yttria, and most typically 2 mole percent yttria, in zirconia. Yttria-sensitized zirconia is both tough and able to limit the formation and propagation of micro-cracks. Methods for manufacturing yttria-sensitized zirconia composed housings are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20180070463A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-08
申请号:US15371121
申请日:2016-12-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Colin M. Ely , Dale N. Memering , Kazuya Takagi , Naoto Matsuyuki , Theodore A. Waniuk
IPC: H05K5/00 , C04B35/626 , C04B35/63 , C04B35/628 , C04B35/64 , C04B35/48 , B28B11/00 , B28B11/24 , B28B11/04 , H05K5/02 , H04B1/3888
CPC classification number: H04B1/3888 , B28B11/001 , B28B11/045 , B28B11/243 , C04B41/009 , C04B41/4572 , C04B41/81 , C04B2111/82 , C04B35/00 , C04B38/00 , C04B35/48 , C04B41/4515 , C04B41/4539 , C04B2103/54
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a housing of an electronic device includes applying a mask to a portion of a ceramic green body to define a masked portion and an unmasked portion, applying a pigment to the ceramic green body to color the unmasked portion, and sintering the ceramic green body to remove the mask and form a ceramic housing. The ceramic housing may comprise a first portion corresponding to the masked portion and having a first color, and a second portion corresponding to the unmasked portion and having a second color different from the first color.
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公开(公告)号:US20180014781A1
公开(公告)日:2018-01-18
申请号:US15650744
申请日:2017-07-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Adam T. Clavelle , Maegan K. Spencer , Jaden Alyssa Barney , Dale N. Memering , Ueyn L. Block , Paul D. Mannheimer
IPC: A61B5/00 , A61B5/1455
Abstract: An integrated window for a photosensor for use in an electronic device has first and second transparent regions separated by an opaque region. The first transparent region allows a transmitter to emit light out of the housing of the electronic device and the second transparent region allows a receiver to receive light through the housing. The opaque region is disposed between the first and second transparent regions to isolate them from one another such that the transmitted light is isolated from the received light.
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公开(公告)号:US09863927B2
公开(公告)日:2018-01-09
申请号:US14175845
申请日:2014-02-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Dale N. Memering , Matthew S. Rogers , Scott A. Myers
IPC: G01N33/38 , G01N21/958 , G01B21/20
CPC classification number: G01N33/385 , G01B21/20 , G01N21/958
Abstract: A method of inspecting and forming sapphire structures. The method of inspecting a sapphire structure may include providing an annealed sapphire structure, and measuring a profile of at least a portion of the annealed sapphire structure. The profile of at least the portion of the annealed sapphire structure may be measured using a non-x-ray based measuring device. Additionally, the method of inspecting may include identifying a defect within at least a portion of the measured profile of the annealed sapphire structure.
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公开(公告)号:US09828668B2
公开(公告)日:2017-11-28
申请号:US14239742
申请日:2013-02-12
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Dale N. Memering , Scott A. Myers , Douglas J. Weber
CPC classification number: C23C14/48 , C23C14/081 , C23C14/5806 , C30B29/20 , C30B31/22 , C30B33/00 , H01J37/3171 , H01J37/32899 , H01J2237/3365
Abstract: Systems and methods for strengthening a sapphire part are described herein. One embodiment may take the form of a method including orienting a first surface of a sapphire member relative to an ion implantation device and performing a first implantation step. The implanting step may include directing ions at the first surface of the sapphire member to embed them under the first surface. The systems and methods may also include one or more of heating the sapphire member to diffuse the implanted ions into deeper layers of sapphire member, cooling the sapphire member, and performing at least a second implantation step directing ions at the first surface of the sapphire member to embed the ions under the first surface.
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