US 12,470,645 B2
Electronic device enclosure having a molded structure and a porous metallic structure
Lee E. Hooton, New York, NY (US); and Alexander W. Williams, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/223,337.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/390,961, filed on Jul. 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0031460 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01); H05K 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0202 (2013.01) [H05K 5/03 (2013.01); H05K 5/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a display; and
an enclosure defining an internal cavity and including:
a housing comprising:
a first metal housing member defining a first portion of an exterior surface of the housing;
a first metallic coating defining a first pore network and disposed along an interior surface of the first metal housing member;
a second metal housing member defining a second portion of the exterior surface of the housing;
a second metallic coating defining a second pore network and disposed along an interior surface of the second metal housing member; and
a dielectric member defining a third portion of the exterior surface of the housing and extending into pores of the first pore network and the second pore network; and
a front cover coupled to the housing and defining a transparent window positioned over the display.