Apple inc. (20250011914). COSMETIC FINISH FOR ALUMINUM ALLOYS
COSMETIC FINISH FOR ALUMINUM ALLOYS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Zechariah D. Feinberg of Austin TX US
Wai Man Raymund Kwok of Hong Kong HK
Lee E. Hooton of Massapequa NY US
James A. Curran of Sunnyvale CA US
Elizabeth Nicometo of Cupertino CA US
Brian S. Tryon of Redwood City CA US
Shinjita Acharya of Sunnyvale CA US
COSMETIC FINISH FOR ALUMINUM ALLOYS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250011914 titled 'COSMETIC FINISH FOR ALUMINUM ALLOYS
Original Abstract Submitted
non-cosmetic quality aluminum substrates are given a cosmetic finish by applying a pvd coating to the substrate. an enclosure for an electronic device can include an aluminum substrate including a 6000 series aluminum or 7000 series aluminum, a pvd coating disposed on the substrate, and a protective underlayer disposed between the aluminum substrate and the pvd coating.
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- Apple inc.
- Zechariah D. Feinberg of Austin TX US
- Wai Man Raymund Kwok of Hong Kong HK
- Lee E. Hooton of Massapequa NY US
- James A. Curran of Sunnyvale CA US
- Elizabeth Nicometo of Cupertino CA US
- Brian S. Tryon of Redwood City CA US
- Isabel Yang of San Jose CA US
- Shinjita Acharya of Sunnyvale CA US
- C23C14/02
- C23C14/06
- C23C18/16
- C23C18/32
- C23C18/48
- C23C28/00
- C25D3/38
- C25D5/44
- C25D11/04
- CPC C23C14/025