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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher J. Durning, Halifax, CA;
Michael W. Firka, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Dana Frankel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lee E. Hooton, Massapequa, NY (US);
James L. Johnston, Cupertino, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Kallman, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Justin Memar-Makhsous, Cupertino, CA (US);
Arian Monavvari, Cupertino, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Pope, Woodside, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A mobile phone may include a housing including a wall segment, the wall segment defining a through-hole extending therethrough, the wall segment including a cladding portion formed from a first metal. The cladding portion may define a portion of a side exterior surface of the mobile phone, and a first portion of the through-hole. The wall segment may further include a core portion coupled to the cladding portion and formed from a second metal different from the first metal, the core portion defining a counterbore hole extending through the core portion and aligned with the through-hole, and a lining structure formed of the first metal and positioned in the counterbore hole in the core portion and fused to the cladding portion at a fusion region, the lining structure defining a second portion of the through-hole.
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