Housing module for an electronic device

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a housing module for an electronic device showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top 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 portions of the housing module for an electronic device that form no part of the claimed design.

The oblique shade lines in the figures show transparency or translucency.

Claims

The ornamental design for a housing module for an electronic device, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D947853
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 2, 2021
Date of Patent: Apr 5, 2022
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 Bataiilou (San Francisco, CA), Daniele De Iuliis (San Francisco, CA), Markus Diebel (San Francisco, CA), M. Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Julian Hoenig (San Francisco, CA), Lee E. Hooton (Ridge, NY), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan P. Ive (San Francisco, CA), Julian Jaede (San Francisco, CA), Daniel W. Jarvis (Sunnyvale, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Robert F. Meyer (Palo Alto, CA), David A. Pakula (San Francisco, CA), Michael D. Quinones (Campbell, CA), Marwan Rammah (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Jose, CA), Mikael Silvanto (San Francisco, CA), Ian Spraggs (San Francisco, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Joe Sung Ho Tan (Vienna), Tang Yew Tan (San Francisco, CA), Clement Tissandier (San Francisco, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Austin Murphy
Application Number: 29/802,000
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: For Computer (D14/439)