US 12,442,953 B2
Optical lens
Christopher D. Jones, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/817,351.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/261,410, filed on Sep. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0100047 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 1/02 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 1/02 (2013.01) [G02B 3/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical lens, comprising:
a first transparent portion;
a second transparent portion;
an opaque metal barrier separating the first transparent portion from the second transparent portion; and
a transition zone between the opaque metal barrier and the first transparent portion;
wherein;
the opaque metal barrier is bonded directly to the first transparent portion and the second transparent portion via aluminum-oxide (Al—O) bonds; and
the transition zone comprises the Al—O bonds.