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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Max A. Maloney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dong-jin Sung, Woonsocket, RI (US);
Max A. Maloney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dong-Jin Sung, Woonsocket, RI (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments may generally take the form of systems and techniques for reducing or eliminating crazing in anodized metal. In particular, one embodiment may take the form of a method for sealing an anodized metal member including placing the anodized metal member in a sealing bath having water. The sealing bath initially has a first temperature that is less than a sealing temperature. The method also includes continuously heating the sealing bath to the sealing temperature, maintaining the bath at the sealing temperature for a period of time, and removing the anodized metal member from the sealing bath after the period of time has lapsed.