US 11,722,016 B2
Accessory insert modules with magnetic alignment components
Eric S. Jol, San Jose, CA (US); Karl Ruben F. Larsson, Los Altos, CA (US); Aaron A. Oro, Palo Alto, CA (US); Timothy J. Rasmussen, San Jose, CA (US); Christopher S. Graham, San Francisco, CA (US); James C. Wu, Redwood City, CA (US); Demetrios B. Karanikos, San Francisco, CA (US); Miranda L. Daly, Mountain View, CA (US); Paul J. Thompson, Mountain View, CA (US); and Joshua A. Mendoza, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/28,325.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/061,752, filed on Aug. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/907,332, filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0099031 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02J 50/90 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 50/50 (2016.01); H02J 50/70 (2016.01)
CPC H02J 50/90 (2016.02) [H02J 7/00034 (2020.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02J 7/02 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H04B 5/0025 (2013.01); H04B 5/0031 (2013.01); H02J 50/50 (2016.02); H02J 50/70 (2016.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An alignment module comprising:
an annular magnetic alignment component including a plurality of arcuate magnets, each arcuate magnet having:
an inner arcuate region having a magnetic polarity oriented in a first axial direction;
an outer arcuate region having a magnetic polarity oriented in a second axial direction opposite the first axial direction; and
a non-magnetized central arcuate region disposed between the inner arcuate region and the outer arcuate region; and
an encapsulating structure surrounding and holding the arcuate magnets in an annular arrangement, the encapsulating structure having a central opening inboard of the annular magnetic alignment component.