Connector

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top view of a connector showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top front perspective view of a portion thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof,

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a side view thereof, the other side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top front perspective view of another end of the connector of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a top view thereof, the bottom view being a mirror image thereof,

FIG. 12 is a side view thereof, the other side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 13 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 14 is a rear view thereof.

The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the connector that form no part of the claimed design.

The shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

Claims

The ornamental design for a connector, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D694243
Type: Grant
Filed: May 30, 2013
Date of Patent: Nov 26, 2013
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Palo Alto, CA), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco, CA), Daniel J. Coster (San Francisco, CA), Daniele De Iuliis (San Francisco, CA), M. Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Julian Hoenig (San Francisco, CA), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan P. Ive (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Shin Nishibori (Kailua, HI), Matthew Dean Rohrbach (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Austin Murphy
Application Number: 29/456,394
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Adapter, Connector Or Coupler (D14/433)