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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
James A. Curran, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zechariah D. Feinberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Todd S. Mintz, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/04 (2006.01); C25D 11/26 (2006.01); H01R 13/506 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); C23C 8/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/04 (2013.01); C23C 8/24 (2013.01); C25D 11/26 (2013.01); H01R 13/506 (2013.01); H05K 5/0004 (2013.01);
Abstract
This application relates to an enclosure for a portable electronic device. The enclosure includes a titanium substrate having interstitial nitrogen atoms, where the titanium substrate is characterized as having an a* value that is less than 1, a b* value that is less than 5, and an L* value that is more than 70.