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Charging module

Granted 22 Nov 2022 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Shota Aoyagi, Bartley K. Andre, Clement Tissandier, Peter Russell-Clarke +17 · Examiner: Christy Nemeth · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application
29/818,039
filed 6 Dec 2021
Publication
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US D970434
granted 22 Nov 2022

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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 charging module showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left 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 charging module 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
D13/107

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D937765-SS17 Dec 202131 Jul 2020grantedCharging module
USthis patentUS-D970434-SS122 Nov 20226 Dec 2021grantedCharging module
USUS-D1060224-SS14 Feb 202521 Nov 2022grantedCharging module
JPJP-1697141-SS18 Oct 20211 Feb 2021grantedno title held
JPJP-1697719-SS18 Oct 20211 Feb 2021grantedno title held
›Other offices — 4 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-200915-SS10 Jun 202229 Jan 2021grantedCharging module for electronic device
CACA-200916-SS13 Sep 202229 Jan 2021grantedCharging module for electronic device
TWTW-D217256-SS21 Feb 202229 Jan 2021published充電模組zh
TWTW-D217257-SS21 Feb 202229 Jan 2021publishedCharging module

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