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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter A. Dvorak, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Siri Amrit Ramos, San Francisco, CA (US);
Xuyang Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Cesar Lozano Villarreal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ciaran J. Keane, San Carlos, CA (US);
Alexander M. Kwan, Los Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 43/24 (2006.01); H01R 31/06 (2006.01); H01R 13/516 (2006.01); H01B 17/64 (2006.01); H01R 13/504 (2006.01); H01R 43/18 (2006.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/504 (2013.01); H01R 13/665 (2013.01); H01R 31/065 (2013.01); H01R 43/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
An enclosure for an AC to DC adapter has a continuous and seamless exterior surface. The enclosure includes a housing and a front wall that are joined by a bonded interface. The front wall is formed from a metallic interface plate and an exterior layer of plastic that is formed over the metallic interface plate and bonded to the housing.