On August 22, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple’s granted patents which included: ‘DC connector assembly,’ ‘Self aligning foot assembly and a Method and apparatus for accelerating detection of serial bus device speed signals’ and a granted design patent for an Electronic Device Holder.
Self aligning foot assembly (Granted Patent: 7,095,610)
Apple’s Abstract: A foot assembly includes a foot including a snap and a first alignment feature, the snap and the alignment feature are coupled to a base, and the first alignment feature extending a greater distance from the base than an engagement of the snap. The assembly also includes a foot socket coupled to the foot, the socket including an undercut and a second alignment feature. In one aspect, the second alignment feature interfaces with the first alignment feature. In another aspect, the socket is coupled to an enclosure of a portable computing device.
Inventor: Joshua David Banko
Electronic Device Holder (granted Design Patent D526,777)
Apple’s Claim: We claim the ornamental design for an electronic device holder, substantially as shown and described.
Inventors: Barley K. Andre, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Luliis, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Douglas B. Satzger, Calvin Q. Seid, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.
DC connector assembly (Patent 7,094,089)
Apple’s Abstract: A DC connector arrangement is disclosed. The DC connector arrangement includes a DC plug and a DC receptacle that are configured to engage one another at more than one position. The DC plug and DC receptacle are also configured with a small contact distance to minimize the insertion and extraction forces that occur between the DC plug and the DC receptacle.
Inventors: Bartley K. Andre, Jonathan P. Ive, Jong Min Lee Kan Lim
Method and apparatus for accelerating detection of serial bus device speed signals (Granted patent 7,096,302)
Apple’s Abstract: A method and apparatus for accelerating detection of speed code signals, and in particular S400 signals, for IEEE Standard 1394-1995 serial bus devices. The present invention validates S400 mode immediately after detecting an S400 speed signal, or immediately after detecting an S400 speed signal following a first S200 speed signal.
The invention further provides S200 and S100 mode validation according to current implementations. Additionally, the invention does not require RX_DATA_PREFIX as a pre-requisite for signal detection.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing generally the speed signal detecting apparatus of the present invention
Inventor: William S. Duckwall
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