Apple Inc.

Zhiqiang Jin

James Alexander Stryker

David Mallard

Yoonhoo Jo

Timothy Wallen Scales

Colin M Wang

Edward W Wong

William M Peters

A case for a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device having a housing that carries a first magnetic element capable of forming a first magnetic circuit through the housing with a magnetic element external to the portable electronic device capable of securing together the housing and the external magnetic element. The case can include a body having a bottom wall and side walls that combine to define a recessed region suitable for retaining the portable electronic device and a second magnetic element located at a position corresponding to the external magnetic element such that when the portable electronic device is carried in the recessed region, the second magnetic element forms a second magnetic circuit through the body with the external magnetic element that is capable of securing together the case and the external magnetic element.

Case for electronic device having magnetic elements for connection with external magnetic elements

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Zhiqiang Jin