Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Logo features of a portable computer
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Application No.: US14832976Application Date: 2015-08-21
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Publication No.: US09989992B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Houtan R. Farahani , Hsinhan Wu , Lindsay D. Corbet , Hilbert T. Kwan , Katherine Spriggs , You Fu Tan
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: G09F7/16
- IPC: G09F7/16 ; G06F1/16

Abstract:
An enclosure for a portable computing device is disclosed. The enclosure includes an indicium (e.g., logo) positioned in an opening extending partially through the enclosure. The enclosure includes multiple material removal processes. First, a tool (e.g., laser ablation tool) can be used to ablate the opening defining an ablation having a shape or profile similar to that of the indicium. A second material removal process can remove a region within the ablation to define an indicium support. The second material removal process may be performed by a CNC cutting tool capable of forming the indicium support to a desired precision. As a result, when the indicium is secured with the indicium support, the indicium includes a desired flatness that prevents an undesired reflectivity. In order to ensure the indicium properly fits in the opening, a third material removal process may be performed to define an indention region around the opening.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160209870A1 LOGO FEATURES OF A PORTABLE COMPUTER Public/Granted day:2016-07-21
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