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Actuator for a portable electronic device

Granted 7 Mar 2006 · no office action yet

Assignee: Microsoft Corporation

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Inventors: Carl J. Ledbetter, Daniel G. O'Neil, Kabir Siddiqui · Examiner: Jeffrey Asch · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/189,763
filed 11 Sep 2003
Publication
Not published
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US D516565
granted 7 Mar 2006

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of an actuator for a portable electronic device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a second perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof with the opposite plan view being identical in appearance; and,

FIG. 4 is a third perspective view thereof showing the actuator within a disclaimed exemplary portable electronic device.

The broken line representation of the rounded rectangular regions and end portions in all of the figures and the remainder of the portable electronic device in FIG. 4 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design. The contrast in shading techniques represents a contrast in appearance and does not represent any specific color, material or texture.

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Claims

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Classifications

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D14/439D14/257D14/456D14/247D14/341

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