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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew J. Meschke, Cupertino, CA (US);
Thomas Johannessen, San Jose, CA (US);
William A. Counts, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 23/03 (2006.01); C03B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 23/0302 (2013.01); C03B 23/006 (2013.01); C03B 23/0307 (2013.01); C03B 2201/32 (2013.01); C03B 2215/406 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for making glass components for electronic devices are disclosed. The techniques disclosed herein can be used to modify a glass workpiece to form a three-dimensional glass component, such as a glass cover member. The techniques may involve reshaping the glass workpiece, fusing glass layers of the workpiece, or combinations of these. Glass components and electronic devices including these components are also disclosed.