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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Lucy E. Browning, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen B. Lynch, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Christopher D. Prest, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter N. Russell-Clarke, San Francisco, CA (US);
Masashige Tatebe, Kakogawa, JP;
Michael S. Nashner, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel T. McDonald, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian S. Tryon, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jody R. Akana, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The embodiments described herein relate to forming anodized films that have a white appearance. In some embodiments, an anodized film having pores with light diffusing pore walls created by varying the current density during an anodizing process is described. In some embodiments, an anodized film having light diffusing micro-cracks created by a laser cracking procedure is described. In some embodiments, a sputtered layer of light diffusing aluminum is provided below an anodized film. In some embodiments, light diffusing particles are infused within openings of an anodized layer.