Apple Inc.

Tushar S Deshpande

Jody R Akana

Matthew D Hill

Benjamin J Pope

John J Baker

Tyler B Cater

Masashige Tatebe

Marta M Giachino

Yaocheng Zhang

Kevin M Froese

Paul U Leutheuser

Takahiro Oshima

Palaniappan Chinnakaruppan

Jun Sik Ham

Kenichi Nakajima

Kai Wu

Shigehiro Sanichi

Sean Suri

Koji Takano

A glass member for a housing of an electronic device may include an aluminosilicate glass substrate defining a first surface of the glass member, the first surface having a first surface roughness, a fused composite coating bonded to a portion of the aluminosilicate glass substrate and defining a second surface of the glass member, the second surface having a second surface roughness greater than the first surface roughness, a first ion-exchanged layer extending into the glass member and through the fused composite coating, and a second ion-exchanged layer extending into the glass member from the first surface. The fused composite coating may include an amorphous glass matrix and a crystalline material dispersed in the amorphous glass matrix.

Chemically strengthened and textured glass housing member

A portable electronic device includes a housing member. The portable electronic device also includes a front cover coupled to the housing member and defining a top surface defining a portion of an exterior front surface of the portable electronic device, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, a peripheral side surface, and a chamfered edge extending from the bottom surface to the peripheral side surface. The portable electronic device further includes a display stack attached to the bottom surface of the front cover, an opaque coating positioned on at least a portion of each of the peripheral side surface, the chamfered edge, and the bottom surface and configured to absorb light emitted by the display stack, and a rear cover coupled to the housing member and defining a second portion of the exterior rear surface of the portable electronic device.

Handheld electronic device

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Tushar S Deshpande