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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Timothy W. Scales, San Francisco, CA (US);
William M. Peters, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward W. Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhiqiang Jin, San Jose, CA (US);
James A. Stryker, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yoonhoo Jo, San Francisco, CA (US);
David F. Mallard, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Colin M. Wang, Toronto, CA;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A case for a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device having a housing that carries a first magnetic element capable of forming a first magnetic circuit through the housing with a magnetic element external to the portable electronic device capable of securing together the housing and the external magnetic element. The case can include a body having a bottom wall and side walls that combine to define a recessed region suitable for retaining the portable electronic device and a second magnetic element located at a position corresponding to the external magnetic element such that when the portable electronic device is carried in the recessed region, the second magnetic element forms a second magnetic circuit through the body with the external magnetic element that is capable of securing together the case and the external magnetic element.