Adapter
Granted 26 May 2020 · no office action yet
Assignee: Compal Electronics
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Inventors: Yi-Hsuan Lin, Yun-Tung Pai, Jui-Hsien Chien, Han-Sheng Siao +2 · Examiner: Marie D. Fast Horse · AU 2918 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a front, right, top perspective…
FIG. 1 is a front, right, top perspective view of an adapter showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a rear, right, bottom perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a rear, right, top perspective view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 8 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 9 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 10 is a front, right, top perspective thereof with the upper member of the adapter opened relative to the lower member of the adapter;
FIG. 11 is a rear, right, bottom perspective view thereof with the upper member of the adapter opened relative to the lower member of the adapter;
FIG. 12 is a rear, right, top perspective view thereof with the upper member of the adapter opened relative to the lower member of the adapter;
FIG. 13 is a front view thereof with the upper member of the adapter opened relative to the lower member of the adapter;
FIG. 14 is a rear view thereof with the upper member of the adapter opened relative to the lower member of the adapter;
FIG. 15 is a left side view thereof with the upper member of the adapter opened relative to the lower member of the adapter;
FIG. 16 is a right side view thereof with the upper member of the adapter opened relative to the lower member of the adapter;
FIG. 17 is a top view thereof with the upper member of the adapter opened relative to the lower member of the adapter;
FIG. 18 is a bottom view thereof with the upper member of the adapter opened relative to the lower member of the adapter;
FIG. 19 is a perspective view thereof with the adapter clamped to a notebook computer in an open state;
FIG. 20 is an enlarged view of the portion, labeled ‘ 20 ’ of FIG. 19 ;
FIG. 21 is a perspective view thereof with the adapter clamped to a notebook computer in a closed state; and,
FIG. 22 is an enlarged view of the portion, labeled ‘ 22 ’ of FIG. 21 .
The broken lines consisting of a long dash and two short dashes depict reference to the enlargements shown in FIGS. 19-22 and form no part of the claim. The broken line consisting of long dash and one short dash defines the boundary of the claim, which extends to the boundary but does not include the boundary. The broken line showing the additional notebook computer in FIGS. 19-22 depict environmental subject matter only and form no part of the claim, while all other broken lines depict portions of the adapter that form no part of the claimed design.
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| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
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| USthis patent | US-D885390-S | S1 | 26 May 2020 | 29 Aug 2018 | granted | Adapter |
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| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
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| TW | TW-D204669-S | S | 11 May 2020 | 18 Feb 2019 | published | 轉接器zh |
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