Wirelessly electrically chargeable device having a coating that looks metallic

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10447063-B2
Application number	US-201615565718-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2016
Priority date	Apr 15, 2015
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

An electronic device, including at least one electronic component that can be used as an electrically and wirelessly chargeable terminal or as a transmitting device for such a terminal. The electronic device has a plastic surface that enables electromagnetic interaction between the electronic component and an external electronic component in the frequency range of 110 to 205 kHz. The plastic surface has a coating having a metallic appearance, wherein the coating includes at least one layer that looks metallic and at least one semiconductor material or at least one dielectric.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising at least an electronic component which can be used as an electrical and cordless rechargeable terminal or as a transmitter for such a terminal, wherein the electronic device has a plastic surface which provides an electromagnetic interaction between the electronic component and an external electronic component in the frequency range of 110 to 205 kHz, wherein the plastic surface has a coating with a metallic appearance, the coating comprising at least one metallic-looking layer which comprises at least one semiconductor material or at least one dielectric, wherein the color value of the metallic-looking coating in the CIE lab space is within the values for 20<L<98, −10<a<10, and −10<b<10, and wherein the thickness of the coating is configured to allow for semi-transparency, allowing for view of one or more light elements disposed under the coating.

2. Electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one metallic-looking layer consists of one or more semiconductor materials.

3. Electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one metallic-looking layer consists of one or more dielectrics.

4. Electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the coating is formed as a multilayer layer structure comprising two or more metallic-looking, alternately deposited layers, wherein at least one of the layers consists of one or several semiconductor materials and an overlying or underlying layer of one or more dielectrics.

5. Electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the layers comprising semiconductor material comprises silicon as a semiconductor material.

6. Electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the layers comprising the dielectric comprises silicon dioxide as the dielectric.

7. Electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the layer thickness of the metallic-looking layer or the total layer thickness of the metallic-looking layers is between 5 and 200 nm.

8. Electronic device according claim 1 , wherein the coating comprises at least one UV-curing lacquer between the plastic surface and the metallic-looking layer or layers.

9. Electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the coating comprises at least one lacquer as a topcoat for finishing the coating off against the environment, wherein the lacquer is a UV-curing or a semi-transparent colored two-component polyurethane lacquer.

10. Electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein it is a cordless rechargeable device according to the Qi standard.

11. Method for producing an electronic device having at least an electronic component which can be used as an electrical and cordless rechargeable terminal or as a transmitter for such a terminal, wherein the electronic device has a plastic surface which provides an electromagnetic interaction between the electronic component and an external electronic component in the frequency range of 110 to 205 kHz, and wherein the plastic surface has a coating with a metallic appearance, the coating comprising at least one metallic-looking layer which comprises at least one semiconductor material and at least one dielectric layer, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
providing a plastic surface of the electronic device;
generating a metallic color impression by depositing a metallic-looking layer by means of a PVD method, wherein the metallic-looking layer comprises the at least one semiconductor material and the at least one dielectric layer, wherein the color of the coating is adjusted by means of a combination of and the selection of the at least one semiconductor layer and the at least one dielectric layer in the form of a multilayer layer structure, and wherein the thickness of the coating is configured to allow for semi-transparency, allowing for view of one or more light elements disposed under the coating.

12. Method for producing an electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the method comprises the following steps:
applying a UV-curable lacquer as a layer onto the plastic surface and curing the UV-curable lacquer layer by means of predominantly UV radiation before the deposition of the metallic-looking layer;
and/or
applying a UV-curable lacquer or a semi-translucent colored two-component polyurethane lacquer as topcoat onto the metallic-looking layer
curing the topcoat by means of predominantly UV radiation.

13. Method for producing an electronic device having at least an electronic component which can be used as an electrical and cordless rechargeable terminal or as a transmitter for such a terminal, wherein the electronic device has a plastic surface which provides an electromagnetic interaction between the electronic component and an external electronic component in the frequency range of 110 to 205 kHz, and wherein the plastic surface has a coating with a metallic appearance, the coating comprising at least one metallic-looking layer which comprises at least one semiconductor material or at least one dielectric, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
providing a plastic surface of the electronic device;
generating a metallic color impression by depositing a metallic-looking layer by means of a PVD method, wherein the metallic-looking layer comprises at least one semiconductor material and at least one dielectric layer, wherein the color of the coated surface is adjusted by adapting the layer thickness of the coating or of the metallic-looking layer or of the multilayer layer structure, and wherein the thickness of the coating is configured to allow for semi-transparency, allowing for view of one or more light elements disposed under the coating.

Assignees

• Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag Pfaffikon
• Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag Pfaeffikon

Inventors

• Schaefer Ruediger

Classifications

• H02J50/70

  involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields · CPC title

• H02J50/20

  using microwaves or radio frequency waves · CPC title

• B05D3/067

  Curing or cross-linking the coating · CPC title

• B05D5/068

  achieved by multilayers (B05D5/066 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B05D2201/02

  Polymeric substrate · CPC title