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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
James A. Curran, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Hoishun Li, San Jose, CA (US);
Nathaniel A. Dixon, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B32B 5/14 (2006.01); B32B 15/04 (2006.01); B32B 15/20 (2006.01); C25D 11/18 (2006.01); H05K 5/04 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); C25D 11/14 (2006.01); C25D 11/02 (2006.01); C25D 11/16 (2006.01); C25D 11/24 (2006.01); B32B 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 15/043 (2013.01); B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 15/04 (2013.01); B32B 15/20 (2013.01); C25D 11/02 (2013.01); C25D 11/14 (2013.01); C25D 11/18 (2013.01); H05K 5/04 (2013.01); B32B 5/145 (2013.01); B32B 5/147 (2013.01); B32B 33/00 (2013.01); B32B 2307/20 (2013.01); B32B 2307/40 (2013.01); B32B 2307/402 (2013.01); B32B 2307/714 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7265 (2013.01); B32B 2307/752 (2013.01); B32B 2311/24 (2013.01); B32B 2457/00 (2013.01); C25D 11/16 (2013.01); C25D 11/243 (2013.01); H05K 5/0243 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24273 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24331 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24339 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24942 (2015.01); Y10T 428/249956 (2015.04);
Abstract
This application relates to an enclosure for a portable electronic device. The enclosure includes a metal substrate and a dehydrated anodized layer overlaying the metal substrate. The dehydrated anodized layer includes pores having openings that extend from an external surface of the dehydrated anodized layer and towards the metal substrate, and a metal oxide material that plugs the openings of the pores, where a concentration of the metal oxide material is between about 3 wt % to about 10 wt %.