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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rico L. Zörkendörfer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lee M. Panecki, San Francisco, CA (US);
James L. McPeak, Fremont, CA (US);
Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel C. Wagman, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Zachary C. Rich, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Darshan R. Kasar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H04R 1/34 (2006.01); B65D 25/02 (2006.01); B65D 43/16 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04B 1/3888 (2015.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); A45C 11/24 (2006.01); A45C 13/10 (2006.01); H04R 9/02 (2006.01); H04R 9/06 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01); A45C 13/02 (2006.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); F16B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); A45C 11/00 (2013.01); A45C 11/24 (2013.01); A45C 13/02 (2013.01); A45C 13/1069 (2013.01); B65D 25/02 (2013.01); B65D 43/16 (2013.01); H01R 13/521 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H04B 1/3888 (2013.01); H04B 5/0037 (2013.01); H04R 1/02 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); H04R 1/1058 (2013.01); H04R 1/1075 (2013.01); H04R 1/2826 (2013.01); H04R 1/345 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 9/025 (2013.01); H04R 9/06 (2013.01); A45C 2011/001 (2013.01); A45C 2013/026 (2013.01); F16B 2001/0035 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0096 (2013.01); H04B 1/385 (2013.01); H04M 1/6033 (2013.01); H04R 1/2857 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2460/03 (2013.01); H04R 2460/09 (2013.01); H04R 2460/17 (2013.01);
Abstract
A case for a pair of earbuds includes a housing having cavities to receive the pair of earbuds and charging circuitry that is configured to initiate charging of the pair of earbuds when an earbud detector detects that the earbuds are inserted within the cavities.