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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher D. Prest, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dale N. Memering, San Fransisco, CA (US);
David A. Pakula, San Fransisco, CA (US);
Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vincent Yan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jason Huey, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 33/06 (2006.01); C30B 29/30 (2006.01); B32B 9/00 (2006.01); B32B 3/02 (2006.01); B32B 7/00 (2006.01); B32B 18/00 (2006.01); B32B 7/02 (2006.01); B32B 17/10 (2006.01); C04B 35/115 (2006.01); C03C 27/00 (2006.01); C04B 37/00 (2006.01); C04B 37/04 (2006.01); C30B 29/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/002 (2013.01); B32B 3/02 (2013.01); B32B 7/00 (2013.01); B32B 7/02 (2013.01); B32B 17/10 (2013.01); B32B 17/10045 (2013.01); B32B 17/10119 (2013.01); B32B 17/10733 (2013.01); B32B 18/00 (2013.01); C03C 27/00 (2013.01); C04B 35/115 (2013.01); C04B 37/001 (2013.01); C04B 37/008 (2013.01); C04B 37/047 (2013.01); C30B 29/20 (2013.01); C30B 33/06 (2013.01); B32B 2307/412 (2013.01); C04B 2235/76 (2013.01); C04B 2235/787 (2013.01); C04B 2237/343 (2013.01); C04B 2237/52 (2013.01); C04B 2237/704 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24488 (2015.01);
Abstract
Various sapphire and laminate structures are discussed herein. One embodiment may take the form of a sapphire structure having a first sapphire sheet with a first sapphire plane type forming the major surface and a second sapphire sheet having a second different sapphire plane type forming the major surface. The first and second sapphire sheets are fused together to form the sapphire structure.