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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
James L. McPeak, Fremont, CA (US);
Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan, San Jose, CA (US);
Rico L. Zörkendörfer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lee M. Panecki, San Francisco, CA (US);
Darshan R. Kasar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel C. Wagman, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Zachary C. Rich, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0096 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2460/03 (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.