USPatent applicationPatented

Connector

Granted 24 Aug 2021 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Shota Aoyagi, Mikael Silvanto, Jeremy Bataillou, Eugene Antony Whang +16 · Examiner: Kendra Leslie Hamilton · AU 2912 · TC 2900

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29/678,447
filed 29 Jan 2019
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Patent
US D928715
granted 24 Aug 2021

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, left perspective…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, left perspective view of a connector showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof, the rear view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom view being identical thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view thereof.

The equal-length broken lines depict portions of the connector that form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot-dash broken lines depict boundaries of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/147

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Kendra Leslie Hamilton
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