Connector
- Apple
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Description
The broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the connector that 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: D1132883
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 20, 2024
Date of Patent: Jul 7, 2026
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (Los Altos Hills, CA), Molly Anderson (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Los Gatos, 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), Richard P. Howarth (Lake Forest, IL), 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: Amanda Christensen
Application Number: 29/974,050
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 20, 2024
Date of Patent: Jul 7, 2026
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (Los Altos Hills, CA), Molly Anderson (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Los Gatos, 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), Richard P. Howarth (Lake Forest, IL), 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: Amanda Christensen
Application Number: 29/974,050
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