公开(公告)号：US11612226B1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-28

申请号：US16988471

申请日：2020-08-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tirshathah A. Hunter ,  Seul Bi Kim ,  Nicholas A. Treadwell ,  Johan E. Lyon ,  Erik G. de Jong

IPC: A45C11/32 ,  A45C11/00 ,  A45F5/02 ,  A45F5/00 ,  A45C13/34

Abstract: A case for a round electronic device may have a device holding portion and an attachment portion for attaching the case to an item such as a suitcase or a key chain. The case may include upper and lower case portions that form a pocket. On a first side of the pocket, the upper and lower case portions may be stitched together or may be integrally formed. On a second side of the pocket, a snap may attach the upper case portion to the lower case portion and may be opened to provide access to the pocket. The attachment portion may have an opening for attaching the case to a key ring, suitcase, or other item. The case may include leather, polymer, and/or fabric. Openings may be surrounded by reinforcement material such as strands of non-elastic material. Snaps may be flush with surrounding portions of the case.

公开(公告)号：US12029292B1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US18114912

申请日：2023-02-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tirshathah A. Hunter ,  Seul Bi Kim ,  Nicholas A. Treadwell ,  Johan E. Lyon ,  Erik G. de Jong

IPC: A45C11/32 ,  A45C11/00 ,  A45F5/02 ,  A45C13/34 ,  A45F5/00

CPC classification number: A45C11/00 ,  A45F5/02 ,  A45C2011/002 ,  A45C13/34 ,  A45F2005/008

Abstract: A case for a round electronic device may have a device holding portion and an attachment portion for attaching the case to an item such as a suitcase or a key chain. The case may include upper and lower case portions that form a pocket. On a first side of the pocket, the upper and lower case portions may be stitched together or may be integrally formed. On a second side of the pocket, a snap may attach the upper case portion to the lower case portion and may be opened to provide access to the pocket. The attachment portion may have an opening for attaching the case to a key ring, suitcase, or other item. The case may include leather, polymer, and/or fabric. Openings may be surrounded by reinforcement material such as strands of non-elastic material. Snaps may be flush with surrounding portions of the case.

公开(公告)号：US10739825B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-11

申请号：US16277997

申请日：2019-02-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Taylor Harrison Gilbert ,  Kristine S. Tom ,  Elvis M. Kibiti ,  Jaime G. Chavez Ruiz Garza ,  Thomas R. Matzinger ,  Zhengyu Li ,  Charles A. Bates, III ,  Shih-Hsiang Hsiao ,  Johan E. Lyon

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K7/00 ,  H01H13/70

Abstract: An accessory device for an electronic device is described. The accessory device may include a cover section and a keyboard section. The cover section may include a receiving surface that engages the electronic device. The cover section may include electrical contacts designed to electrically couple with contacts on the electronic device. The cover section may include several magnets designed to magnetically couple with magnets within the electronic device. The keyboard section may include a keyboard and one or more channels designed to receive and position the electronic device in a usable configuration with the keyboard. Several magnets may surround each channel, and may magnetically couple with magnets within (and along an edge of) the electronic device. The magnetic circuits formed between the channel magnets and the device magnets may counter, or offset, forces that otherwise remove the electronic device from the channel in an undesired manner.