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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
May. 12, 2023
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
James A. Curran, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kar-Wai Hon, Taipei, TW;
Todd S. Mintz, San Jose, CA (US);
Isabel Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/04 (2006.01); C23C 28/00 (2006.01); C25D 11/08 (2006.01); C25D 11/10 (2006.01); C25D 11/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D 11/246 (2013.01); C23C 28/00 (2013.01); C23C 28/345 (2013.01); C25D 11/08 (2013.01); C25D 11/10 (2013.01); H05K 5/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An enclosure for an electronic device includes a titanium-aluminum clad substrate and an anodic oxide coating disposed on the titanium-aluminum clad substrate. The anodic oxide coating includes a density of between about 2.1 g/cmand about 2.4 g/cmor includes a maximum porosity between about 21% and about 31% and can be exposed to a temperature of over 150° C. without cracking or crazing.