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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
James A. Curran, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
James A. Dean, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Todd S. Mintz, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D 11/24 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/04 (2006.01); B32B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D 11/243 (2013.01); H05K 5/0243 (2013.01); H05K 5/04 (2013.01); B32B 15/00 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24917 (2015.01);
Abstract
This application relates to an enclosure for a portable electronic device. The enclosure includes an aluminum alloy substrate and an anodized layer overlaying and formed from the aluminum alloy substrate. The anodized layer includes pores, where the pores include (i) dye particles that impart the anodized layer with a color, and (ii) divalent metal cations.