US 11,885,994 B2
Dichroic glass for cosmetic appeal in an electronic device
Evans Hankey, San Francisco, CA (US); Ron Moller, Los Gatos, CA (US); Jody Akana, San Francisco, CA (US); Mike Pilliod, Venice, CA (US); Michael Holmberg, Cupertino, CA (US); and Peter Russell-Clarke, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/617,825.
Application 15/617,825 is a continuation of application No. 12/971,963, filed on Dec. 17, 2010, granted, now 9,678,258.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/310,416, filed on Mar. 4, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/287,422, filed on Dec. 17, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2017/0307795 A1, Oct. 26, 2017
Int. Cl. G02B 5/26 (2006.01); G02B 5/28 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 5/26 (2013.01) [G02B 5/286 (2013.01); H04M 1/0283 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24752 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24868 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24926 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A glass window for use in an electronic device, comprising:
a glass plate comprising a first planar surface and second planar surface, the first planar surface opposite from the second planar surface;
an opaque layer applied to a first region of the first planar surface of the glass plate;
a discontinuous dichroic layer deposited on a second region of the first planar surface and the opaque layer, a portion of the discontinuous dichroic layer deposited on the second region:
comprising a stack of at least partially overlapping layers, the stack of at least partially overlapping layers including at least one of a metal layer or a metal oxide laver;
defining a color gradient that extends along the second region of the first planar surface; and
defining a first surface facing the first planar surface of the glass plate and a second surface opposite the first surface; and
an opaque ink layer applied to the second surface of the discontinuous dichroic layer.