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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
May. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Tatsuya Sano, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 11/00 (2006.01); A44C 5/20 (2006.01); A44C 5/18 (2006.01); A44C 5/00 (2006.01); A44C 5/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A44C 5/20 (2013.01); A44C 5/0053 (2013.01); A44C 5/18 (2013.01); A44C 5/2071 (2013.01); A44C 5/246 (2013.01); A44C 5/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A watchband can comfortably secure an electronic device to a wrist of a user. A connector can be provided along a segment of the watchband to receive and secure to another segment of the watchband. For example, a connector can include a housing with an inlet and an outlet, a first pad within the housing, and a second pad within the housing. When a watchband segment between the first and second pads is moved in a direction from the outlet toward the inlet, the first pad and the second pad move toward each other to clamp the watchband segment without plastically deforming the watchband segment.