Patent ID: 9089932
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B23K,H04M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A housing component for an electronic device, the housing component comprising: a cavity sized and shaped to accommodate an input/output (“I/O”) component therein, the cavity having an inner surface which is adjacent to the I/O component; and a plurality of holes formed through the housing component, the plurality of holes providing a plurality of passageways from an outer surface of the housing component to the inner surface of the cavity, wherein the I/O component is configured to interact with an entity external to the housing component via the plurality of passageways, the plurality of holes positioned with respect to the I/O component so as to allow passage of sound or light between the I/O component and the entity through the plurality of holes, wherein at least surfaces of the housing component surrounding the plurality of passageways have an anodization layer formed thereon.