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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael S. Nashner, San Jose, CA (US);
Erica K. Block, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shota Aoyagi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/352 (2014.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/0243 (2013.01); B23K 26/352 (2015.10); H05K 5/0086 (2013.01);
Abstract
A housing for an electronic device is disclosed. A surface of the housing includes a laser-formed marking. The marking comprises a plurality of laser-formed pixels and may include a grayscale image. Electronic devices including the laser-marked housings and techniques for laser-marking the housings are also disclosed.