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;

FIG. 8 is top view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a bottom, side perspective view of a second embodiment thereof;

FIG. 10 is top, side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a left-side view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a right-side view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 16 is top view thereof.

The broken lines illustrate portions of the magnetic connector and form no part of the claimed design. The gray shading on a portion of the magnetic connector represents a metallic surface.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D685742
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 8, 2011
Date of Patent: Jul 9, 2013
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 Bui
Application Number: 29/389,284