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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertno, CA (US);
Todd F. Gotham, Campbell, CA (US);
Andrew David Lauder, Oxford, GB;
Tang Yew Tan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Erik L. Wang, Redwood City, CA (US);
Phillip Michael Hobson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Saratoga, CA (US);
Christopher Stringer, Woodside, CA (US);
Richard Howarth, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Ternus, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Rico Zorkendorfer, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Electronic devices are provided with a protective housing having one or more housing components. A housing component can be formed from a single sheet of material to appear as if the housing component had been formed from a hollowed out solid block of material. The sheet of material may be deep drawn, forged, and machined to form the housing component. One or more holes may be formed through a portion of the housing component to provide an I/O interface.