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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
May. 21, 2024
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew J. Cheung, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Burak Metin, San Jose, CA (US);
Martin J. Auclair, Campbell, CA (US);
Hongsheng Lin, Singapore, SG;
Huai Z. Yang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jurgen Shestani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Logan M. Ames, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alistair F. Moras, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/04 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2025.01); H05K 5/06 (2006.01); H05K 5/13 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/04 (2013.01); H05K 5/069 (2013.01); H05K 5/13 (2025.01); Y10T 428/24273 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24298 (2015.01);
Abstract
To eliminate galvanic corrosion, a housing includes a clad material. The clad material includes an interior metal disposed within an exterior metal. The exterior metal is different from the interior metal. The housing further includes a clad interface and a melt interface. The melt interface includes a layer of hardened flux disposed on a portion of the interior metal.