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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph C. Poole, Hayward, CA (US);
Christopher D. Prest, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kyle J. Nekimken, San Jose, CA (US);
Samuel O. Schneider, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/0072 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); C03C 2217/76 (2013.01); G02F 2201/56 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04809 (2013.01);
Abstract
A glass component of an electronic device housing may define a textured surface having micro-scale tactile friction features that provide a specified friction between a user's finger and the glass component. More specifically, the tactile friction features may reduce a contact surface area that is in contact with the user's finger in order to produce a reduced or specified coefficient of friction.