US Patent Application 18447209. Seals for Optical Components simplified abstract

Seals for Optical Components

Organization Name

Apple Inc.==Inventor(s)==

[[Category:Zachary M Beiley of Oakland CA (US)]]

[[Category:Brent J Bollman of Alameda CA (US)]]

[[Category:Derrick T Carpenter of Superior CO (US)]]

[[Category:Benjamin P Cherniawski of Amherst MA (US)]]

[[Category:Boyi Fu of San Jose CA (US)]]

[[Category:Nathan K Gupta of Hillsborough CA (US)]]

[[Category:Wei Lin of Santa Clara CA (US)]]

[[Category:Graham C Nelson of San Diego CA (US)]]

[[Category:Isik I Nugay Ozel of San Diego CA (US)]]

[[Category:Zhipeng Pan of Milpitas CA (US)]]

[[Category:Alexander D Schlaupitz of Longmont CO (US)]]

[[Category:Kristina M Serratto of Burlingame CA (US)]]

[[Category:Ying-Da Wang of Taipei (TW)]]

[[Category:Da Yu of San Jose CA (US)]]

[[Category:Tyler A Marshall of Fremont CA (US)]]

Seals for Optical Components - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18447209 titled 'Seals for Optical Components

Simplified Explanation

- The patent application describes an electronic device with optical components that have transparent layers. - The transparent layers are made of glass and have inner and outer surfaces. - A polymer layer is placed between the inner surfaces of the glass layers. - A hermetic seal is formed around the periphery of each optical component to protect the polymer material. - The seal includes a moisture barrier layer attached to the glass layers. - The moisture barrier layer can be supported by an elastomeric buffer member. - The moisture barrier layer can be made of a metal film or a polymer layer coated with a moisture-impermeable coating. - The moisture-impermeable coating can be made of thin-film metal layers and/or thin-film dielectric layers.

Original Abstract Submitted

An electronic device may have optical components that each have first and second transparent layers such as first and second glass layers. The glass layers may have outer surfaces that face away from each other and inner surfaces that face towards each other. A polymer layer is formed between the inner surfaces of the glass layers. Along the periphery of each optical component, a hermetic seal is formed to protect the polymer material of the polymer layer. The seal may have a moisture barrier layer that is attached to the first and second glass layers. The moisture barrier layer may be supported by an elastomeric buffer member. The moisture barrier layer may be formed from metal film or a polymer layer or other substrate that is coated with a moisture-impermeable coating. The moisture-impermeable coating may be formed from one or more thin-film metal layers and/or one more thin-film dielectric layers.