On March 29, the US Patent & Trademark Office published two of Apple’s patent applications relating to their notebook feature known as Magsafe. These patents respectfully titled Electromagnetic connector for electronic device and Magnetic connector for electronic device relate to magnetic connectors for an electronic device and more particularly relates to electromagnetic/magnetic connectors for a power adapter connecting a laptop computer to a power supply

Magsafe

Apple’s webpage information on Magsafe states: The MacBook Pro power adapter with MagSafe connector is just that: a magnetic connection instead of a physical one. So, if you happen to trip over a power cord, you won’t send MacBook Pro flying off a table or desk; the cord simply disconnects, without damage to either the cord or the system. As an added nicety, this means less wear on the connectors.

For all of the details pertaining to these Magsafe patents, see Electromagnetic connector for electronic device and Magnetic connector for electronic device.

Apple lists the inventors of both of these patent as being, John C. DiFonzo, Bartley K. Andre, Kayne Lim, Matthew Dean Rohrback, Mark Edward Doutt and Jean-Marc Gery.

Today’s Other Apple Patent Filings

Also published today is Apple’s continuation patent titled Graphical User Interface & Methods of use thereof in a multimedia player and a new patent titled cosmetically uniform reflective border area in a transflective display, which is covered in a separate MacNN report filed this morning.

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Written and researched by Neo.