Electronic devices with textured glass and glass ceramic components
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsAndi M. Limarga, Akanksha Agrawal, Albert Ochagavia Tobena, Jason P. Shannon
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Abstract
Electronic devices including a textured component such as a cover member positioned over one or more components of the electronic device. Different surface regions of the textured component may be textured differently in order to provide optical contrast. For example, differently textured surface regions may differ in gloss, translucency, or both. In some cases the cover member defines a protruding feature and a surface region of the protruding feature is textured differently than an adjacent surface region.
Claims20
A mobile phone comprising:
- a display;
- a set of camera modules;
- and
- an enclosure comprising:
- a housing;
- a front cover assembly coupled to the housing and positioned over the display;
- and
- a rear cover assembly coupled to the housing, comprising a glass cover member, and defining:
- a base surface region;
- a protruding feature comprising a raised surface region, the rear cover assembly producing optical contrast between the raised surface region and the base surface region;
- and
- a set of through-holes, each through-hole of the set of through-holes extending through the protruding feature and defining an opening at the raised surface region, each camera module of the set of camera modules extending at least partially into a respective through-hole of the set of through-holes.
A mobile phone comprising:
- a display;
- an enclosure enclosing the display and comprising:
- a housing;
- a first cover assembly coupled to the housing, defining a front surface of the mobile phone, and positioned over the display;
- and
- a second cover assembly coupled to the housing and comprising a glass cover member at least partially defining a protruding feature of the second cover assembly, the second cover assembly defining:
- a first surface region having a first gloss value;
- a second surface region of the protruding feature, the second surface region protruding with respect to the first surface region, defining a texture, and having a second gloss value that is lower than the first gloss value;
- and
- a set of through-holes extending through the protruding feature;
- and
- a set of camera modules, each camera module of the set of camera modules extending into a respective through-hole of the set of through-holes.
A mobile phone comprising:
- a display;
- a set of camera modules;
- and
- an enclosure comprising:
- a housing;
- a front cover assembly coupled to the housing and positioned over the display;
- and
- a rear cover assembly coupled to the housing and defining:
- a first surface region having a first gloss value;
- a protruding feature positioned over the camera assembly, at least partially surrounded by the first surface region, and comprising a second surface region having a second gloss value that is different from the first gloss value;
- and
- a set of openings, each camera module of the set of camera modules extending at least partially into a respective opening of the set of openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.