Actuator for a portable electronic device

Description

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

FIG. 2 is a second perspective view thereof;

FIGS. 3 and 4 are perspective views of the actuator in isolation; and,

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the actuator in isolation.

The broken line showing of a portion of a portable electronic device in FIGS. 1 and 2 is included for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for an actuator for a portable electronic device, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	O'Neil; Daniel G. (Seattle, WA), Ledbetter; Carl J. (Mercer Island, WA), Siddiqui; Kabir (Sammamish, WA)
Assignee:	Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)
Appl. No.:	D/189,764
Filed:	September 11, 2003

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Current U.S. Class:	D14/247; D14/257; D14/439; D14/456
Current International Class:	1403
Field of Search:	;D14/137,138,147-148,247-248,217,402,144,257,258,218,341-347,400,401 ;379/433.01-433.13,434 ;D21/517,329,331,333 ;455/575.3,566,575.1,575.4,575.6,556.1,556.2 ;345/169,184 ;D13/174,175,168 ;200/4,570,14,18,11TW

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Primary Examiner: Asch; Jeffrey
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.