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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Colin M. Ely, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dale N. Memering, Langhorne, PA (US);
Kazuya Takagi, Tokyo-to, JP;
Naoto Matsuyuki, Tokyo-to, JP;
Theodore A. Waniuk, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/02 (2006.01); C04B 35/48 (2006.01); C04B 35/64 (2006.01); C09C 1/00 (2006.01); C04B 35/486 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/0217 (2013.01); C04B 35/48 (2013.01); C04B 35/486 (2013.01); C04B 35/64 (2013.01); C09C 1/0009 (2013.01); C04B 2235/3244 (2013.01); C04B 2235/3262 (2013.01); C04B 2235/3275 (2013.01); C04B 2235/6567 (2013.01); C04B 2235/661 (2013.01); C04B 2235/9661 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a housing of an electronic device includes determining a sintering profile configured to produce a selected color at a selected depth within a wall of the housing, sintering a ceramic housing precursor in accordance with the determined sintering profile, thereby forming the housing, and removing material from the housing up to the selected depth.