ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,748, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Optical component with embedded mask" was invented by Alan Kleiman-Shwarsctein (Santa Clara, Calif.), Alexander Feldman (Los Altos, Calif.) and Adar Magen (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass optical component with embedded mask may be formed from multiple, discrete glass member components using a non-adhesive bonding process. A black mask may be created at a surface of a first member component using a deposition or a printing-and-sintering process. A backfill coating may then be applied to and then polished at the surface of the first membe...