Magnetic connector

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a bottom, side perspective view of a magnetic connector showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is top, side 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 bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is top view thereof.

The dashed broken lines illustrate portions of the magnetic connector, and the dot-dash broken lines represent an unclaimed boundary; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D639748
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 18, 2010
Date of Patent: Jun 14, 2011
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Menlo Park, CA), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco, CA), Daniel J. Coster (San Francisco, CA), Daniele De Iuliis (San Francisco, CA), Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan P. Ive (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Shin Nishibori (Portola Valley, CA), Matthew Dean Rohrbach (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zorkendorfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Daniel D Bui
Attorney: SAIDMAN DesignLaw Group
Application Number: 29/379,391
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (D13/154)