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Connector

Granted 26 May 2020 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Daniele De Iuliis, Richard P. Howarth, Julian Hoenig, Jonathan P. Ive +16 · Examiner: Cynthia R Underwood · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/655,859
filed 9 Jul 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D885398
granted 26 May 2020

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a connector showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 6 .

The dashed broken lines in the figures show environment portions of the connector that form no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dash broken lines in the figures show boundaries that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/440

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Examiner
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art unit 2918 · TC 2900
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