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 oblique shade lines in the figures show transparency or translucency.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the housing module for an electronic device that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D957399
Type: Grant
Filed: May 18, 2018
Date of Patent: Jul 12, 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 Bataillou (San Francisco, CA), James A. Bertin (San Jose, CA), Daniele De Iuliis (San Francisco, CA), Markus Diebel (San Francisco, CA), David J. Dunsmoor (San Jose, CA), M. Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Matthew David Hill (Santa Clara, CA), Julian Hoenig (San Francisco, CA), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Stoyan P. Hristov (San Jose, CA), Jonathan P. Ive (San Francisco, CA), Julian Jaede (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), David A. Pakula (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 (San Francisco, CA), Tang Yew Tan (San Francisco, CA), Clement Tissandier (San Francisco, CA), Melissa A. Wah (San Jose, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Barbara Fox
Assistant Examiner: Aram Kwon
Application Number: 29/648,094
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: For Computer (D14/439)