Magnetic connector

Akana , et al. June 14, 2

Patent Grant D639748

U.S. patent number D639,748 [Application Number D/379,391] was granted by the patent office on 2011-06-14 for magnetic connector. This patent grant is currently assigned to Apple Inc.. Invention is credited to Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.


United States Patent D639,748
Akana ,   et al. June 14, 2011

Magnetic connector

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a magnetic connector, as shown and described.
Inventors: Akana; Jody (San Francisco, CA), Andre; Bartley K. (Menlo Park, CA), Bataillou; Jeremy (San Francisco, CA), Coster; Daniel J. (San Francisco, CA), De Iuliis; Daniele (San Francisco, CA), Hankey; Evans (San Francisco, CA), Howarth; Richard P. (San Francisco, CA), Ive; Jonathan P. (San Francisco, CA), Kerr; Duncan Robert (San Francisco, CA), Nishibori; Shin (Portola Valley, CA), Rohrbach; Matthew Dean (San Francisco, CA), Russell-Clarke; Peter (San Francisco, CA), Stringer; Christopher J. (Woodside, CA), Whang; Eugene Antony (San Francisco, CA), Zorkendorfer; Rico (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Appl. No.: D/379,391
Filed: November 18, 2010

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
29345272 Oct 13, 2009 D629752

Current U.S. Class: D13/154
Current International Class: 1303
Field of Search: ;D13/133,146-147,154,184 ;439/38,39,40,129,180,266,269.1,350,352,378,379,380,381,476.1,607.23,607.55,626,660,680,682,894

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Other References

Apple Inc., MacBook Pro, www.apple.com, available as early as Jan. 14, 2006. cited by other .
U.S. Appl. No. 29/362,038 entitled "Connector" filed May 19, 2010. cited by other .
U.S. Appl. No. 29/375,909 entitled "Connector" filed Sep. 29, 2010. cited by other .
U.S. Appl. No. 29/378,752 entitled "Connector" filed Nov. 9, 2010. cited by other.

Primary Examiner: Bui; Daniel D
Attorney, Agent or Firm: SAIDMAN DesignLaw Group

Description



FIG. 1 is a bottom, side perspective view of a magnetic connector showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is top, side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left-side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right-side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is top view thereof.

The dashed broken lines illustrate portions of the magnetic connector, and the dot-dash broken lines represent an unclaimed boundary; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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