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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque, Gloucester, CA;
Sarah J. Montplaisir, Cupertino, CA (US);
Collin D. Chan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/00 (2014.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01); H05K 5/04 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); B24C 1/06 (2006.01); B24C 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/03 (2013.01); B23K 26/0084 (2013.01); B24C 1/06 (2013.01); B24C 1/08 (2013.01); H05K 5/0004 (2013.01); H05K 5/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing an enclosure for an electronic device using laser texturing to create a first surface having different surface characteristics than a second surface adjacent to the first surface.