The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Nicholas R. Trincia, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chihchen Sun, Shenzhen, CN;
Qigen Ji, Fairfield, CA (US);
Yang Zhou, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jenna L. Withrow, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jack Pickup, Shenzhen, CN;
Joshua A. Hoover, Saratoga, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Items such as enclosures may be provided with hidden magnets. An enclosure may be formed from a flexible housing layer. The flexible housing layer may be configured to open and close by folding around fold axes. Portions of the flexible layer may include a flexible base layer with openings. Flexible magnets may be embedded within the openings. The flexible magnets may be used in forming a magnetic clasp for the enclosure. The flexible magnets may each have a height and durometer value that closely matches the height and durometer value of an adjacent portion of the flexible base layer, thereby helping to hide the flexible magnets within the housing layer.