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The United States Patent and Trademark Office officially announced a new patent granted to Apple. The patent is a plastic metal bonding process. Specifically, it uses a reinforced adhesive material to fill the pores of the metal to bond the plastic parts more firmly to the metal surface. Compared with metal only, the use of plastic metal bonding components can make the product more durable and waterproof.
Apple's latest plastic metal bonding process patent exposure. Thermoplastic surface makes the product more waterproof, durable, and beautiful. In some portable electronic devices, thermoplastic parts can be directly molded on the metal surface to provide better waterproof function for the device and make the product surface more beautiful.
Since the waterproof thermoplastic surface can prevent the rust of electronic components, and at the same time, it is resistant to corrosion. Therefore, using a thermoplastic surface can be more suitable than some metal surfaces that are easy to rust and corrode.
To protect metal surfaces and electronic components, a water-tight sealing device is also required between the thermoplastic material layer and the metal casing of the device.
For the housing structure of electronic equipment, the water-sealed structure is very useful, because it can prevent the components inside the housing from getting wet.
In addition to providing waterproof or other liquid penetration resistance, the strong adhesion between the materials can also provide impact resistance for electronic devices to a certain extent, therefore, Apple's enhanced metal-plastic bonding process can make the product more strong and sturdy.
