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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
Kuo-hua Sung, San Jose, CA (US);
Troy Edwards, San Jose, CA (US);
Casey Feinstein, San Jose, CA (US);
John Zhong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Steven Porter Hotelling, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Andrew David Lauder, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kuo-Hua Sung, San Jose, CA (US);
Troy Edwards, San Jose, CA (US);
Casey Feinstein, San Jose, CA (US);
John Zhong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Steven Porter Hotelling, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Andrew David Lauder, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of laminating a surface of a flexible material to a surface of a rigid, curved material. The method includes pressing an area of the surface of the flexible material into the surface of the rigid, curved material with a holder to create a contact area while the flexible material is conformed to the holder, which has a curvature greater than a curvature of the rigid, curved material surface; and changing the contact area between the surface of the flexible material and the surface of the rigid, curved material while maintaining pressure on the contact area until the surface of the flexible material and the surface of the rigid curved material are laminated.