Patent ID: 11895812
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method of manufacturing a computing component, comprising:
positioning a cosmetic prefabricated sheet of material including a cosmetic surface and a protrusion surface;
using Selective Laser Melting (SLM):
forming, on the protrusion surface of the cosmetic prefabricated sheet of material, a protrusion having a plurality of layers and being configured as an attachment point or a structural reinforcement for a computing device component; forming the protrusion including:
forming an innermost layer of the protrusion on the protrusion surface of the cosmetic prefabricated sheet of material, the innermost layer comprising a base of the protrusion; and
forming an outermost layer of the protrusion above the innermost layer, the outermost layer of the protrusion comprising an end of the protrusion.