Connector

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a connector showing the claimed design in an environment in which it may be used;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the figures show environment and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D1035283
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 17, 2021
Date of Patent: Jul 16, 2024
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (San Francisco, CA), Molly Anderson (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Palo Alto, CA), Shota Aoyagi (San Francisco, CA), Anthony Michael Ashcroft (San Francisco, CA), Marine C. Bataille (San Francisco, CA), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco, CA), Abidur Rahman Chowdhury (San Francisco, CA), Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne (Palo Alto, CA), Markus Diebel (San Francisco, CA), Alexandre B. Girard (Sunnyvale, CA), Jonathan Gomez Garcia (San Francisco, CA), M. Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Anne-Marie Heck (San Francisco, CA), Moises Hernandez Hernandez (Palo Alto, CA), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Julian Jaede (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Kainoa Kwon-Perez (San Francisco, CA), Nicolas Pedro Lylyk (Los Gatos, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Jose, CA), Clement Tissandier (San Francisco, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: April Rivas
Assistant Examiner: Jillian Mazzola
Application Number: 29/815,825
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D3/318; Cordless Appliance Type (D13/108)